{"product_id":"9781585423187","title":"Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe nationally syndicated columnist and \u003ci\u003eReason\u003c\/i\u003e magazine editor presents a damning portrait of how politicized government agencies, antidrug activists, and a naïve national media have exaggerated the public's fears of the harmful effects of recreational drugs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Sullum goes beyond the debate on legalization or the proper way to win the \"war on drugs,\" to the heart of a social and individual defense of using drugs. Saying Yes argues that the all-or-nothing thinking that has long dominated discussions of illegal drug use should give way to a wiser, subtler approach exemplified by the tradition of moderate drinking. Saying Yes further contends that the conventional understanding of addiction, portraying it as a kind of chemical slavery in which the user's values and wishes do not matter, is also fundamentally misleading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040999620848,"sku":"9781585423187","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781585423187_p0.jpg?v=1763806320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781585423187","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}