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While well over one million small-time drug users languish in overcrowded prisons because of nonviolent drug offenses, tens of thousands of others get rich from legal and illegal drugs. Drug company representatives persuade doctors to prescribe inferior products. Children as young as two are routinely given powerful drugs. Legal drugs, taken exactly as prescribed, are a leading cause of illness and death. Scientists beholden to drug companies fabricate and misrepresent data.

This eye-opening book richly documents disturbing trends in Western medicine and urges readers toward a broader understanding of drug use and abuse. Leavitt shows how and why American society must change its medical and policy approaches to drugs and re-orient medical practice to new ways of thinking.
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  1. ISBN-10
    074252518X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0742525184
  3. Edition
    0288th
  4. Publisher
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  5. Publication date
    May 16, 2003
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.84 x 0.55 x 8.94 inches
  8. Print length
    284 pages
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The Real Drug Abusers is a devastating presentation of the propaganda and deceit that defines the pharmaceutical industry. This book presents a fascinating glimpse of the academic, economic, and medical abuses that are associated with legal drugs. -- Alexander Shulgin

The dichotomy that Fred Leavitt highlights demonstrates a need to rethink how we deal with all drugs while we dismantle the damaging war on drugs. -- Kevin B. Zeese, president of Common Sense for Drug Policy

By juxtaposing the many ills of the war on drugs with the corruption of the medical-pharmaceutical establishment, Leavitt expertly diagnoses our systemic national pathology concerning drugs―both illegal and legal. -- Ethan Nadelmann, executive director, Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation

This book will interest college students of nearly any level. Recommended. ― Choice Reviews

This is one of the most important contributions to the field of drug research of the last decade. It is authoritative in its rendering of the complexities of the drug interaction effects, yet written in a straightforward and available style. -- Troy Duster, Emeritus Chancellor's Professor, University of California, Berkeley

About the Author

Fred Leavitt is professor of psychology at California State University, Hayward.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 0288th edition (May 16, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 074252518X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0742525184
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.84 x 0.55 x 8.94 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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I received my BA from Eastern New Mexico University, my Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and a post-doctoral fellowship to study mammalian sexual behavior at UC-Berkeley. My teaching has included stops as a visiting professor at several U.S. universities and in Canada, Kenya, New Zealand, England, Turkey, Singapore, and Holland.

I've lectured to medical doctors for their continuing medical education credits about expectation effects, alternatives to psychiatric drugs, and medical decision-making; and to football coaches about steroids and other forms of drug abuse. My books include Drugs and Behavior, The REAL Drug Abusers, Evaluating Scientific Research, Improving Medical Outcomes, An Even Greater Scandal, and The Billionaire's Game.

In my spare time I enjoy trying to grow fruits and vegetables (not very successfully-- grew up in Brooklyn, didn't see a tree until I was 20), trying to solve cryptic crossword puzzles, and playing basketball with a bunch of other over-the-hill players.

I've been married since Abraham Lincoln took office and have two daughters, a son-in-law, and two grandchildren, all of whom bring me great joy.

Two quotes that have inspired me:

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars. Edward Young

Not failure, but low aim, is crime. James Russell Lowell

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Coral
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed reading this book
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2013
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The author really opens your eyes about the FDA and the drug companies. I learned so much from this book and I recommend others to buy and read this. Educate yourself about the drugs your taking. Just because a doctor says to take it doesn't always mean its good for you. Many drugs have horrible side effects and this book is a great eye opener.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Textbook for School
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2014
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I bought this textbook for a course that I was taking at school. The actual course was pretty interesting, but I rarely read the textbook. It didn't make anything I was learning about easier, and just repeated a lot of the same material from the lecture.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ... one of my top fav proff in college very good book to kill time an re re
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hands down one of my top fav proff in college very good book to kill time an re re read
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KL83
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Everyone!
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2007
Everyone will have to or has had to take a prescription drug at one time or another in their lives. This books take readers behind the scenes for an in-depth look at what drives pharmaceutical companies, doctors and drug legislation as well as pointing out flaws in what many people regard as trusted medical research. This book is a real eye opener and a must read for everyone as it provides important information in protecting one's own health as well as the health of their loved ones. It is also the only textbook I have read in the last four years cover to cover and I think that says a lot.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, challenging, informative must read
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2004
This is an important book for all people who care about drug policy as it relates to criminal justice, the pharmaceutical industry and the practice of medicine - which should be all of us.
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