The alternative is not a world with or without drugs. The alternative is to instruct on proper use or demonize indiscriminately, to sow or plant illustration ignorance.
Antonio Escohotado
Escohotado
At this point it is an institution. Not only is a philosopher, sociologist, writer and legal expert. Not only has it proved more of 120 drug addicts pleading to just one of them, the snuff. Not only lived 13 years in Ibiza. It has not only revitalized the anti-prohibitionist crusade, appearing on television, defending the physical and mental sovereignty of individuals, their self . There was only one year in prison for carrying cocaine. But, during his imprisonment he wrote a book, General History Drug. Perhaps the most complete work on psychoactive substances. But as noted by its author, 1 of every 100 people who buy it manage to finish reading. For those who still do not know his work, can start with the following books. The elemental History
drug is a synthesis of the above mentioned. In the first half of the book, reviews the applications Escohotado religious, therapeutic and recreational drugs, from ancient civilizations to our days. Information that was always there and never spoke to us in history classes at school. And as the reading progresses, you realize how important were the drug to the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Indians and Americans. For example, the arrival of the Inquisition to America, saw the Indians smoking snuff and condemning said: "Satan can only give the man the power to expel smoke from his mouth. " The prohibition not only condemned the use of some drugs, but also wiped out of our knowledge all the information. Escohotado again give life to the relationship between humans and drugs across their history. At times the first half of the book becomes too synthetic, sacrificing the fluidity of the story. Escohotado In the second half is devoted to exploring the origins, foundations and the consequences of prohibition. Here the book becomes a little dry, however, his conclusion seems indisputable, therefore, that the ban is the one that created the dealer, the addict and those killed by counterfeit drugs.
In Learning drug, also included in the General History , Escohotado reviewed nearly a hundred of psychoactive substances. This book functions more as a manual. It shows a little history of each drug, its uses (and abuses), dismantling the prejudices that surround them. Escohotado combines legal, medical data, experiences of great thinkers and self-testing with drugs, which carefully describes baroque. A book that's always good to check before getting something to the body. It is strange, however, a reference to mixtures of drugs and possible antidotes.
These books are the heads and tails of what you need to know to start to instruct on an issue filtering by all the morons who have never tried a drug and anyone wishing to do so. Escohotado has helped lift the veil of ignorance that the prohibitionists have struggled to build on these substances, forcing us to accept that they sold through pharmacies and doctors. As noted Escohotado: present the use of drugs such as disease and crime has come to be the best business century. History
elementary drugs, Antonio Escohotado, Anagram, 242 pp. Learning
drugs, Antonio Escohotado, Anagram, 247 pp.
