Under The Influence: The Disinformation Guide To Drugs

Preston Peet

Consortium Book Sales & Dist, Oct 15, 2004 - History - 312 pages

In the latest in the oversize Disinformation Guide series of anthologies, editor Preston Peet assembles an all-star cast to lay to rest the specious misinformation peddled by prohibitionists who depend upon the “War on some drugs and users” for their livelihood and power.

Drug users and abusers describe their feelings and fears for freedom, not only for themselves but for all their fellow citizens in the United States and the rest of the world, detailing the Constitution-shredding War on some drugs and users.

Despite the antidrug hysteria promoted by prohibitionists, drugs have been an inseparable aspect of life for thousands of years—curing disease, calming stress, easing pain, enhancing intelligence, opening the doors of perception and altering consciousness. So why is the “War on some drugs and users” underway? The answers can be found in Under the Influence.

Decades of spending trillions of dollars while waging war on neighbors, friends and families have done nothing to eradicate drug use and abuse, but it has succeeded in overthrowing governments, tearing apart families and communities, and ensured the rise of international criminal cartels. Under the Influence explains how we came to this state of affairs and how we can bring about real reform.

Bestselling writers, professional researchers, degenerate drug users and just plain folk offer fact-based alternatives to the propaganda of prohibitionist anti-drug warriors. Contributors include Tom Robbins, Paul Krassner, Rick Doblin, Mike Gray, Lonny Shavelson, Daniel Forbes, Steve Wishnia, Cynthia Cotts, Russ Kick, Dr. Stanislav Grof, Daniel Pinchbeck, Paul Armentano, Jacob Sullum, Peter Dale Scott and Robert Anton Wilson.

Preston Peet is a writer, editor, photographer, musician, actor, DJ, activist and adventurer. A regular contributor to High Times magazine and website, the editor of the controversial website DrugWar.com, and a columnist for the New York Waste, he lives in Manhattan with his other half and 10 rescued cats.

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User Review  - Zebra Three - Goodreads

Under The Influence is a collection of essays and articles of variable quality, centering around issues associated with the War on Drugs. The tone of most parts is casual and journalistic, making the ...

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User Review  - Erik Graff - Goodreads

My life and those of many of those I most respect was changed, positively, by psychedelics. Consequently, I pick up books on psychopharmacology, altered states of consciousness, ethnobotany and the ...

About the author

The editor of "Under The Influence: The Disinformation Guide to Drugs", Preston Peet is a writer, editor, photographer, musician, actor, DJ, activist and adventurer. A regular contributor to High Times magazine and website, the editor of the controversial website DrugWar.com, and a columnist for the New York Waste, he has published in a variety of publications both in print and online.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Under The Influence: The Disinformation Guide To Drugs; Disinformation Guides
• Editor: Preston Peet
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist, 2004
• ISBN: 1932857001, 9781932857009
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / 20th Century; Political Science / General; Social Science / Popular Culture; Social Science / Sociology / General