{"product_id":"quick-fixes-drugs-in-america-from-prohibition-to-the-21st-century-binge-hardcover","title":"Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Y. Fong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrugs are ubiquitous in the past and present of capitalist society. What can they tell us about our society and economy?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmericans are in the midst of a world-historic drug binge. Opiates, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, antidepressants, antipsychotics--across the board, consumption has shot up in the 21st century. At the same time, the United States is home to the largest prison system in the world, justified in part by a now zombified \"war\" on drugs. How did we get here? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuick Fixes \u003c\/i\u003eis a look at American society through the lens of its pharmacological crutches. Though particularly acute in recent decades, the contradiction between America's passionate love and intense hatred for drugs has been one of its defining characteristics for over a century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough nine chapters, each devoted to the modern history of a drug or class of drugs, Fong examines Americans' fraught relationship with psychoactive substances. As society changes it produces different forms of stress, isolation, and alienation. These changes, in turn, shape the sorts of drugs society chooses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy laying out the histories, functions, and experiences of our chemical comforts, the hope is to help answer that ever perplexing question: what does it mean to be an American?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Y. Fong\u003c\/b\u003e is Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett, the Honors College and Associate Director of the Center for Work \u0026amp; Democracy at Arizona State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeath and Mastery: Psychoanalytic Drive Theory and the Subject of Late Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2016) and co-editor with Craig Calhoun of \u003ci\u003eThe Green New Deal and the Future of Work\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2022). His other work can be found in \u003ci\u003eJacobin, Catalyst, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDamage Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, amongst other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772453159200,"sku":"9781804290170","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9f28c060fd34a419796541715cc072ff.webp?v=1780406004","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/quick-fixes-drugs-in-america-from-prohibition-to-the-21st-century-binge-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}