Traces the history of anti-drug movements, demonstrating that designer chemicals inspire so much fear because they bring into focus deeply rooted public concerns about social and cultural upheaval
Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous books including Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in America and Synthetic Panics: The Symbolic Politics of Designer Drugs, available from NYU Press.
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