junkie logic
Posted in Fitzroy, books, drugs, existential, social issues on January 31st, 2007I have admired the writing of Theodore Dalrymple for several years. He writes with great clarity and conviction about social issues, including parenthood, social responsibility, crime and ethics. He cannot be simply defined as progressive or conservative; his views avoid convenient categorisation and focus on the crucial aspect of an issue. He can be controversial; his logic is something I find instructive in evaluating and elucidating my own views on social issues. In summing up his worldview, he states:
Dalrymple has written a new book - Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy. In an edited excerpt published in the Weekend Australian newspaper on January 20, he argues that heroin addiction and, by extension, recreational drug consumption that starts at use but becomes addition and abuse, is an existential problem rather than a health problem.




































