''This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America'' is a 2009 nonfiction book by
Ryan Grim
Ryan W. Grim (born March 23, 1978) is an American author and journalist. Grim was Washington, D.C. bureau chief for ''HuffPost'' and is the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for ''The Intercept.'' He is also a political commentator for '' Breaking Po ...
. Topics covered include the prohibition of LSD and anti-cannabis
public service announcements. ''
Publishers Weekly
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'' said it was a "sharp critique of anti-drug programs". ''
The Austin Chronicle
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'' recommended it as a holiday gift for "the hard-to-buy-for
drug policy reformer on your list". It has been required reading in university
public health
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curricula, and cited in a
RAND Corporation
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drug policy research paper.
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Ryan Grim talked about his book This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America ''Washington Journal'', C-SPAN, July 17, 2009
American books about cannabis law reform
2009 non-fiction books
Non-fiction books about cannabis
Books about politics of the United States
Books about LSD
Drug policy of the United States
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