From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs
by Winifred Rosen, Andrew T. Weil
"At the outset, we will insist that readers learn to distinguish drug use from drug abuse. As long as society continues to call all those who take disapproved substances 'drug abusers,' it will have an insoluble problem of enormous proportions. Real drug abusers are those in bad relationships with drugs...."
"The benefits that people have claimed from using psychedelics range from cures of mental and physical problems to increased appreciation of the beauty of nature to better understanding of themselves to just having a good time. Some medical doctors and psychologists have been able to cure patients of serious emotional disorders by means of psychedelic therapy. There is an extensive literature on the value of using these substances occasionally and intelligently."