A review by barker563
Drugged: The Science and Culture Behind Psychotropic Drugs by Richard J. Miller

1.0

This book did have a lot of useful information, but it wasn't written very well. It switches from the author giving his conspiracy theories behind where different drugs come from to intensive explanations of how various psychotropic drugs work. Unfortunately those explanations aren't frequently easily accessible and require much more than an introductory knowledge of biology and chemistry to understand. I found myself having to go back to college textbooks and having to do a lot of outside reading to fully understand the book.

It also doesn't really address the culture behind psychotropic drugs. I hate it when books like this don't explain what they say they're going to. And I completely lose respect for an author who cites notorious conspiracy sites as reliable sources for historic information.