The Humanist
May/June
1997
Volume 57,
Number 3 |
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Cover Story: America's Favorite
Addictions
The Partnership for a Candor-Free
America
by Norman Solomon
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, by focusing
exclusively on illicit drugs, ignores the millions of addicts to
licit drugs and the social problems that result.
How to Kick a National Habit
by Joseph L. Andrews,
Jr.
Now that the Liggett Tobacco Company has publically
admitted that cigarettes are addictive, cause cancer, and have been
deliberately marketed to minors, it's time to implement a
comprehensive national agenda to rein in America's tobacco pushers.
Keep Marijuana Illegal—For
Teens
by Thomas W. Clark
Considering the latest research and national surveys
on use, marijuana is no better ow worse than alcohol and tobacco in
terms of its potential for abuse—and should be treated similarly.
The Tenacity of Error in the
Treatment of Addiction
by Steven Jones
Whatever you may think of Oliver Stone's JFK, it
embarrassed Congress into releasing hundreds of thousands of
previously classified — and truly revealing — documents. On October
1 of this year, however, that burst of openness comes to an end and
secrecy resumes . . . unless the public acts now!
Trading Cards, Heroes, and
Whistleblowers
by Michael J. Lemanski
Though Alcohol Anonymous has spawned a vast movement
of spirituality-based twelve-step programs, the number of people able
to sustain abstinence is all but negligible—while the number of
those addicted to their recovery group continues to rise.
The Holocaust: Denial and
Memory
by Barry Bennett
How can we recognize when history is about to repeat
itself if we are ignorant of history? The expanding presence of
Holocaust revisionism on the Internet and elswehere helps demonstrate
how widespread and dangerous historical ignorance has become.
Race, Rage, and Denial: The Trials
of O. J. Simpson
by Charles Fairchild
The criminal and civil trials of former football star
and sports broadcaster O. J. Simpson highlighted not only the racial
divide in America but the double standard in media coverage of this
issue.
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