America has a long history of drug panics in which countless
social problems have been blamed on the devastating effects of some
harmful substance. In the last forty years, such panics have often
focused on synthetic or designer drugs, like methamphetamine, PCP,
Ecstasy, methcathinone, and rave drugs like ketamine, and GHB. Fear
of these substances has provided critical justification for the
continuing "war on drugs."
Synthetic Panics traces the history of these anti-drug
movements, demonstrating that designer chemicals inspire so much
fear not because they are uniquely dangerous, but because they
bring into focus deeply rooted public concerns about social and
cultural upheaval. Jenkins highlights the role of the mass media in
spreading anti-drug hysteria and shows how proponents of the war on
drugs use synthetic panics to scapegoat society's "others" and
exacerbate racial, class, and intergenerational conflict.
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