Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue
4. 1. the trouble with harry 3
5. 2. in a word 15
6. 3. the square last mentioned 21
7. 4. maybe born in Bern 25
8. 5. a willing and cheerful obedience thereto . . . 27
9. 6. to prohibit vice is not ordinarily considered within the police power of the state 35
10. 7. now building at altoona 39
11. 8. in all cases of doubt or uncertainty 43
12. 9. alcohol is a poison 46
13. 10. the narcotic element is the siren . . . 51
14. 11. lotus eaters: whosoever 57
15. 12. the education of harry anslinger 65
16. 13. horseplay turns to tragedy 68
17. 14. a high-priced man so stupid that the word “percentage” has no meaning to him 73
18. 15. keystone state of mind 79
19. 16. the Harrison act 86
20. 17. becoming a fed 91
21. 18. only words from which there is no escape Jin fuey moy 94
22. 19. not one minute darkness 100
23. 20. within the words 106
24. 21. i would not endeavor to descrive 113
25. 22. on the basis of science 118
26. 23. human wreckage Wally Reid 124
27. 24. lotus eaters in dolce far niente 135
28. 25. Linder v. united states (1925), or vice versa 152
29. 26. a set of false teeth in its stomach 158
30. 27. prohibition as substance: putting the bureau in bureaucracy 165
31. 28. the federal bureau of politics with camel hair glued over them 169
32. 29. a plastic palimpsest 177
33. 30. the collected stories of harry j. anslinger 184
34. 31. funking the necessary immigrations 195
35. 32. the marijuana tax act 203
36. 33. the unbridled powers of a czar 209
37. 34. anslinger nation, or double agency 214
38. 35. fiction alone has no monopoly in this field real detective stories 221
39. 36. this fellow ought to be the figment of somebody’s imagination 230
40. 37. in doctor nation 238
41. 38. spindoctrination 247
42. 39. the world’s leading authority 253
43. 40. the oriental communists had a twofold purpose 259
44. 41. lotus eaters: 1953, or the imponderabilia of actual life 264
45. 42. Dr. john blank 281
46. 43. chasing the ghostwriters 287
47. 44. every inch a man 293
48. 45. out with a whimper 298
49. Epilogue
50. 46. chasing the ghost 307
51. 47. toward a poetics of drug policy 311
52. 48. lotus eaters Charadrius dubius 317
53. Acknowledgments 321
54. Backlit by 323
55. Notes 325