This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America is a 2009 nonfiction book by Ryan Grim. Topics covered include the prohibition of LSD and anti-cannabis public service announcements. Publishers Weekly said it was a "sharp critique of anti-drug programs". The Austin Chronicle recommended it as a holiday gift for "the hard-to-buy-for drug policy reformer on your list". It has been required reading in university public health curricula, and cited in a RAND Corporation drug policy research paper.
References
Further reading Laura Miller (July 20, 2009). "Why we say yes to drugs". Salon.com. Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America" Isaiah Thompson (June 10, 2009). "This Is Your Country on Drugs by Ryan Grim". The Philadelphia City Paper. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Shull, Henry (24 November 2009). "High Crimes: America and her drug problem. This Is Your Country on Drugs, by Ryan Grim". Harvard Political Review (book review). Archived from the original on July 12, 2014.
External links Ryan Grim talked about his book This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America, Washington Journal, C-SPAN, July 17, 2009