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Listening to Xanax

“On the one hand, Americans love convenience and scientific progress and thus herald drugs like Miltown and Xanax as miracle cures … On the other, Americans value self-­reliance and authentic experience and regard dependency on chemicals as weak… chemical purity is held up as a sacred shield against future environmental cataclysm and failures of personal health…”

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