Pleasure Consuming Medicine

Author: Kane Race
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0822345013
Category: Medical

Pleasure Consuming Medicine: The Queer Politics of Drugs

On a summer night in 2007, the Azure Party, part of Sydney's annual gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, is underway. Download Pleasure Consuming Medicine medical books for free.
Alongside the party outfits, drugs, lights, and DJs is a volunteer care team trained to deal with the drug-related emergencies that occasionally occur. But when police appear at the gates with drug-detecting dogs, mild panic ensues. Some patrons down all their drugs, heightening their risk of overdose. Others try their luck at the gates. After twenty-six attendees are arrested with small quantities of illicit substances, the party is shut down and the remaining partygoers disperse into the city streets. For Kane Race, the Azure Party drug search is emblematic of a broader technology of power that converges on embodiment, consumption, and Get Pleasure Consuming Medicine our bestseller medical books.

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Alongside the party outfits, drugs, lights, and DJs is a volunteer care team trained to deal with the drug-related emergencies that occasionally occur. But when police appear at the gates with drug-detecting dogs, mild panic ensues. Some patrons down all their drugs, heightening their risk of overdose. Others try their luck at the gates For Kane Race, the Azure Party drug search is emblematic of a broader technology of power that converges on embodiment, consumption, and

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