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Repr. in Selected Writings, pt. 24, ed. Susan Sontag (1976)Appeal to Youth: Intoxication-Disintoxication (1934)Ci-GÃ®t (1947)Collected Works (1956, trans. 1968)General Security: The Liquidation of Opium (1925)

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So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair.

Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud (1896–1948), French theater producer, actor, theorist. repr. in Selected Writings, pt. 10, ed. Susan Sontag (1976). General Security: The Liquidation of Opium (1925).

Arguing for the free use of opium.

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