Intoxication: Life in Pursuit of Articifical Paradise

The pursuit of intoxication through drugs, according to UCLA psycho-pharmacologist Siegel, is the ``fourth drive,'' as deep-rooted as our instinctual cravings for food, water and sex. ``Although chapters on alcohol, opium, cocaine, cannabis, etc. pack a welter of details, this volume seems suspect in both its theorizing and its interpretation of experiments,'' noted PW. (Aug.)