Dieters try to suppress thoughts of tempting snacks, alcoholics suppress their desire to drink, stressed-out workers suppress their feelings of anxiety, and smokers suppress the thought of cigarettes when trying to quit.

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The authorities have used increasing violence to suppress the age-old desire of tens of millions of Americans to alter their mental states.

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