From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs,9780618483792

From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780618483792
ISBN10: 0618483799
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-12-01
Publisher(s): INGRAM
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Summary

From Chocolate to Morphine is the deFinitive guide to drugs and drug use from one of Americas most respected and best-known doctors. This enormously popular book the best and most authoritative resource for unbiased information about how drugs affect the mind and the body covers a wide range of available substances, from coffee to marijuana, antihistamines to psychedelics, steroids to smart drugs, and discusses likely effects, precautions, and alternatives. Now expanded and updated to cover such drugs as oxycontin, Ecstasy, Prozac, and ephedra and to address numerous ongoing issues, including the United States war on drugs, marijuana for therapeutic use, the overuse of drugs for children diagnosed with ADHD, and more, From Chocolate to Morphine is an invaluable resource.

Table of Contents

Straight talk at the startp. 1
What is a drug?p. 10
Why people use drugsp. 15
Relationships with drugsp. 24
Types of drugsp. 30
Stimulantsp. 38
Depressantsp. 69
Psychedelics, or hallucinogensp. 111
Marijuanap. 135
Solvents and inhalants; deliriants; PCP and ketaminep. 150
Medical drugs; herbal remedies; smart drugsp. 170
Problems with drugsp. 193
Alternatives to taking drugsp. 210
Final wordsp. 216
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