Illegal drugs \ A complete guide to their history, chemistry, use, and abuse \ Paul M. Gahlinger

By:

Gahlinger, Paul M

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : A plume book 2004 Edition: 1Description: 456 pContent type:

texto

Media type:

no mediado

Carrier type:

volumen

ISBN:

0452285054

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

615.782 2 G136

Contents:

1. Preface 2. Forbidden Fruit 3. Chapter 1. Flesh of the Gods-or the Devil´s Poison? 4. Chapter 2. The Long, Strange History of Psychoactive Drugs 5. Chapter 3. The War on Drugs 6. Chapter 4. Drug Use and Abuse 7. Chapter 5. Drugs at Work: Employee Drug Testing 8. Chapter 6. Chemicals and the Brain 9. Chapter 7. Just Say Know 10. Illegals Gruds from A to Z 11. Alphabetical List of Drugs Illegal in the United States 12. Chapter 8. Amphetamines 13. Chapter 9. Barbiturates 14. Chapter 10. Cathinone 15. Chapter 11. Cocaine 16. Chapter 12. DMT, Bufotenine, and Psilocybin 17. Chapter 13. Flunitrazepam 18. Chapter 14. GHB 19. Chapter 15. Ibogaine 20. Chapter 16. LSD 21. Chapter 17. Marijuana 22. Chapter 18. MDMA 23. Chapter 19. Methaqualone and Glutethimide 24. Chapter 20. Opiates 25. Chapter 21. PCP 26. Chapter 22. Peyote and Mescaline 27. Self-help Resources 28. Notes 29. Photographic Acknowledgments 30. Index

Abstract: Does Ecstasy cause brain damage? Why is crack more addictive than cocaine? What questions regarding drugs are legal to ask in a job interview? When does marijuana possession carry a greater prison sentence than murder?Illegal Drugs is the first comprehensive reference to offer timely, pertinent information on every drug currently prohibited by law in the United States. It includes their histories, chemical properties and effects, medical uses and recreational abuses, and associated health problems, as well as addiction and treatment information.Additional survey chapters discuss general and historical information on illegal drug use, the effect of drugs on the brain, the war on drugs, drugs in the workplace, the economy and culture of illegal drugs, and information on thirty-three psychoactive drugs that are legal in the United States, from caffeine, alcohol and tobacco to betel nuts and kava kava.

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Does Ecstasy cause brain damage? Why is crack more addictive than cocaine? What questions regarding drugs are legal to ask in a job interview? When does marijuana possession carry a greater prison sentence than murder?Illegal Drugs is the first comprehensive reference to offer timely, pertinent information on every drug currently prohibited by law in the United States. It includes their histories, chemical properties and effects, medical uses and recreational abuses, and associated health problems, as well as addiction and treatment information.Additional survey chapters discuss general and historical information on illegal drug use, the effect of drugs on the brain, the war on drugs, drugs in the workplace, the economy and culture of illegal drugs, and information on thirty-three psychoactive drugs that are legal in the United States, from caffeine, alcohol and tobacco to betel nuts and kava kava.

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