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9780452285057

Illegal Drugs : A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use and Abuse

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  • ISBN13:

    9780452285057

  • ISBN10:

    0452285054

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-12-01
  • Publisher: Plume

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Summary

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 Drugsis 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.

Author Biography

Paul M. Gahlinger is adjunct professor in the faculty of medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Table of Contents

Preface
Forbidden fruitp. 1
Flesh of the gods or the devil's poison?p. 3
The long, strange history of psychoactive drugsp. 17
The war on drugsp. 55
Drug use and abusep. 87
Drugs at work : employee drug testingp. 107
Chemicals and the brainp. 127
Just say knowp. 163
Illegal drugs from A to Zp. 195
Alphabetical list of drugs illegal in the United Statesp. 197
Amphetaminesp. 203
Barbituratesp. 223
Cathinonep. 231
Cocainep. 239
DMT, bufotenine, and psilocybinp. 263
Flunitrazepamp. 277
GHBp. 285
Ibogainep. 299
LSDp. 307
Marijuanap. 319
MDMAp. 337
Methaqualone and glutethimidep. 351
Opiatesp. 359
PCPp. 385
Peyote and mescalinep. 393
Self-help resourcesp. 413
Notesp. 421
Photographic acknowledgmentsp. 437
Indexp. 438
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