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

Name: From Chocolate to Morphine Everything You Need to Know about Mind-Altering Drugs
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ISBN: 9780618483792

ISBN-10: 0618483799

ISBN-13: 9780618483792

Edition: 2004

Authors: Winifred Rosen, Andrew T. Weil

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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…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 12/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English




Straight talk at the start



What is a drug?



Why people use drugs



Relationships with drugs



Types of drugs



Stimulants



Depressants



Psychedelics, or hallucinogens



Marijuana



Solvents and inhalants; deliriants; PCP and ketamine



Medical drugs; herbal remedies; smart drugs



Problems with drugs



Alternatives to taking drugs



Final words