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Author Winter, Jerrold, author.

Title Our love affair with drugs : the history, the science, the politics / Jerrold Winter
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 195 pages)
Contents Pharmacology : the science of drugs -- Opioids : God's own medicine -- Marijuana : from Reefer madness to THC gummy bears -- Stimulants : from coca to caffeine -- Depressants : sedative-hypnotic-tranquilizing drugs : from errant yeast to Halcion and its relatives -- Dissociative anesthetics : angel dust to special k to ketamine clinics -- Hallucinogens : magic mushrooms, ayahuasca, mescal buttons, and Dr. Hofmann's problem child -- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine [MDMA] a.k.a. ecstasy -- Pharmacological puritanism and the war on drugs : all the king's horses and all the king's men
Summary Prescription, illicit, and recreational drugs touch all of our lives yet a basic understanding of these chemicals is largely absent among Americans. This book offers a comprehensive account of psychoactive drugs, chemicals which influence our brains in myriad ways
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Psychotropic drugs.
Substance abuse.
Psychotropic Drugs
Central Nervous System Agents
Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control
Public Policy
Drug and Narcotic Control
Substance-Related Disorders
substance abuse.
Psychotropic drugs
Substance abuse
Form Electronic book
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