| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages) |
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1. Why use drugs? -- 2. The consequences of drug use -- 3. Alcohol -- 4. Tobacco -- 5. Cannabis -- 6. Cocaine amphetamines, and other stimulants -- 7. Psychedelics and hallucinogens -- 8. The inhalants -- 9. Ecstasy and other 'party drugs' -- 10. Anabolic steroids -- 11. Tranquillizers and sleeping pills -- 12. Heroin and the opioids -- 13. The nature of addiction -- 14. Helping problem drug users -- 15. International drug policy : is it working? |
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1. Why use drugs? -- The search for 'altered consciousness' -- Practical reasons for experimenting with drugs -- Biological explanations -- Psychological explanations -- Family and cultural explanations -- Risk taking -- Is experimenting with drugs 'abnormal'? |
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2. The consequences of drug use -- 'Visible' and 'invisible' drug users -- Short-term consequences -- Longer-term consequences -- Influences upon the outcome of dependent drug use |
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3. Alcohol -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Possible beneficial effects -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects -- Acute effects -- Chronic effects |
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4. Tobacco -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Possible beneficial effects -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects |
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5. Cannabis -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects |
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6. Cocaine amphetamines, and other stimulants -- Cocaine -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects -- Amphetamines -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects -- Other stimulants -- Khat (or Qat) -- Benzylpiperazine -- Pemoline -- Appetite suppressants |
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7. Psychedelics and hallucinogens -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Modern ritualistic use -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects |
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8. The inhalants -- Historical background -- Preparations available -- Scientific information -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects |
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9. Ecstasy and other 'party drugs' -- Ecstasy -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects -- Gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB) -- Gamm-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4- butanediol (1,4-BD) -- Ketamine -- mCPP |
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10. Anabolic steroids -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects |
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11. Tranquillizers and sleeping pills -- Barbiturates -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects -- Benzodiazepines -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects |
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12. Heroin and the opioids -- Historical background -- Preparation and distribution -- Scientific information -- Medical uses -- Recreational use -- Unwanted effects |
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13. The nature of addiction -- Introduction -- Neurobiological mechanisms -- Psychological processes -- Socio-cultural influences -- Issues of personal morality -- Conclusion |
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14. Helping problem drug users -- Drugs and young people -- Psychological treatments : general principles -- Relapse, prevention and rehabilitation -- Self-help groups -- Specific strategies for smokers -- Specific strategies for drinkers -- Specific strategies for opioid users -- Detoxification -- Substitute or long-term prescribing -- Specific strategies for amphetamine and cocaine users -- Specific strategies for cannabis smokers |
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15. International drug policy : is it working? -- How are drugs controlled? -- Strategies aimed at reducing smoking -- Strategies aimed at reducing drinking -- Current policy approaches to illegal drugs -- The war on drugs -- Two invited appraisals of present and future US drug policy / Robert L. DuPont, Ethan Nadelmann -- UK drug policy: is a more radical approach needed? |
| Summary |
Recreational drug use is a world-wide phenomenon. Despite the best efforts of governments, the public fascination with drugs shows no signs of abating. With media accounts of illegal drug use often verging on the hysterical, this book provides a refreshingly balanced and honest account of drug use throughout the world, one based on scientific fact, and not dogma. The book examines all the drugs currently used throughout the world, looking at their effects and side-effects. Why do people use drugs? Why do they become addicted? What are the lessons to be learned from making drugs illegal? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 26, 2013) |
| Subject |
Substance abuse -- Popular works
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Psychotropic drugs -- Popular works
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Drugs of abuse.
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Substance-Related Disorders
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Illicit Drugs
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Substance-Related Disorders -- etiology
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
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SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General.
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Drugs of abuse
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Psychotropic drugs
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Substance abuse
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Drogenmissbrauch
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Psychopharmakon
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191575747 |
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0191575747 |
