From chocolate to morphine : everything you need to know about mind-altering drugs / Andrew Weil and Winifred Rosen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weil, Andrew.

Contributor:

Rosen, Winifred, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotropic drugs.

Physical Description:

291 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2004]

Summary:

From Chocolate to Morphine is the definitive guide to drugs and drug use from one of America's 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 probable 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 war on drugs, marijuana for therapeutic use, the overuse of drugs for children diagnosed with ADHD, and more, From Chocolate to Morphine is an invaluable resource.

Contents:

1 Straight Talk at the Start 1

2 What Is a Drug? 10

3 Why People Use Drugs 15

4 Relationships with Drugs 24

5 Types of Drugs 30

6 Stimulants 38

7 Depressants 69

8 Psychedelics, or Hallucinogens 111

9 Marijuana 135

10 Solvents and Inhalants; Deliriants; PCP and Ketamine 150

11 Medical Drugs; Herbal Remedies; Smart Drugs 170

12 Problems with Drugs 193

13 Alternatives to Taking Drugs 210

14 Final Words 216

Appendix First-Person Accounts and Comments 223.

Notes:

Originally published as: Chocolate to morphine : understanding mind-active drugs, 1983.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0618483799

OCLC:

56140349

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