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

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Publisher Comments:

Drugs are as pervasive as ever, and parents and children alike need complete, unbiased information about how drugs affect the mind and the body. Weil and Rosen cover a wide range of available substances, from coffee to marijuana, from antihistamines to psychedelics, from steroids to the new "smart drugs."

About the Author

Andrew Weil, M.D., has degrees in biology and medicine from Harvard University. Author of the best-selling Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, he traveled the world experiencing and studying healers and healing systems and has earned an international reputation as an expert on alternative medicine, mind-body interactions, and medical botany. He is the associate director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine and the director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Table of Contents

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.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780395911525
Subtitle:
Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs
Other:
Houghton Mifflin Publishing
Author:
Weil Andrew
Author:
Weil, Andrew T.
Author:
Houghton Mifflin Company
Author:
Rosen, Winifred
Author:
Weil, Andrew
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
Boston :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
Drug Guides
Subject:
Addiction
Subject:
Hallucinogenic drugs
Subject:
Psychotropic drugs
Subject:
Substance-Related Disorders -- indexes.
Subject:
Substance Abuse & Addictions - General
Copyright:
Edition Number:
Rev. and updated.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
19980520
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
9.0 x 7.63 in 0.96 lb
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