Living with drugs
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Living with drugs
Arena , Ashgate, c1996
4th ed
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Providing a historical perspective, this work discusses the common drugs in use today from tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco through cannabis and LSD to "hard" drugs like heroin. It states that the total effect of drug taking is an interaction between the drug and the personality of the user.
Table of Contents
- The chemistry of everyday life
- the effects of drugs
- the social context
- chemical comforts
- alcohol
- tobacco
- cannabis
- the hallucinogens
- archetypal drugs of abuse
- the control of drugs
- junkie myths
- doors in the wall.
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