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Author:
Winter, Jerrold, author.
Title:
Our love affair with drugs : the history, the science, the politics / Jerrold Winter.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xii, 195 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
Psychotropic drugs.
Substance abuse.
Psychotropic Drugs.
Central Nervous System Agents.
Substance-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
Public Policy.
Drug and Narcotic Control.
Psychotropic drugs.
Substance abuse.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0190051469
9780190051464
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1091237567
LCCN:
2019014952
Locations:
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

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