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Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction 2. The National Perspective of Drug Abuse 3. Behavorial Pharmacology of Drug Abuse 4. Getting Involved in Drug Abuse Education and Prevention 5. Pharmacology of Cocaine Abuse 6. Cocaine Kinetics in Humans 7. Cocaine Pharmacology and Toxicology 8. Cocaine Use in Man: Subjective Effects, Physiologic Responses, and Toxicity 9. Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Medical and Psychiatric Consequences 10. Marijuana Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 11. Marijuana Abuse: Its Pharmacology and Effects on Testicular Function 12. Marijuana Analysis and Detection of Use Through Urinalysis 13. Designer Drugs: An Overview 14. Substituted Amphetamine Controlled Substance Analogues 15. Pharmacology and Toxicology of MPTP: A Neurotic By-Product of Illicit Designer Drug Chemistry 16. Methyl-Phenyl-Tetrahydropyridine Neurotoxicity: From Clandestine Drug Synthesis to a Model for Parkinson’s Disease 17. Uses and Abuses of Anabolic Steroids by Athletes
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Kinfe "Ken" Redda, Ph.D., is at present an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A & M University (FAMU), Tallahassee.
Charles A. Walker, Ph.D., is presently Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Gene Barnett, Ph.D., is presently serving as an associate of the Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Division of Cardio-Renal Drug Products in the area of drug pharmacokinetics.
Zusammenfassung
Published in 1989: A comprehensive review of the chemical, clinical, pharmaco-logical, medical and social aspects of the chemicals that are widely abused is presented in this highly informative publication. The contributing authors represent expertise in clinical medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, pharmacology, social work and psychiatry. The scientific discussion, phar-macokinetic, pharmacological, and analytical, is well tied to the behavioral aspects of substances of abuse, making this a unique publication.
