Buzzed - The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Fifth Edition

Fully updated, this matter-of-fact handbook includes the most recent discoveries about drug use, including new information on electronic smoking devices, abuse of prescription stimulants and the opioid crisis. "Lively, highly informative, unbiased, [and] thorough" (Addiction Research & Theory), Buzzed surveys drugs from caffeine to heroin to reveal how these drugs affect the body, the different "highs" they produce and the circumstances in which they can be deadly.

Neither a "Just Say No" treatise nor a "How to" manual, Buzzed is based on the conviction that people make better decisions with accurate information at hand.

About the author

Cynthia Kuhn, PhD, is professor of pharmacology at Duke University School of Medicine and Scott Swartzwelder, PhD, is associate vice president for Neuropsychology and Child and Adolescent Services at Avance Health System, and holds professorships in psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University. They both reside in Durham, North Carolina.Wilkie Wilson is professor of prevention science at Duke University.

Summary

The fifth edition of the essential, accessible source for understanding how drugs work and their effects on body and behaviour.

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia Kuhn, Cynthia (Duke University School of Medicine) Kuhn, Kuhn Cynthia, Scott Swartzwelder, Scott (Duke University School of Medicine) Swartzwelder, Swartzwelder Scott, Wilkie Wilson, Wilkie (Duke University) Wilson, Wilson Wilkie
• Assisted by: Jeremy Foster (Foreword), Wilson Leigh Heather (Foreword)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2019
• EAN: 9780393356465
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35646-5
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 491 g
• Illustrations: 8 pages of color illustrations
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, MEDICAL / Drug Guides, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems