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Zusatztext This excellent introduction to the common drugs of abuse...provides accurate and easy to understand information...a worthwhile read for those in the field. Informationen zum Autor Dr Philip Robson (MBBS, MRCP, FRCPsych) gained experience in hospital medicine, clinical pharmacology and drug development before training as a psychiatrist. He has worked in drug dependency units in Melbourne and London and developed a regional service for drug users in Oxfordshire. Since 2000 he has worked with GW Pharmaceuticals plc in exploring the therapeutic potential of cannabis-based medicines. Klappentext Recreational drug use is a world-wide phenomenon. Despite the best efforts of governments! the public fascination with drugs shows no signs of abating. With media accounts of illegal drug use often verging on the hysterical! this book provides a refreshingly balanced and honest account of drug use throughout the world! one based on scientific fact! and not on dogma. The book examines all the drugs currently used throughout the world! looking at their effects and side-effects. Why do peple use drugs? Why do they become addicted? What are the lessons to be learned from making drugs illegal? Updated for the third edition with chapters rewritten to take account of scientific! epidemiological and political developments since the second edition! and with a new section on the present and future US drug policy from high-profile contributors! the book provides a much needed rational approach to the problem of drug use. Zusammenfassung Forbidden Drugs Third edition addresses the fascinating and contentious subject of recreational drug use with a unique combination of authoritative, scientific information and entertaining readability. Although primarily aimed at the lay reader it will also provide a comprehensive account of the subject for students or interested professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 1: Why use drugs? 2: The consequences of drug use Part 2 3: Alcohol 4: Tobacco 5: Cannabis 6: Cocaine, amphetamine, and other stimulants 7: Psychedelics and hallucinogens 8: The inhalants 9: Ecstasy and other 'party drugs' 10: Anabolic steroids 11: Tranquillizers and sleeping pills 12: Heroin and the opioids 13: The nature of addiction 14: Helping problem drug users 15: International drug policy - is it working? ...
