Opium

Though few challenge the efficacy of opium as a pain reliever during its 7,000-year history, today it is feared more than revered. This book reviews its storied history and pharmacology in nontechnical terms, providing useful "harm reduction" information for those experimenting with the drug or its derivatives.

Summary

Though few challenge the efficacy of opium as a pain reliever during its 7,000-year history, today it is feared more than revered. This book reviews its storied history and pharmacology in nontechnical terms, providing useful ?harm reduction” information for those experimenting with the drug or its derivatives.

Product details

• Authors: Debra Kita, Debra Moraes, Francis Moraes, Ph.D. Moraes, Francis Moraes Ph D, Francis Moraes Ph. D.
• Publisher: Ronin Publishing (ca)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2003
• EAN: 9780914171836
• ISBN: 978-0-914171-83-6
• No. of pages: 141
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 205 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 200 g
• Series: Little Books (Ronin Publishing; Little Books (Ronin Publishing
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries