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Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use, and Abuse

Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use, and Abuse

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Illegal Drugs is the first comprehensive reference to offer timely, pertinent information on every drug currently prohibited by law in the United States. It includes their histories, chemical properties and effects, medical uses and recreational abuses, and associated health problems, as well as addiction and treatment information.

Additional survey chapters discuss general and historical information on illegal drug use, the effect of drugs on the brain, the war on drugs, drugs in the workplace, the economy and culture of illegal drugs, and information on thirty-three psychoactive drugs that are legal in the United States, from caffeine, alcohol and tobacco to betel nuts and kava kava.

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BrandPlume
Pub dateDec 30, 2003
ISBN-100452285054
ISBN-139780452285057
LanguageEnglish
Bindingpaperback
Print length480 pages
Dimensions9.31 × 1.12 × 7.03 in
Weight1 lb
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