Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy (Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (903 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393344517 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
8 pages of color illustrations. “Lively, highly informative, unbiased, and thorough” (Addiction Research & Theory), this no-nonsense handbook surveys the most used and abused drugs from caffeine to heroin to methamphetamine. The fourth edition of the essential, accessible source for understanding how drugs work and their effects on body and behavior. A bestseller in its three previous editions, Buzzed is now revised and updated with the most recent discoveries about drugs. 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 in hand. In both quick-reference summaries and in-depth analysis, it reports on how these drugs enter the body, how they manipulate the brain, their short-term and long-term effects, the different “highs” they produce, and the circumstances in which they can be deadly. It includes new information about biological and behavioral changes in addiction, the prescription-drug abuse epidemic, distinctive drug effects on the adolescent brain, and trends from
. Cynthia Kuhn is professor of pharmacology at the Duke University School of Medicine.Scott Swartzwelder, PhD is a professor of psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine.Wilkie Wilson is professor of prevention science at Duke University
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. About the Author Cynthia Kuhn is professor of pharmacology at the Duke University School of Medicine.Scott Swartzwelder, PhD is a professor of psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine.Wilkie Wilson is professor of prevention science at Duke University