Forbidden Drugs : Understanding Drugs and Why People Take Them /

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 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robson, Philip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, Ã2009.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Substance abuse > Popular works.
Psychotropic drugs > Popular works.
Drugs of abuse.
Substance-Related Disorders
Illicit Drugs
Substance-Related Disorders > etiology
Polytoxicomanie > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Psychotropes > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Toxicomanie.
Drogues illicites.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Addiction.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > General.
Psychotropic drugs.
Substance abuse.
Drogenmissbrauch
Psychopharmakon
Popular works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 dogma. The book examines all the drugs currently used throughout the world, looking at their effects and side-effects. Why do people use drugs? Why do they become addicted? What are the lessons to be learned from making drugs illegal?
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191575747
0191575747

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