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

by Paul Gahlinger

A reference guide to prohibited and legal psychoactive drugs

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A reference guide to prohibited and legal psychoactive drugs

Paul Gahlinger’s guide organizes drug information across history, chemistry, effects, medical uses, recreational use, health concerns, addiction, and treatment. Its scope extends beyond individual substances: survey chapters address the effects of drugs on the brain, drug policy, workplace issues, and the economic and cultural dimensions of illegal drug use. The book also covers 33 psychoactive substances described as legal in the United States, including caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, betel nuts, and kava kava. Published in 2003, it reflects its own period and should not be treated as confirmation of current laws or medical guidance.

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  • Readers seeking a broad reference on drug history, chemistry, effects, and health topics
  • Readers interested in drug policy and the social, workplace, and economic dimensions of drug use
  • Readers comparing prohibited substances with legal psychoactive drugs

Themes

Drug history and chemistryHealth effects, addiction, and treatmentDrug policy and workplace issuesEconomic and cultural dimensions of drug use

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Book overview

Does Ecstasy cause brain damage? Why is crack more addictive than cocaine? What questions regarding drugs are legal to ask in a job interview? When does marijuana possession carry a greater prison sentence than murder?

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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