Illegal Drugs by Paul Gahlinger

Illegal Drugs by Paul Gahlinger

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.

Dr. Paul Gahlinger has been involved in drug research since 1984 and is a professor of medicine at the University of Utah. He is a certified substance abuse medical review officer, an FAA aviation medical examiner, and a consultant for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center, and a passionate spokesperson on drug issues.

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ISBN 13	9780452285057
ISBN 10	0452285054
Titel	Illegal Drugs
Autor	Paul Gahlinger
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Penguin Putnam Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-12-30
Seitenanzahl	480
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