Drug & Alcohol Abuse Research Focus

Drug & Alcohol Abuse Research Focus

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Drug & Alcohol Abuse Research Focus

Drug & Alcohol Abuse Research Focus

Written by Terri A Walcott

Sale price  £176.24 Regular price  £234.99
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People have been using substances to lift their spirits for millennia. Techniques for fermenting beer and related tipples are known from Egypt and Sumeria 4000 years ago, and they soon spread across the inhabited world. Coca leaves (the source of cocaine), tobacco, and caffeine were also popular with ancient cultures. Humans may have an evolutionary pre-disposition to seek out narcotics, even though they can be addictive and damaging. Some people may have genes which make them more genetically prone to drug addiction than others. This book includes research on drug taking, examining both legal highs, such as alcohol, nicotine and caffeine, and illegal stimulants, such as marijuana, LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamines, heroin and magic mushrooms and the so-called date-rape drugs rohypnol and GHB.
ISBN-13
9781600218088
Publication date
1 January 2008
Format
Hardback
Pages
206
Dimensions
180 x 260 mm
Illustrations
tables & charts
Language
English

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