Drugs and the human body with implications for society
Clear and readable for the average reader - yet comprehensive enough for the professional - this reliable reference addresses the effects of high-use, high-abuse drugs in America in a timely and straightforward fashion. Reflects up-to-date research throughout, including coverage of street, over-the-...
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Upper Saddle River, NJ
Pearson Prentice Hall
2009
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| Edition: | 8th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The magic bullets
- Where drugs come from
- Federal laws : the FDA and drug testing-penalties for illicit use
- What happens to drugs after we take them
- Drugs at the synapse
- Narcotic analgesics: opiates and opioids
- Cocaine, amphetamines, caffeine, nicotine, and other stimulants
- The barbiturates: battered but still here
- Alcohol and 100 million Americans
- Anxiolytics and hypnotics: the minor tranquilizers antipsychotics: the major tranquilizers
- Marijuana
- Hallucinogens, street drugs, designer drugs, club drugs, predatory drugs, and some observations
- The pill: an update
- Nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, ketoprofen, fenoprofen, and Celebrex and Vioxx
- Additional OTC drugs and chemicals
- Personal drug testing
- Drugs in sports.