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A Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse: The Biomedical Aspects

A Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse: The Biomedical Aspects

Gail Winger
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This comprehensive text on the pharmacological, medical, and legal aspects of drug abuse has been thoroughly updated for the Fourth Edition, and a new chapter on club drugs added. The chapter on medical effects was completely rewritten to focus on infections that develop in i.v. drug abusers,
and information on the international regulation of drug use was added to the chapter on drug abuse and the law. The book is written at a level appropriate for upper level undergraduate students, graduate or medical students, and drug counselors. All major drugs of abuse are covered: tobacco,
opioids, central stimulants , alcohol and other sedatives, marijuana, club drugs , hallucinogens, and volatile solvents. For each type the authors discuss history and culture, the characteristic patterns of use, subjective and
physiological effects, mechanisms of pharmacological action, and toxic effects. Epidemiological aspects are discussed as well as pharmacological treatment possibilities where applicable.
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Release
June 03, 2004
ISBN
0195172795
ISBN 13
9780195172799

A Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse: The Biomedical Aspects

Gail Winger
3.8/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This comprehensive text on the pharmacological, medical, and legal aspects of drug abuse has been thoroughly updated for the Fourth Edition, and a new chapter on club drugs added. The chapter on medical effects was completely rewritten to focus on infections that develop in i.v. drug abusers,
and information on the international regulation of drug use was added to the chapter on drug abuse and the law. The book is written at a level appropriate for upper level undergraduate students, graduate or medical students, and drug counselors. All major drugs of abuse are covered: tobacco,
opioids, central stimulants , alcohol and other sedatives, marijuana, club drugs , hallucinogens, and volatile solvents. For each type the authors discuss history and culture, the characteristic patterns of use, subjective and
physiological effects, mechanisms of pharmacological action, and toxic effects. Epidemiological aspects are discussed as well as pharmacological treatment possibilities where applicable.
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Release
June 03, 2004
ISBN
0195172795
ISBN 13
9780195172799

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