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Third edition. |
| Description |
367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Just say know (a college student's perspective / Leigh Heather Wilson and Jeremy Foster) -- Test your drug knowledge -- Part 1: Alcohol: liquor, whiskey, booze, hooch, wine, beer, ale, porter -- Caffeine: coffee, tea, soft drinks, energy drinks, over-the-counter pain relievers and stimulants, some prescription medications -- Ecstasy: MDMA (X, XTC, Adam), MDE (Eve), MDA (love) -- Hallucinogens: lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-acid, blotter, California sunshine, microdot, trip, yellow sunshine, etc); mescaline (peyote, buttons, mesc, mescal, topi); psilocybin mushrooms (boomers, magic mushrooms, shrooms); dimethyltryptamine (DMT-businessman's special); ayahuasca (caapi, yage, vegetal); belladonna alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine, belladonna, deadly nightshade, jimsonweed, stink weed, mandrake); phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust, T, peace pill); ketamine (special K, K); dextromethorphan (dex, robo, red devils); salvia divinorum (ska, Maria, la Maria, ska Pastora) -- Herbal drugs: herbal x-tacy, smart drugs, ginseng, melatonin, etc -- Inhalants: nitrates (butyl or amyl-bolt, bullets, climax, locker room, rush, poppers, snappers, aimes); anesthetics (nitrous oxide-whippets; gaseous anesthesia agents used for surgery-halothane ether); solvents, paints, sprays, and fuels (toluene, gasoline, glues, canned spray paint, etc) -- Marijuana: marijuana (reefer, pot, herb, ganja, grass, old man, blanche, weed, sinsemilla, bhang, dagga, smoke); hashish (hash, tar); hash oil (oil, charas) -- |
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Nicotine: tobacco, nicotine chewing gum, nicotine skin patch, chewing tobacco, snuff, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco -- Opiates: opium (Chinese molasses, dreams, gong, O, skee, toys, zero); heroin (big H, dreck, horse, mojo, smack, white lady, brown); heroin and cocaine (speedballs); morphine, codeine, hydromorphone (dilaudid), oxycodone (percodan, oxycontin), meperidine (demerol), diphenoxylate (lomotil), hydrocodone (vicodin), fentanyl (sublimaze), propoxyphene (darvon) -- Sedatives: barbiturates (phenobarbital, pentobarbital ([nembutal], secobarbital [seconal], amobarbital [amytal]); chloral hydrate (notec, somnos, felsules); glutethimide (doriden); equanil, miltown, noludar, placidly, valmid, methaqualone (Quaaludes, ludes); benzodiazepines (such as rohypnol, valium, librium, ativan, xanax, halcion, and many others); drugs designed specifically to induce sleep (zolpidem [ambien], eszopiclone [lunesta], and ramelteon [rozerem]); gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) -- Steroids: steroids, roids, juice -- Stimulants: cocaine, (coke, blow, candy, crack, jimmy, rock, nose candy, whitecoat), amphetamine (crank, bennies, uppers), methamphetamine (meth, crystal, crystal meth, ice), ephedrine, methylphenidate (ritalin), methcathinone (cat, crank, goob) -- Part 2: Brain basics -- Drug basics -- Addiction -- Legal issues -- Further reading -- Glossary of drug-related street terms/slang words -- Index. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: The third edition of the essential, accessible source for understanding how drugs work and their effects on body and behavior. Together, the first two editions of Buzzed have sold over 120,000 copies-and now the authors have revised and updated the book to include the most recent discoveries about drugs, including new information on the energy drinks craze, prescription drugs such as OxyContin and Ambien, and the date-rape drug GHB. Scientifically accurate and easy to read, this no-nonsense handbook gives the most balanced, objective information available on the most often used and abused drugs, from alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine to heroin, Ecstasy, and methamphetamine. In both quick-reference summaries and in-depth analysis, it reports on how these drugs enter the body, how they manipulate the brain, their short-term and long-term effects, the kinds of "high" they produce, and the circumstances in which they can be deadly. Neither a "Just Say No" treatise nor a "How to" manual, Buzzed is based on the conviction that people make better decisions with accurate information at hand. |
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Substance-Related Disorders -- Popular Works.
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Nervous System -- drug effects -- Popular Works.
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Illicit Drugs -- Popular Works.
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Drugs of abuse -- Popular works.
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| Added Author |
Swartzwelder, Scott.
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Wilson, Wilkie.
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Wilson, Leigh Heather.
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Foster, Jeremy.
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| ISBN |
9780393329858 paperback |
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0393329852 paperback |
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