Our Love Affair with Drugs: The History, the Science, the Politics – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190051464,0190051469,9780190051488, 0190051485

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0190051485
• ISBN-13: 9780190051488
• Author: Jerrold Winter

Our Love Affair with Drugs is written for experts and novices alike. There are stories of, for example, how Timothy Leary caused the repeal of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Readers will learn of the transformation by Sir Charles Locock of a drug intended to dampen female sexual activity into the first effective drug for the treatment of the ancient disease of epilepsy. Alexander Shulgin’s love of psychoactive drugs and his unconventional research practices illuminate the story of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a.k.a. Ecstasy, a drug now likely to find value in treating veterans and others suffering post-traumatic distress disorder. Winter links the excitement of drug discovery with the very practical matter of balancing the benefits and risks of these drugs.

Table contents:

1. Pharmacology: The Science of Drugs
2. Opioids: God’s Own Medicine
3. Marijuana: From Reefer Madness to THC Gummy Bears
4. Stimulants: From Coca to Caffeine
5. Depressants: Sedative-Hypnotic-Tranquilizing Drugs—From Errant Yeast to Halcion and Its Relatives
6. Dissociative Anesthetics: Angel Dust to Special K to Ketamine Clinics
7. Hallucinogens: Magic Mushrooms, Ayahuasca, Mescal Buttons, and Dr. Hofmann’s Problem Child
8. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA): a.k.a. Ecstasy
9. Pharmacological Puritanism and the War on Drugs: All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men . . .

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