Drugs in American SocietyGoode's Drugs in American Society 7/e is a well-respected, brief investigation of the full range of psychoactive drug use; from legal, medical and perscription use to criminal, recreational use and from casual use to addiction. Objective pro and con accounts on important issues like treatment, education, rehabilitation, and legalization give students a thorough understanding of the topics. The new seventh edition continues to provide the most balanced and up-to-date coverage in an accessible, engaging style. |
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... doses to produce a given effect - humans versus mice , for instance . Doses are often expressed per kilogram of body weight . LD refers to the lethal dose , the quantity of a given drug that is required to kill a stip- ulated population ...
... doses to produce a given effect - humans versus mice , for instance . Doses are often expressed per kilogram of body weight . LD refers to the lethal dose , the quantity of a given drug that is required to kill a stip- ulated population ...
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... Dose A discussion of drug effects is meaningless without considering the factor of dose . There are minuscule dosage levels at which a normally potent drug would exert no psychologically dis- cernible ... Dose 38 PART I INTRODUCTION Dose.
... Dose A discussion of drug effects is meaningless without considering the factor of dose . There are minuscule dosage levels at which a normally potent drug would exert no psychologically dis- cernible ... Dose 38 PART I INTRODUCTION Dose.
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... dose increases and the drug's effects begin to kick in , there will be a kind of " takeoff " point , where the dose - response curve rises rapidly . Then , for most drugs and for most effects , at even higher doses , the dose - response ...
... dose increases and the drug's effects begin to kick in , there will be a kind of " takeoff " point , where the dose - response curve rises rapidly . Then , for most drugs and for most effects , at even higher doses , the dose - response ...
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