Drugs in American SocietyThis edition probes the drug phenomenon in all its social, cultural and legal complexity. It covers the full range of psychoactive drug use, from legal medical and prescription use to criminal, recreational use, from casual use to addiction. |
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Page 297
... barbiturates and methaqualone are still regarded as more dangerous and abusable than the tranquilizers . Two sedatives that were widely used both legally and illegally in the 1970s are methaqualone and the barbiturates . Barbiturates ...
... barbiturates and methaqualone are still regarded as more dangerous and abusable than the tranquilizers . Two sedatives that were widely used both legally and illegally in the 1970s are methaqualone and the barbiturates . Barbiturates ...
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Erich Goode. Death from an overdose of a barbiturate can occur at 10 times the therapeutic dose . Death is caused by respiratory failure , an inhibition of the breathing mechanism . Barbiturates demonstrate a cross - tolerance with ...
Erich Goode. Death from an overdose of a barbiturate can occur at 10 times the therapeutic dose . Death is caused by respiratory failure , an inhibition of the breathing mechanism . Barbiturates demonstrate a cross - tolerance with ...
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... barbiturates increased significantly in the late 1960s and early 1970s . The barbiturate intoxication would seem to have little to recommend it aside from an obliteration of an awareness of one's surroundings and the creation of a hazy ...
... barbiturates increased significantly in the late 1960s and early 1970s . The barbiturate intoxication would seem to have little to recommend it aside from an obliteration of an awareness of one's surroundings and the creation of a hazy ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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