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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... chemicals that are conveyed or conducted from one site or locus to another . These chemicals are called neurotransmitters ; they can be regarded as " chemical messengers . " They act in or on or at specific sites or targets in the ...
... chemicals that are conveyed or conducted from one site or locus to another . These chemicals are called neurotransmitters ; they can be regarded as " chemical messengers . " They act in or on or at specific sites or targets in the ...
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... chemical process , and drug effects , which represent a much broader phenomenon , resulting from a much broader set of factors , including those that are not strictly physical in nature . A drug's action ( also referred to by ...
... chemical process , and drug effects , which represent a much broader phenomenon , resulting from a much broader set of factors , including those that are not strictly physical in nature . A drug's action ( also referred to by ...
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... chemical structure of a given drug and the location and function of certain receptor sites . While marijuana's chemicals do not fit in with receptors in the brain stem , the location of sites that regulate breathing and heartbeat ( and ...
... chemical structure of a given drug and the location and function of certain receptor sites . While marijuana's chemicals do not fit in with receptors in the brain stem , the location of sites that regulate breathing and heartbeat ( and ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
Copyright | |
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