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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Page 152
... Barbiturates are used medically for two main purposes , which are actually pharmacologically degrees of the same function : sedation and hypnosis , that is , as calming agents and sleep inducers . The first barbiturate was derived from ...
... Barbiturates are used medically for two main purposes , which are actually pharmacologically degrees of the same function : sedation and hypnosis , that is , as calming agents and sleep inducers . The first barbiturate was derived from ...
Page 153
... barbiturates to make people feel better about taking large quantities of tranquilizers , but they are quite similar in nearly all respects , including their addict- ing properties . ) As with heroin addiction , babies born of barbiturate ...
... barbiturates to make people feel better about taking large quantities of tranquilizers , but they are quite similar in nearly all respects , including their addict- ing properties . ) As with heroin addiction , babies born of barbiturate ...
Page 154
... barbiturate and tranquilizer addicts in the United States at over a million ( Weinswig and Doerr 1968 , p . 149 ) . Roughly a million pounds of the barbiturates and well over a million pounds of only one of the many available ...
... barbiturate and tranquilizer addicts in the United States at over a million ( Weinswig and Doerr 1968 , p . 149 ) . Roughly a million pounds of the barbiturates and well over a million pounds of only one of the many available ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii | 1 |
THE MARIJUANA CONTROVERSY | 63 |
THE PSYCHEDELICS OR HALLUCINOGENS | 97 |
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