From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs - Softcover

Weil, Andrew; Rosen, Winnifred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395660793 ISBN 13: 9780395660799

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1993

Synopsis

This essential, authoritative source book is newly revised and updated and covers a wide range of substances, from coffee to marijuana, from antihistamines to psychedelics, from steroids to the new "smart" drugs. In a way that neither condemns nor condones drug use, the authors describe the likely effects of each drug and discuss precautions and alternatives, allowing readers to make informed and intelligent choices. Illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Weil, M.D., has degrees in biology and medicine from Harvard University. Author of the best-selling Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, he traveled the world experiencing and studying healers and healing systems and has earned an international reputation as an expert on alternative medicine, mind-body interactions, and medical botany. He is the associate director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine and the director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

From Library Journal:

Since drug use has occurred throughout history and within most cultures, the authors in this updated edition of their original work ( LJ 3/15/83) believe that "education based on truthful information is the only solution to the drug problem." In straightforward language, Weil and Rosen distinguish between drug use and drug abuse and stress the importance of developing a "good relationship" with drugs. Because the authors do not condemn drug use (legal or illegal), their volume may be considered unorthodox by some. Each chapter deals with a specific class of drugs, such as stimulants, depressants, and psychedelics, and describes the different effects of drugs in each category. At the end of each chapter are some precautions for using those drugs and also suggested readings for more information. Aimed at young people and their parents and teachers, this book offers an alternative way of looking at drug use. Recommended for public libraries.
- Kathleen McQuiston, Philadelphia Coll. of Pharmacy & Science
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0395660793
• ISBN 13: 9780395660799
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240