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Based on the most current psychological and pharmacological research, provides a reliable, unbiased look at the use and abuse of legal and illegal drugs -- from alcohol, caffeine, and anti-anxiety pills to heroin, ecstasy, and special-K.
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Buzzed: The Straight Dope About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
February 1998, W W Norton & Co Inc, W.W. Norton
Hardcover
in English
0393045889 9780393045888
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CONTENTS:
just say know (a college student’s perspective by Leigh Heather Wilson And Jeremy Foster) -- Test your drug knowledge -- Alcohol. liquor, wine, beer, ale, some cold remedies -- Caffeine. coffee, tea, soft drinks, over-the-counter pain relievers and stimulants, some prescription medications -- Enactogens. MDMA (Ecstasy, Adam), MDA, MDEA (Eve) -- Hallucinogens. lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD, acid), psilocybin (mushrooms), mescaline (peyote), dimethyltryptamine (DET DMT, businessman’s special), belladonna alkaloids, phencyclidine (PCP angel dust), ketamine (Special K) -- Herbal Drugs. Herbal X-tacy, melatonin, ginseng, smart drugs -- Inhalants. butyl or amyl nitrites (rush, poppers), anesthetics (nitrous oxide [whippets], halothane), solvents, paints, sprays, and fuels -- Marijuana. marijuana (pot, sinsemilla), hashish, hash oil -- Nicotine. tobacco, nicotine chewing gum, nicotine skin patch, chewing tobacco, snuff, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco --
Opiates. opium, heroin (smack, speedballs [opiates and cocaine]), morphine, codeine, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), oxycodone (Percodan), meperidine (Demerol), diphenoxylate (Lomotil), hydrocodone, fentanyl -- Sedatives. barbiturates (phenobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital, amobarbital), chloral hydrate, glutethimide, Equanil, Miltown, Noludar, Placidyl, Valmid, methaqualone (Quaaludes), benzodiazepines (such as Rohypnol, Valium, Ativan, Xanax, Halcion, and many others), gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB, Easy Lay) -- Steroids -- Stimulants. cocaine (coke, crack), amphetamine (uppers), methamphetamine (ice), methylphenidate (Ritalin), methcathinone (cat) -- Brain basics -- Drug basics -- Addiction -- Legal issues -- Further reading -- Glossary of drug-related street terms / slang words.

