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Drugs: A Very Short Introduction
Leslie Iversen
144 pages
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photographs and diagrams
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174x111mm
978-0-19-285431-5
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Paperback
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23 August 2001
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- Covers both medicinal and recreational drugs
- Discusses the history of drug use from ancient times
- Explains the facts about how drugs work, including alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, as well as beta-blockers, antidepressants, and painkillers
- Explains how therapeutic drugs are developed and tested, and how the drug industry works
- Explores political, legal, medical, and social aspects of recreational drug-taking, and gives opinions about legalization of drugs such as cannabis
- Leslie Iversen's previous books include The Science of Marijuana
The book gives a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomac ulcers, cancer, and metal illnesses. These, along with the introduction of the oral contraceptive, have altered all of our lives. There has also been an increase in the recreational use and abuse of drugs in the Western world. The book reviews both legal (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine) and illegal drugs and disscusses current idea about why some are addictive, and whether drug laws need
reform.
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Leslie Iversen, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
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"The chapters are easy to dip into, but the book as a whole reads well and is short enough to read cover to cover. . . The book is up to date" - Chemistry in Britain 01/03/2002
"I found the text very informative . . . this book succeeds as a general introduction to drugs in medicine abd society, and should have wide appeal to both scientists and non-scientists. It is also good value for money." - Chemistry in Britain 01/03/2002
"illuminating" - TNT Magazine, 17/01/2001
"a vade-mecum of drugs of all kinds, bursting with facts presented succintly in a user-friendly style that will make it a favourite reference for many people not otherwise versed in the sciences. Highly recommended." - Gill Ewing, Nurturing Potential
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1: History
2: How drugs work
3: The medical uses of drugs
4: Recreational drugs
5: The making of a new medicine
6: How twentieth-century medicines have changed our lives, and prospects for the future
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