cam a22 4 4500 583530397 CHVBK 20201127100023.0 200404t20202020xxu b||| 001 0 eng| 2019014952 101744579 DNLM 978-0-19-005146-4 hardback 978-0-19-005147-1 updf 978-0-19-005148-8 epub (NEBIS)011406762 (VAUD)991021394793302852 (IDSBB)007173216 (EXLNZ-41BCULAUSA_NETWORK)991023718330002851 (OCoLC)1091237567 DNLM/DLC ger SzZuIDS NEBIS ZBZ rda eng RM315 .W56 2020 QV 77.2 615 15 615.7/88 23 300 15 150 15 Winter Jerrold Verfasser aut Our love affair with drugs the history, the science, the politics Jerrold Winter New York, NY, United States of America Oxford University Press [2020] xii, 195 Seiten Includes bibliographical references and index Preface - 1. Pharmacology: the science of drugs - 2. Opioids: God's own medicine - 3. Marijuana: from reefer madness to THC gummy bears - 4. Stimulants: from coca to caffeine - 5. Depressants: sedative-hypnotic-tranquilizing drugs: from errant yeast to Halcion and its relatives - 6. Dissociative anesthetics: angel dust to special k to ketamine clinics - 7. Hallucinogens: magic mushrooms, ayahuasca, mescal buttons, and Dr. Hofmann's problem child - 8. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) a.k.a. ecstasy - 9. Pharmacological puritanism and the war on drugs: all the king's horses and all the king's men Prescription, illicit, and recreational drugs touch all of our lives yet a basic understanding of these chemicals is largely absent among Americans. Jerrold Winter offers a comprehensive account of psychoactive drugs, chemicals which influence our brains in myriad ways. Manifestations of their influence on the brain are quite varied. There may be the comfort provided by opioids to those who are dying or in pain or, in everyday life, the surge of contentment for the users of caffeine, nicotine, heroin, alcohol, or marijuana upon the taking of their drug of choice. Turning to the more exotic, a drug such as LSD may alter the way the world looks to us; it may even inspire thoughts of God. Adding to the purely scientific questions which confront us are the ways in which our society chooses to respond to the presence of psychoactive drugs. Should they be banned and their users sent to prison, tolerated as a reflection of man's eternal search for an escape from anxiety, pain, and the monotony of daily life, or celebrated as therapeutically useful agents? Our Love Affair with Drugs is written for experts and novices alike. There are stories of, for example, how Timothy Leary caused the repeal of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Readers will learn of the transformation by Sir Charles Locock of a drug intended to dampen female sexual activity into the first effective drug for the treatment of the ancient disease of epilepsy. Alexander Shulgin's love of psychoactive drugs and his unconventional research practices illuminate the story of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a.k.a. Ecstasy, a drug now likely to find value in treating veterans and others suffering post-traumatic distress disorder. Winter links the excitement of drug discovery with the very practical matter of balancing the benefits and risks of these drugs. Substance abuse fast Psychotropes Histoire ram Toxicomanie Histoire ram Médicaments Abus ram Psychotropic drugs fast Psychotropic Drugs Central Nervous System Agents Substance-Related Disorders prevention & control Public Policy Drug and Narcotic Control Droge (DE-588)4013058-7 gnd Rauschgift (DE-588)4048610-2 gnd Drogenabhängigkeit (DE-588)4138597-4 gnd Drogenpolitik (DE-588)4140775-1 gnd Psychotropic Drugs (DNLM)D011619 Central Nervous System Agents (DNLM)D002491 Substance-Related Disorders prevention & control (DNLM)D019966Q000517 Public Policy (DNLM)D011640 Drug and Narcotic Control (DNLM)D004335 Psychotropic drugs Substance abuse u 615 Pharmakologie, Therapeutik, Toxikologie idsuzh UK Version électronique Winter, Jerrold Our love affair with drugs 9780190051471 Version électronique Winter, Jerrold Our love affair with drugs 9780190051488 BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 zbzmon202003l stad zbzswk202005b tschu idszbz Z2 UFBIVMED UFBI-202002 UFBIMEDGES UFBI-202003 s1me rnv IDSBB A100 A100 100FM UBH HV 3569 NELA1002007 IDSBB B400 B400 400M BeM IDSBB B583 B583 MAG IMG CFA 2020 91 IMG QV 77 W785 NELB5832004 NEBIS 100 1- Winter Jerrold Verfasser aut VAUD 100 1- Winter Jerrold aut VAUD 776 1- Winter, Jerrold Version électronique Our love affair with drugs 9780190051471 VAUD 776 1- Winter, Jerrold Version électronique Our love affair with drugs 9780190051488 IDSBB 100 1- Winter Jerrold Verfasser aut NEBIS ZAD50 https://opac.nebis.ch/objects/pdf03/z01_978-0-19-005146-4_01.pdf Titelblatt und Inhaltsverzeichnis VIEW pdf IDSBB DSV51 DSV01 A100 http://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSBB/007173216/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis SWISSBIB 583530397