Buzzed : the straight facts about the most used and abused drugs from alcohol to ecstasy / Cynthia Kuhn, Ph. D., Scott Swartzwelder, Ph. D., Wilkie Wilson, Ph. D., Duke University and Duke University School of Medicine ; with Leigh Heather Wilson and Jeremy Foster.

Buzzed is now revised and updated with the most recent discoveries about drugs. It includes new information about biological and behavioral changes in addiction, the prescription-drug abuse epidemic, distinctive drug effects on the adolescent brain, and trends from synthetic cannabinoids to e-cigare...

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Main Authors: Kuhn, Cynthia (Author), Swartzwelder, Scott (Author), Wilson, Wilkie (Author), Wilson, Leigh Heather (Author), Foster, Jeremy (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Drugs of abuse > Popular works.
Neuropharmacology > Popular works.
Substance-Related Disorders.
Nervous System > drug effects.
Illicit Drugs.
Neuropharmacology.
Drugs of abuse.
Popular Work.
Popular works.
Genre:
Popular works.
Popular Work.
Physical Description:385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Just say know (A college student's perspective) / Leigh Heather Wilson and Jeremy Foster
  • Test your drug knowledge
  • Alcohol
  • Caffeine
  • Ecstasy
  • Hallucinogens
  • Herbal drugs
  • Inhalants
  • Marijuana
  • Nicotine
  • Opiates
  • Sedatives
  • Steroids
  • Stimulants
  • Brain basics
  • Drug basics
  • Addiction
  • Legal issues.