Living with DrugsNow in its sixth edition, Living with Drugs continues to be a well-respected and indispensable reference tool. Michael Gossop has updated this new edition to take account of new laws and practices that have come in to place since the previous edition, published in 2000. Written in an accessible style and providing a balanced perspective, the book is ideal for non-specialists in training, such as student nurses and social workers and for anyone with an interest in this complex, ever-present and emotive issue. |
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... high, yet few smokers are as worried by this risk as they should be. Our cities are managed for the convenience of a metal life-form which runs on wheels and expels poisonous gases. In the course of the 20th century,
... high, yet few smokers are as worried by this risk as they should be. Our cities are managed for the convenience of a metal life-form which runs on wheels and expels poisonous gases. In the course of the 20th century,
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Michael Gossop. expels poisonous gases. In the course of the 20th century, the motor car has killed off 25 million of us. But despite this appalling fact, few of us seriously view it as a threat. When we assess the risks of drugs, and if ...
Michael Gossop. expels poisonous gases. In the course of the 20th century, the motor car has killed off 25 million of us. But despite this appalling fact, few of us seriously view it as a threat. When we assess the risks of drugs, and if ...
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... in the US, it seems to have been a common medical practice during the early part of the 20th century to treat alcoholics by prescribing morphine for them. Drug. Taking. –. A. Wider. Perspective. It is impossible to be certain how long ...
... in the US, it seems to have been a common medical practice during the early part of the 20th century to treat alcoholics by prescribing morphine for them. Drug. Taking. –. A. Wider. Perspective. It is impossible to be certain how long ...
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... century. So drugs were available, had there been a sufficient desire to use them. This tendency to resist using ... centuries before its chemical discovery. In 1670, the Professor of Medicine at Leipzig noted that Toads aroused to the ...
... century. So drugs were available, had there been a sufficient desire to use them. This tendency to resist using ... centuries before its chemical discovery. In 1670, the Professor of Medicine at Leipzig noted that Toads aroused to the ...
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... century Bishop Albertus Magnus described how henbane was used to conjure up demons; under its influence people routinely described and believed in their visions of hell. Similarly, the thornapple, or devil's apple, which contains ...
... century Bishop Albertus Magnus described how henbane was used to conjure up demons; under its influence people routinely described and believed in their visions of hell. Similarly, the thornapple, or devil's apple, which contains ...
Contents
The Social Context | |
Chemical Comforts | |
Alcohol | |
Cannabis | |
The Hallucinogens | |
Archetypal Drugs of Abuse | |
The Control of Drugs | |
Junkie Myths | |
Doors in the Wall | |
Selected Bibliography | |
Index | |
Tobacco | |
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