Research Catalog

Title

Uppers and downers / edited by David E. Smith and Donald R. Wesson.

Author

Smith, David E. (David Elvin), 1939-

Publication

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1973]

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Additional Authors

Wesson, Donald R., 1941-

Description

viii, 152 pages; 21 cm

Subject

• Drug abuse
• Barbiturates
• Amphetamine abuse
• Amphetamine
• Substance-Related Disorders
• Politics

Note

• "Spectrum book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

Smith, D. E. and Wesson, D. R. Introduction: the politics of uppers and downers.--Kramer, J. C. and Pinco, R. G. Amphetamine use and misuse: a medicolegal view.--Shick, J. F. E., Smith, D. E., and Wesson, D. R. An analysis of amphetamine toxicity and patterns of use.--Pittel, S. M. and Hofer, R. The transition to amphetamine abuse.--Eiswirth, N. A., Smith, D. E., and Wesson, D. R. Cocaine: champagne of uppers.--Wesson, D. R. and Smith, D. E. Barbiturate toxicity and the treatment of barbiturate dependence.--Wesson, D. R., Smith, D. E., and Gay, G. R. The politics of barbiturate and amphetamine abuse.--Smith, D. E. and Wesson, D. R. Legitimate and illegitimate distribution of amphetamines.--Wesson, D. R. and Smith, D. E. Methaqualone: just another downer.--Gravel, M. The corporate pushers.--Szasz, T. S. The ethics of addiction.--Glossary of drug terms.--Notes on the editors and contributors.

ISBN

• 013938605X
• 0139385975 (pbk.)

LCCN

73015558

OCLC

ocm00703185

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries