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Drugs, society, and human behavior

Title
Drugs, society, and human behavior / Oakley Ray.
Author
Ray, Oakley Stern.
Publication
Saint Louis : Mosby, 1978.

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Description
xii, 457 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  • Drugs
  • Drug abuse
  • Drugs > Physiological effect
  • Pharmacology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Medication abuse
  • Behavior > drug effects
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Pharmacology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • pharmacology
  • Medication abuse
  • Drug abuse
  • Drugs
  • Drugs > Physiological effect
  • Abweichendes Verhalten
  • Drogenmissbrauch
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- Drug use: an overview -- Regulation of drug use -- Drugs and ... driving, crime and violence, bad trips -- Fundamentals -- Nervous system -- Prelude to pharmacology -- The actions of drugs -- The nondrug drugs -- Alcohol -- Nicotine -- Caffeine -- Over-the-counter drugs -- Oral contraceptives -- Psychotherapeutic drugs: use and misuse -- Tranquilizers and mood modifiers -- Stimulants and depressants -- Narcotic drugs -- Opiates through the ages -- Illegal narcotic use and treatment: today and tomorrow -- The phantasticants -- Introduction to the hallucinogens -- The major hallucinogens -- Marijuana and hashish -- Conclusion -- A rational look at drug use.
ISBN
  • 0801640946
  • 9780801640940
LCCN
77020660
OCLC
  • ocm03380035
  • 3380035
  • SCSB-66965
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library