The Encyclopedia of ADDICTIVE DRUGS

The Encyclopedia of ADDICTIVE DRUGS RICHARD LAWRENCE MILLER GREENWOOD PRESS ...

The Encyclopedia of ADDICTIVE DRUGS ...

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The Encyclopedia of ADDICTIVE DRUGS RICHARD LAWRENCE MILLER GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut •London ...

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, Richard Lawrence. The encyclopedia of addictive drugs / Richard Lawre ...

Contents Introduction Drug Types Alphabetical Listings of Drugs Sources for More Information Drug Name Index Subject Index ...

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Introduction The Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugswill save readers many hours of time that would otherwise be spent tracking down ...

2 The Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs as stimulants, with further grouping by classes of stimulants (amphetamine, anorectic, coc ...

Introduction 3 fect of some drugs. If a drug failed to produce physical symptoms associated with addiction, the substance was cl ...

4 The Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs they crave and are unable to stop taking. Becausedependencehas multiple meanings, the term ...

Introduction 5 idea. Ultimately some still unknown physical process may explain why people who take a drug for pleasure develop ...

6 The Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs HOW ARE ABUSE RISKS MEASURED? Historical experience shows addiction to be more likely with ...

Introduction 7 although Schedule I is often viewed as a list of the most dangerous drugs, relatively harmless ones are listed if ...

8 The Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs effects particularly harmful to young persons whose bodies are still devel- oping. Attainm ...

Introduction 9 those effects may occur in a later stage of pregnancy than types of harm in- volving bones or other organs. In ad ...

10 The Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs ments, 5th ed. (Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1986), 557; Drug Facts and Comparison ...

Drug Types This section of the book groups drugs in common ways that help readers make basic distinctions among them. For exampl ...

12 The Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs of any other effects on body chemistry. Such a mental state can make current problems see ...

Drug Types 13 was freely available to U.S. personnel who wanted it and was a standard item in survival packs. To improve alertne ...