Buzzed

The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Fifth Edition

By: Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, Jeremy Foster, Leigh H. Wilson

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Paperback | 9 August 2019 | Edition Number 1

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400 Pages

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Revised

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28.7 x 23 x 6.1

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The fifth edition of the essential, accessible source for understanding how drugs work and their effects on body and behavior. With nearly a quarter of a million copies sold in its four previous editions, Buzzed is now revised and updated with the most recent discoveries about drugs. It includes new information about biological and behavioral changes from addiction, the prescription- drug- abuse epidemic, distinctive drug effects on the adolescent brain, and trends from opioids to e- cigarettes to marijuana, both natural and synthetic.

This no-nonsense handbook surveys the most used and abused drugs from caffeine to heroin to methamphetamine. In both quick-reference summaries and in-depth analysis, it reports on how these drugs enter the body, how they manipulate the brain, their short- and long-term effects, the different "highs" they produce, and the circumstances in which they can be deadly.

Neither a "just say no" treatise nor a "how-to" manual, Buzzed is based on the conviction that people make better decisions with accurate information in hand.

"Lively, highly informative, unbiased, [and] thorough."—Addiction Research & Theory

Industry Reviews

"A unique, up-to-date, and useful source for all those interested in the workings of and effects of legal and illegal drugs, regardless of whether you are a concerned mother or Irvine Welsh!" -- The British Psychological Society
"Buzzed is one of the most important books I've ever read... So comprehensive and so readable that I recommend everybody who's interested in this area-kids who are taking drugs, parents, professionals... and, most of all, politicians and legislators-to read it." -- Irvine Welsh
"Well written and easy to read. [Buzzed] could be used as a resource to be consulted, dipped into simply for interest's sake, or read from cover to cover... If you are looking for an up-to-date, accessible source of information regarding drugs of abuse, this book would be a good starting point." -- The Ulster Medical Journal

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