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1.
Drugs and Society - Vol. 1
Contributors:
Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish Reference 2006
Subjects:
Drug Abuse
Drugs Of Abuse
Pharmacology
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...drug problem in society today. Manyother drugs are illegal to use for any reason, includingmarijuana...about considering these substances as drugs,but alcohol continues to occupy a unique position. The sources of drugs Many drugs are substances that occur naturally...
2.
Drugs and Society - Vol. 2
Contributors:
Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish Reference 2006
Subjects:
Drug Abuse
Drugs Of Abuse
Pharmacology
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drugs, such as cocaine or heroin. Evidence put forwardfor the gateway phenomenon suggests that either theproperties of gateway drugs may themselves cause theprogression to other drugs, or that individuals atincreased risk for use and abuse...
3.
Drugs and Society - Vol. 3
Contributors:
Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish Reference 2006
Subjects:
Drug Abuse
Drugs Of Abuse
Pharmacology
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...acrossmucous membranes. However, many drugs are weakacids or bases that exist in solution...absorptionof the drug from the stomach. Some drugs aretransported across the mucosal membrane...essential amino acids and nutrients,and many drugs are sufficiently similar in chemicalstructure...
4.
False Messengers: How Addictive Drugs Change the Brain
Contributors:
Publisher:
Routledge 2002
Subjects:
Brain--Effect Of Drugs On
Drugs--Physiological Effect
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...preserve our ability to use even abused drugs in medicine when they are needed. Like...oversee the drug control laws. To control drugs and at the same time make them available for use in medicine, these laws categorize drugs according to two primary criteria: their...
5.
Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Drugs
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Publisher:
Perseus 2000
Subjects:
Psychotropic Drugs--Side Effects--Popular Works
Brain--Effect Of Drugs On--Popular Works
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...combinations, but you suspect that stoppingthe drugs is the only way to find out if they're...your doctor reach the decision to come off drugs in orderto more accurately evaluate their...may have tried to stop taking psychiatric drugs in the past andfailed because of your emotional...
6.
Drugs: A Very Short Introduction
Contributors:
Publisher:
Oxford University Press 2001
Subjects:
Drugs--Popular Works
Pharmacology--Popular Works
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...43Angiotensin converting enzyme(see ACE inhibitors)Anti-anxiety drugs 57, 58Anti-bacterial drugs 10Antibiotics 27Antibiotic resistance 68–72Anti-cancer drugs 120, 121Antidepressants 55–7Anti-fungal drugs 64Anti-inflammatory...
7.
Consuming Habits: Drugs in History and Anthropology
Contributors:
Publisher:
Routledge 1995
Subjects:
Psychotropic Drugs--Cross-Cultural Studies
Psychotropic Drugs--Social Aspects
Psychotropic Drugs--History
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themselves-what drugs do to people. The various campaigns against...example of this common tendency to see drugs largely in medico-legal terms, to fetishize...anthropological attention has been paid to 'drugs' closer to home and this despite their...
8.
Communication Campaigns about Drugs: Government, Media, and the Public
Contributors:
Publisher:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 1989
Subjects:
Drugs And Mass Media--United States--Congresses
Drug Abuse--United States--Prevention--Congresses
Narcotics, Control of--United States--Congresses
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...1986.Although media coverage of illegal drugs steadily increased during theearly 1980s, the biggest increase in media emphasis on drugs occurredduring the summer and early fall...thesudden increase in media attention to drugs during the summer of 1986could not be explained...
9.
Stairways to Heaven: Drugs in American Religious History
Contributors:
Publisher:
Westview Press 2000
Subjects:
Drugs--Religious Aspects--History
Drugs--United States--History
United States--Religion
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...the manyways in which Americans have used drugs in their efforts both toinduce religious...outlook on thediverse connections between drugs and religion in American his­tory...rituals have provided contexts forthe use of drugs. It is my opinion that the presence of...
10.
The $800 Million Pill: The Truth behind the Cost of New Drugs
Contributors:
Publisher:
University of California Press 2004
Subjects:
Prescription Pricing
Drugs--Prices
Consumer Education
Pharmaceutical Industry
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...soar, but so did the sales ofthe existing drugs on the market, whose efficacy had been...wondrouslyenhanced by the addition of the new class of drugs. A successful therapyturned AIDS into...and created a permanent market. Allthe drugs in the cocktail saw their sales soar...
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