Matters of Substance : Drugs : Is Legalization the Right Answer - or the Wrong Question?

Edwards, Griffith

ISBN 10: 014100309X / ISBN 13: 9780141003092

Editore: Penguin Group, London, United Kingdom, 2005

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Good, paperback. Generally clean, bright and tight. Some marks and age tanning but otherwise in good condition. 314 pages. Codice articolo 37403

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Titolo: Matters of Substance : Drugs : Is ...

Casa editrice: Penguin Group, London, United Kingdom

Data di pubblicazione: 2005

Legatura: Soft cover

Condizione: Good

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Drugs can be injected, snorted, smoked or swallowed. They can heighten excitement or numb emotion. They are sold by multi-national corporations and on street corners. They can cure and kill.

Matters of Substance is a fascinating global tour of drugs and our ambivalent relationship with them. From alcohol to amphetamines, cannabis to crack cocaine, heroin to valium, Griffith Edwards reveals the history, culture and language behind each type of drug - their physical and psychological effects, medical uses, trade routes, the involvement of big business and the chequered path of control and legislation. He considers the key issues surrounding drugs: which are most dangerous? Why do some people become addicted? What causes a drug epidemic? As Edwards argues, only when we truly understand drugs can we hope to deal with them, and this enlightened and informative book will inform all future debates on the subject.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Griffith Edwards set up the Addiction Research Unit in 1967, a research group which grew into what is now Britain's National Addiction Centre. He has advised the Department of Health, the Home Office and the Cabinet Office on aspects of drug and alcohol policy, alongside advising the WHO. He set up research projects in Africa and Latin America and in the USA has acted as consultant to the White House Office in drug abuse. His books have been translated into 12 different languages. He is currently editor-in-chief of the international scientific journal Addiction and Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry.