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Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)
Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)
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  • Discusses the history of drug use from ancient times
  • Explains the facts about how drugs work, including alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, as well as beta-blockers, antidepressants, and painkillers
  • Explores political, legal, medical, and social aspects of recreational drug-taking, and gives opinions about the legalization of drugs such as cannabis
  • Explains how therapeutic drugs are developed and tested, and how the drug industry works

    
The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and mental illnesses. These, along with the introduction of the oral contraceptive, have altered all of our lives. There has also been an increase in the recreational use and abuse of drugs in the Western world. 
  
This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, gives a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. Reviewing both legal (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine) and illegal drugs, Les Iversen discusses why some are addictive, and whether drug laws need reform. 

目次: 

List of illustrations
1: History
2: How drugs work
3: Drugs as medicines
4: Recreational drugs
5: Making new medicines
6: What can we expect in the 21st Century?
References
Further reading
Index

著者について: 

Les Iversen, Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford.
 
Les Iversen is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford. He was director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit in Cambridge (1970-1983) and then Vice-President of Neuroscience for the American pharmaceutical company Merck Inc (1983-1995). He is best known for his work on the role of monoamine transport mechanisms in the inactivation of monoamines in the brain, and as targets for psychoactive drugs. His previous books include The Science of Marijuana, 2nd Edition(OUP USA, 2007) and Speed, Ecstacy, Ritalin: The Science of Amphetamines (OUP, 2008).

商品情報

ISBN : 9780198745792

著者: 
Les Iversen
ページ
144 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
110 x 174 mm
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Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)