Drugs : a very short introduction / Leslie Iversen.
By: Iversen, Leslie L.
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: 130 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 9780192854315.Subject(s): Drugs -- Popular works | Pharmacology -- Popular works | Drug abuse
| Pharmaceutical Preparations | Health and Wellbeing | Clinical & internal medicine | Pharmacology | Medical laboratory testing & techniques | Medical research | Diseases & disorders | Biochemistry | Illness & addiction: social aspectsDDC classification: 615.1 IVE Summary: Drugs gives a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. The title reviews both legal (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine) and illegal drugs and discusses current ideas about why some are addictive, and whether drug laws need reform.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 615.1 IVE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000785505 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The book gives a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomac ulcers, cancer, and metal 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. The book reviews both legal (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine) and illegal drugs and disscusses current idea about why some are addictive, and whether drug laws need reform.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126) and index.
Drugs gives a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. The title reviews both legal (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine) and illegal drugs and discusses current ideas about why some are addictive, and whether drug laws need reform.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 History
- 2 How drugs work
- 3 The medical uses of drugs
- 4 Recreational drugs
- 5 The making of a new medicine
- 6 How twentieth-century medicines have changed our lives, and prospects for the future
- Further Reading
- 1 History
- 2 How drugs work
- 3 The medical uses of drugs
- 4 Recreational drugs
- 5 The making of a new medicine
- 6 How twentieth-century medicines have changed our lives, and prospects for the future
- Further Reading