Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy (Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition) (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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The fourth edition of the essential, accessible source for understanding
how drugs work and their effects on body and behavior.

A bestseller in its three previous editions, Buzzed is now
revised and updated with the most recent discoveries
about drugs. It includes new information about biological
and behavioral changes in addiction, the prescription-drug
abuse epidemic, distinctive drug effects on the adolescent
brain, and trends from synthetic cannabinoids to e-cigarettes.
“Lively, highly informative, unbiased, [and] thorough” (Addiction
Research & Theory), 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-term
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.