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Buzzed
The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 9. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-393-34451-6 (ISBN)
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Description
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 behavioural changes in addiction, the prescription-drug abuse epidemic, distinctive drug effects on the adolescent brain and trends from synthetic cannabinoids to e-cigarettes.
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.
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.
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Edition
Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
8 pages of color illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
432 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-34451-6 (9780393344516)
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Cynthia Kuhn | Scott Swartzwelder | Wilkie Wilson
Buzzed
The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Fifth Edition
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07/2019
WW Norton & Co
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Additional editions

Cynthia Kuhn | Scott Swartzwelder | Wilkie Wilson
Buzzed
The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
E-Book
06/2014
W. W. Norton & Company
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Previous edition

Cynthia Kuhn | Scott Swartzwelder | Wilkie Wilson
Buzzed
The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
Book
09/2008
3rd Edition
WW Norton & Co
€38.56
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Persons
Cynthia Kuhn, PhD, is professor of pharmacology at Duke University School of Medicine and Scott Swartzwelder, PhD, is associate vice president for Neuropsychology and Child and Adolescent Services at Avance Health System, and holds professorships in psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University. They both reside in Durham, North Carolina. Wilkie Wilson is professor of prevention science at Duke University.
Author
Duke University School of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Duke University
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