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From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know about Mind-Altering Drugs Revised and Upd Edition
Contributor(s): Rosen, Winifred (Author), Weil, Andrew (Author)

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 ISBN: 0618483799     ISBN-13: 9780618483792
Publisher: Harvest Publications
OUR PRICE: $26.59  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2004
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Annotation: The likely effects, precautions, and alternatives to a wide range of available substances, from coffee to marijuana, antihistamines to psychedelics, steroids to smart drugs, are discussed in this guide.
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BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Alternative Therapies
- Health & Fitness | Healing
Dewey: 615.788
LCCN: 2004057677
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.80 lbs) 291 pages
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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From Chocolate to Morphine is the definitive guide to drugs and drug use from one of America's most respected and best-known doctors. This enormously popular book -- the best and most authoritative resource for unbiased information about how drugs affect the mind and the body -- covers a wide range of available substances, from coffee to marijuana, antihistamines to psychedelics, steroids to smart drugs, and discusses likely effects, precautions, and alternatives. Now expanded and updated to cover such drugs as oxycontin, Ecstasy, Prozac, and ephedra and to address numerous ongoing issues, including the United States' war on drugs, marijuana for therapeutic use, the overuse of drugs for children diagnosed with ADHD, and more, From Chocolate to Morphine is an invaluable resource.

Contributor Bio(s): Weil, Andrew T.: - Andrew Weil, M.D., has degrees in biology and medicine from Harvard University. Author of the best-selling Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, he traveled the world experiencing and studying healers and healing systems and has earned an international reputation as an expert on alternative medicine, mind-body interactions, and medical botany. He is the associate director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine and the director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson.Rosen, Winifred: - Winifred Rosen is a freelance writer and the author of numerous books for young people.Weil, Andrew: - Andrew Weil, M.D., has degrees in biology and medicine from Harvard University. Author of the best-selling Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, he traveled the world experiencing and studying healers and healing systems and has earned an international reputation as an expert on alternative medicine, mind-body interactions, and medical botany. He is the associate director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine and the director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
 
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