Drugs without the hot air : making sense of legal and illegal drugs

Nutt, David J. 1951- (author.).

Summary: The second edition of Drugs without the hot air looks at the science to allow anyone to make rational decisions based on objective evidence.

Record details

ISBN: 9780857844989
ISBN: 0857844989
Physical Description: print
xii, 430 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Cambridge : UIT Cambridge, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:

This edition originally published: 2020.

Formatted Contents Note:

Why I had to write this book -- Is ecstasy more dangerous than horse riding? -- How can we measure the harms done by drugs? -- Why do people take drugs? -- Cannabis, from the medicine of Queens to public enemy number one? -- Synthetic cannabinoids - the problem of "spice" -- If alcohol were discovered today, would it be legal? -- "Meow, meow" - should mephedrone have been banned? -- What is addiction? Is there an "addictive personality"? -- Can addiction be cured? -- Cocaine - from chewing to crack -- Why was smoking banned in public places? -- Vaping and snus - to vape or not to vape? -- Prescription drugs; the US opioid crisis -- Can drugs improve physical and mental performance? -- Psychedelics, and their use in treating dpression -- The War on Drugs, and drugs in war -- NPS - novel psychoactive substances -- The future of drugs -- What should I tell my kids about drugs?