Fully updated, this matter-of-fact handbook includes the most recent discoveries about drug use, including new information on electronic smoking devices, abuse of prescription stimulants and the opioid crisis. "Lively, highly informative, unbiased, [and] thorough" (Addiction Research & Theory), Buzzed surveys drugs from caffeine to heroin to reveal how these drugs affect the body, 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 at hand.

About the Author
Cynthia Kuhn is professor of pharmacology at the Duke University School of Medicine. Scott Swartzwelder, PhD is a professor of psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine. Wilkie Wilson is professor of prevention science at Duke University.

Reviews
"A unique, up-to-date, and useful source for all those interested in the workings of and effects of legal and illegal drugs, regardless of whether you are a concerned mother or Irvine Welsh!" -- The British Psychological Society
"Buzzed is one of the most important books I've ever read... So comprehensive and so readable that I recommend everybody who's interested in this area-kids who are taking drugs, parents, professionals... and, most of all, politicians and legislators-to read it." -- Irvine Welsh
"Well written and easy to read. [Buzzed] could be used as a resource to be consulted, dipped into simply for interest's sake, or read from cover to cover... If you are looking for an up-to-date, accessible source of information regarding drugs of abuse, this book would be a good starting point." -- The Ulster Medical Journal



Book Information
ISBN 9780393356465
Author Cynthia Kuhn
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 489g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 155mm * 28mm