Drugs and controlled substances :

Drugs and controlled substances : information for students / Stacey L. Blachford and Kristine Krapp, editors. - Detroit : Thomson/Gale, c2003. - xxvi, 495 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

2C-B (Nexus) -- Alcohol -- Amphetamines -- Amyl nitrate -- Anabolic steroids -- Antidepressants -- Barbiturates -- Benzodiazepine -- Benzylpiperazine/Trifluromethylphenylpiperazine -- Caffeine -- Catha edulis -- Cocaine -- Codeine -- Creatine -- Designer drugs -- Dextroamphetamine -- Dextromethorphan -- Diet pills -- Dimethyltryptamine -- Diuretics -- Ecstasy -- Ephedra/Ma Huang -- Fentanyl -- GBL -- GHB -- Herbal drugs -- Heroin -- Hydromorphone -- Inhalants -- Ketamine -- LSD -- Marijuana -- Melatonin -- Meperidine -- Mescaline -- Methadone -- Methamphetamines -- Methaqualone -- Methylphenidate -- Morphine -- Nicotine -- Nitrous oxide -- Opium -- Oxycodone -- PCP -- PMA and PMMA -- Psilocybin -- Rohypnol -- Salvia divinorum -- Tranquilizers.

Provides detailed information about the composition, history, effects, uses and abuses of common drugs, including illegal drugs and addictive substances, as well as commonly abused classes of prescription drugs.

078766264X (alk. paper)

2002010925


Drug abuse--Juvenile literature.
Drugs.
Drug abuse.

REF HV5809.5 / .D784 2003
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