Barry Stimmel

Addiction Potential of Abused Drugs and Drug Classes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Increase your awareness of the relative addiction liabilities of various drugs and drug classes that are commonly abused. A timely and masterful new book, Addiction Potential of Abused Drugs and Drug Classes clarifies, in contemporary terminology, the state of addiction liability of cocaine, opiates, alcohol, sedative-hypnotics, nicotine, anxiolytics, marijuana, inhalants and anesthetics, and PCP and hallucinogensthe nine drugs that are most abused today. Authorities combine their research expertise with the available scientific literature to evaluate those factors which contribute to the addictive qualities of drugs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781138873148
• ISBN-10: 1138873144
• Artikelnr.: 42787047

Autorenporträt

Barry Stimmel

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Drug Dependence: Defining the Issues
* Addictiveness of Central Stimulants
* The Opioids: Abuse Liability and Treatments for Dependence
* Alcohol: Mechanisms of Addiction and Reinforcement
* Abuse Liability of Barbiturates and Other Sedative-Hypnotics
* An Analysis of the Addiction Liability of Nicotine
* Addiction Potential of Benzodiazepines and Non-Benzodiazepine
Anxiolytics
* Cannabis Dependence and Tolerance Production
* Relative Addiction Potential of Major Centrally-Active Drugs and Drug
Classes--Inhalants and Anesthetics
* PCP and Hallucinogens
* Selective Guide to Current Reference Sources: Addiction Potential of
Abused Drugs
* Reference Notes Included