David Nutt

Drugs without the hot air (eBook, PDF)

Making sense of legal and illegal drugs

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The dangers of illegal drugs are well known and rarely disputed, but how harmful are alcohol and tobacco by comparison?

The issue of what a drug is and how we should live with them affects us all: parents, teachers, users - anyone who has taken a painkiller or drunk a glass of wine. Written by renowned psychiatrist, Professor David Nutt, Drugs without the hot air casts a refreshingly honest light on drugs and answers crucial questions that are rarely ever disputed. What are we missing by banning medical research into magic mushrooms, LSD and cannabis? Can they be sources of valuable treatments? How can psychedelics treat depression?

Drugs without the hot air covers a wide range of topics, from addiction and whether addictive personalities exist to the role of cannabis in treating epilepsy, an overview on the opioid crisis, and an assessment of how harmful vaping is. This new expanded and revised second edition includes even more details on international policies, particularly in the US. David's research has won international support, reducing drug-related harm by introducing policies that are founded on scientific evidence. But there is still a lot to be done.

Accessibly written, this much-awaited second edition is an important book for everyone that brings us all up to date with the 'war of drugs'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857844965
• Artikelnr.: 68370407

Autorenporträt

David Nutt is a psychiatrist, founding chair of DrugScience and the Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology in Imperial College London. The Times Eureka science magazine voted him one of the 100 most important figures in British Science, and the science journal Nature and Sense about Science awarded him the John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. David hosts The Drug Science Podcast, and his writing has featured in numerous publications, including The Guardian, the Lancet and BBC Science Focus.

David is a former President of: the European Brain Council; the British Association of Psychopharmacology; the British Neuroscience Association; and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and he holds visiting Professorships at the Open University and University of Maastricht. In 2016 the University of Bath awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter endnotes URLs and links Acknowledgements 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 depression The War on Drugs, and drugs in war NPS - novel
psychoactive substances The future of drugs What should I tell my kids
about drugs? Useful websites URLs referenced in the text Index