Drugged
The Science and Culture Behind Psychotropic Drugs
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 30 January 2014
- ISBN 9780199957972
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages376 pages
- Size 236x162x26 mm
- Weight 734 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Through the eyes of history, science, and culture, this exciting new book reveals the world behind psychotropic drugs, answering many important, but tricky, questions about where they come from, exactly what they are and how they work.
MoreLong description:
"Morphine," writes Richard J. Miller, "is the most significant chemical substance mankind has ever encountered." So ancient that remains of poppies have been found in Neolithic tombs, it is the most effective drug ever discovered for treating pain. "Whatever advances are made in medicine," Miller adds, "nothing could really be more important than that." And yet, when it comes to mind-altering substances, morphine is only a cc or two in a vast river that flows through
human civilization, ranging LSD to a morning cup of tea.
In DRUGGED, Miller takes readers on an eye-opening tour of psychotropic drugs, describing the various kinds, how they were discovered and developed, and how they have played multiple roles in virtually every culture. The vast scope of chemicals that cross the blood-brain barrier boggle the very brain they reach: cannabis and cocaine, antipsychotics and antidepressants, alcohol, amphetamines, and Ecstasy-and much more. Literate and wide-ranging, Miller weaves together science and history,
telling the story of the undercover theft of 20,000 tea plants from China by a British spy, for example, the European discovery of coffee and chocolate, and how Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the famous man of letters, first isolated the alkaloid we now know as caffeine. Miller explains what scientists
know-and don't-about the impact of each drug on the brain, down to the details of neurotransmitters and their receptors. He clarifies the differences between morphine and heroin, mescaline and LSD, and other similar substances. Drugged brims with surprises, revealing the fact that antidepressant drugs evolved from the rocket fuel that shot V2 rockets into London during World War II, highlighting the role of hallucinogens in the history of religion, and asking whether Prozac can help depressed
cats.
Entertaining and authoritative, Drugged is a truly fascinating book.
Miller's explanations of these investigations make for excellent intellectual detective stories.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: In The Beginning
Chapter 2: Bicycle Day
Chapter 3: Purple Haze
Chapter 4: The House of the Sylvan Harmonies
Chapter 5: The Cabinet of Dr Snyder
Chapter 6: Divertimento
Chapter 7: Harry and Tonto
Chapter 8: The Man with the Dragon Tattoo
Chapter 9: Papillons
