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Medical toxicology of drug abuse : synthesized chemicals and psychoactive plants /

Medical toxicology of drug abuse : synthesized chemicals and psychoactive plants / - Hoboken, N.J : John Wiley & Sons, 2012. - xix, 1041 p. : ill. (some coloured) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Reviwe panel -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 : synthetic and semisynthetic chemicals. I : amphetamines and phenethylamine derivatives. II : club drugs. III : eating disorders and appetite suppressants. IV : ergogenic agents and supplements. V : ethanol. VI : lysergic acid diethylamide -- VII : older sedative hypnotic drugs -- VIII : opioids. IX : phencyclidine. X : volatile substances of abuse -- Part 2 : pyschoactive plants -- Index.

A broad reference covering the most important drugs of abuse, including amphetamines, opiates and steroids. The book also covers psychoactive plants such as caffeine, peyote and psilocybin, and provides chemical structures, analytical methods, clinical features and treatments of these drugs of abuse.

9780471727606 (cloth) 9780471727606: £90.50 0471727601 (cloth)

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Drugs--Toxicology.
Substance abuse--Drugs.
Substance abuse.

616.86 / BAR