Heroin: its history, pharmacology, and treatment

This volume provides an examination of the drug heroin from the discovery of opium by the Sumerians nearly 7,000 years ago to the use, abuse, treatment, and meaning of heroin in our day. A reference on the drug's history, pharmacology, psychology, and sociology, this work also offers an account...

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Hauptverfasser: Fernandez, Humberto 1950- (VerfasserIn), Libby, Therissa A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Center City, Minn. Hazelden 2011
Ausgabe:2nd ed., rev. and updated
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Zusammenfassung:This volume provides an examination of the drug heroin from the discovery of opium by the Sumerians nearly 7,000 years ago to the use, abuse, treatment, and meaning of heroin in our day. A reference on the drug's history, pharmacology, psychology, and sociology, this work also offers an account of heroin's power and persistent allure, its medicinal benefits and destructive nature. It contains personal stories and vignettes, and puts a human face on the long and complex story behind this notorious drug. First published in 1998, this book provided a definitive account of the drug's many myths and truths. This second edition has been revised to reflect changes in heroin use and new research findings about the drug's neurological effects
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
The drug -- The history of heroin: the discovery of opium and the China trade -- The history of heroin: heroin in America and the world trade -- The pharmacology and physiology of heroin use -- The addict -- The psychology and culture of the heroin addict -- Case history: heroin addiction -- Treatment -- Treatment for heroin addiction : the behavioral model -- The politics of methadone maintenance -- Case histories: methadone maintenance -- Pharmacological approaches to heroin addiction treatment -- Society -- Heroin, the aids epidemic, and hepatitis B and C -- America's war on drugs -- Heroin and the criminal justice system in America -- Heroin, popular culture, and the media -- Heroin addicts : beyond redemption?
Beschreibung:XI, 287 S. Ill. 23 cm
ISBN:9781592858309
1592858309

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