Drugs and society / Weldon L. Witters, Peter J. Venturelli.

Contents

Chapter one: Drug use: an introduction
Chapter two: Theoretical explanations
Chapter three: The body and drugs: Structure and controls
Chapter four: How and where drugs work: Tolerance and dependency
Chapter five: Pharmacodynamics: The mechanism of drug action
Chapter six: The classification of drugs and drug interactions
Chapter seven: The Hallucinogens
Chapter eight: Marijuana
Chapter nine: The stimulants
Chapter ten: Tobacco
Chapter eleven: Depressant drugs
Chapter twelve: Alcohol
Chapter thirteen: Opium and its derivatives
Chapter fourteen: Drugs and pain
Chapter fifteen: The contraceptive drugs
Chapter sixteen: Drugs and human sexuality
Chapter seventeen: Over-the counter drugs
Chapter eighteen: First aid in abused drug emergencies
Chapter nineteen: Drugs and the law
Chapter twenty: Treatment, rehabilitation and prevention

Includes Bibliography and index