This text on the pharmacological, medical and legal aspects of drug abuse has been updated, and a chapter on club drugs added. All major drugs of abuse are cove... » 

This text on the pharmacological, medical and legal aspects of drug abuse has been updated, and a chapter on club drugs added. All major drugs of abuse are covered. For each type the authors discuss history and culture, patterns of use, subjective and physiological effects, mechanisms of pharmacological action, and toxic effects. «