Memoirs of an addicted brain : a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs /
Lewis, Marc D.
New York : PublicAffairs,
2012, c2011.
A neuroscientist tells the story of his youth spent as a drug addict, while using the specific example of his own story to help explain drug use and addiction in general from a scientific standpoint.
Originally published: Canada: Doubleday Canada, 2011.
A neuroscientist tells the story of his youth spent as a drug addict, while using the specific example of his own story to help explain drug use and addiction in general from a scientific standpoint.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index.
The Tabor chronicles. Changing state -- Giving up control -- Into the fire -- Dopamine and desire: a romantic interlude -- Life and death in California. Pulling out the stops -- Psychedelics, sex, and violence -- A psychedelic finale: cops and angels -- Heroin, the Heap, and the sleep of the dead -- Getting down -- Going places. Travel broadens the mind -- Consciousness lost and found -- The opium fields -- In sickness and in health. Night life in Rat Park -- Crime and punishment -- Healing -- Epilogue.
Lewis, Marc D.
Lewis, Marc D.
Drug addicts
Neuroscientists
Brain
Drug abuse.
Drug addiction.