Buzzed
Subtitle: The Straight Dope About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc; W.W. Norton
Published: February 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780393045888
Subjects: Alcoholism; Drug addiction & substance abuse; Personal & public health; Pharmacology; Pharmacy; Drugs - Dictionaries; Medical; Drugs; Drugs of abuse; Popular works; Health/Fitness
Notes: CONTENTS:

just say know (a college student’s perspective by Leigh Heather Wilson And Jeremy Foster) -- Test your drug knowledge -- Alcohol. liquor, wine, beer, ale, some cold remedies -- Caffeine. coffee, tea, soft drinks, over-the-counter pain relievers and stimulants, some prescription medications -- Enactogens. MDMA (Ecstasy, Adam), MDA, MDEA (Eve) -- Hallucinogens. lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD, acid), psilocybin (mushrooms), mescaline (peyote), dimethyltryptamine (DET DMT, businessman’s special), belladonna alkaloids, phencyclidine (PCP angel dust), ketamine (Special K) -- Herbal Drugs. Herbal X-tacy, melatonin, ginseng, smart drugs -- Inhalants. butyl or amyl nitrites (rush, poppers), anesthetics (nitrous oxide [whippets], halothane), solvents, paints, sprays, and fuels -- Marijuana. marijuana (pot, sinsemilla), hashish, hash oil -- Nicotine. tobacco, nicotine chewing gum, nicotine skin patch, chewing tobacco, snuff, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco -- 

Opiates. opium, heroin (smack, speedballs [opiates and cocaine]), morphine, codeine, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), oxycodone (Percodan), meperidine (Demerol), diphenoxylate (Lomotil), hydrocodone, fentanyl -- Sedatives. barbiturates (phenobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital, amobarbital), chloral hydrate, glutethimide, Equanil, Miltown, Noludar, Placidyl, Valmid, methaqualone (Quaaludes), benzodiazepines (such as Rohypnol, Valium, Ativan, Xanax, Halcion, and many others), gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB, Easy Lay) -- Steroids -- Stimulants. cocaine (coke, crack), amphetamine (uppers), methamphetamine (ice), methylphenidate (Ritalin), methcathinone (cat) -- Brain basics -- Drug basics -- Addiction -- Legal issues -- Further reading -- Glossary of drug-related street terms / slang words.