Barbiturates
Subtitle: sleeping potions or intoxicants?
By: Jack E. Henningfield, Nancy Almand Ator.
Contributors: Ator, Nancy Almand.
Edition: Updated.
Series: Encyclopedia of psychoactive drugs
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Barbiturates -- Juvenile literature.; Barbiturates -- Toxicology -- Juvenile literature.; Barbiturates.; Drugs.; Drug abuse.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses the effects, side effects, and dangers of barbiturate use and abuse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 96) and index.
Table of contents: title: What are barbiturates?; title: How do barbiturates work?; title: What are the effects of barbiturates?; title: What are the medical uses of barbiturates?; title: The risks of barbiturate therapy; title: How are barbiturates abused?; title: Barbiturate overdose; title: Appendixes.