Brain-robbers
Subtitle: how alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates have changed human history
By: Frances R. Frankenburg, MD
Publisher: Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781440829314; 9781440829321
Subjects: Social aspects; Substance abuse; Economic aspects; History
Description: "A psychiatrist examines how the world's four most important mind-altering substances--alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates--have played a significant role throughout human history, and explains how these powerful drugs affect the brain and cause addiction"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.