The Chemistry of Mind-Altering Drugs
Subtitle: History, Pharmacology, and Cultural Context
Publisher: An American Chemical Society Publication; American Chemical Society
Published: February 19, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780841232532
Subjects: Cultural studies; History of medicine; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Neuropsychopharmacology; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Psychotropic drugs; Pharmacology; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Medical / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology; Central Nervous System Agents; Drugs of abuse; Psychopharmacology
First sentence: This chapter presents important background information essential to understanding the book as a whole.
Description: This book, intended for a wide audience from college students and professors to organic, pharmaceutical, and medicinal chemists, provides an      accessible explanation of drug-receptor interaction and organic chemical        structures, as well as descriptions of the discovery, isolation, and syntheses  of the chemical substances responsible for drug activity.

It is a rigorous, scientifically objective, and thoroughly        documented exposition of acute pharmacological and psychological effects of     nearly every known substance that affects human consciousness, from alcohol to  zopiclone. Also featured are first-hand accounts and descriptions of the social, cultural, and religious milieus in which many psychotropic plants are used.