Title: The Chemistry of Mind-Altering Drugs
First published: 1996
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.
Subjects: Ethnology, Pharmacology, Street Drugs, Central Nervous System Agents, Drugs of abuse, Psychotropic drugs, Substance abuse, Psychopharmacology, History, Illicit Drugs, Substance-Related Disorders
LC classification: RM315 .P435 1996