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Heroin : its history, pharmacology, and treatment

"This updated and expanded second edition provides new research into heroin's effects on the brain, the changing attitudes and policies about methadone and medications, and the different approaches to treating heroin addicts. Included are studies of violence along the U.S.-Mexican border--which has put heroin trafficking in the spotlight--as well as a focus on how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have made opium a valuable commodity and a major source of funds for terrorists. Animated with vivid personal stories and vignettes, Heroin puts a human face on the long and complex story behind this notorious drug"--Provided by publisher.

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  • "This volume provides an examination of the drug heroin from the discovery of opium by the Sumerians nearly 7,000 years ago to the use, abuse, treatment, and meaning of heroin in our day. A reference on the drug's history, pharmacology, psychology, and sociology, this work also offers an account of heroin's power and persistent allure, its medicinal benefits and destructive nature. It contains personal stories and vignettes, and puts a human face on the long and complex story behind this notorious drug. First published in 1998, this book provided a definitive account of the drug's many myths and truths. This second edition has been revised to reflect changes in heroin use and new research findings about the drug's neurological effects."
  • "A fully developed history, psychology, physiology, and pharmacology of heroin addiction.'--David E. Smith, M.D., Founder, President, and Medical Director, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc., and Richard B. Seymour, M.A., Managing Editor, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 'Recommended reading for both the general public and addiction treatment professionals, providing a wealth of valuable information in understanding heroin addiction and treatment.'--Mark Parrino, M.P.A., President, American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence This updated and expanded second edition provides new."
  • ""This updated and expanded second edition provides new research into heroin's effects on the brain, the changing attitudes and policies about methadone and medications, and the different approaches to treating heroin addicts. Included are studies of violence along the U.S.-Mexican border--which has put heroin trafficking in the spotlight--as well as a focus on how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have made opium a valuable commodity and a major source of funds for terrorists. Animated with vivid personal stories and vignettes, Heroin puts a human face on the long and complex story behind this notorious drug"--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "A fully developed history, psychology, physiology, and pharmacology of heroin addiction.'--David E. Smith, M.D., Founder, President, and Medical Director, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc., and Richard B. Seymour, M.A., Managing Editor, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 'Recommended reading for both the general public and addiction treatment professionals, providing a wealth of valuable information in understanding heroin addiction and treatment.'--Mark Parrino, M.P.A., President, American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence."@en

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  • "Heroin Its History, Pharmacology, and Treatment"
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