Hallucinogens (Understanding Drugs)

Santella, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1604135395 ISBN 13: 9781604135398

Publisher: Chelsea House Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Hallucinogens are mood-altering drugs that cause the user to experience hallucinations, dissociation from reality, or delirium. Hallucinogens such as psilocybin (mushrooms) and mescaline (peyote) are naturally occurring, while LSD, MDMA, PCP, and ketamine are synthetic substances. Abuse of hallucinogens can cause memory impairment, anxiety attacks, flashbacks, nausea, and vomiting. High doses of hallucinogens like PCP can cause convulsions, coma, and death. Hallucinogens provides important information on the nature and chemistry of these drugs, their effects, abuse, and related social and legal issues.

Chapters include:

• Overview
• History of Hallucinogens
• The Science of Hallucinogens
• Hallucinogens: Use and Abuse
• Treatment for Hallucinogen Abuse
• Hallucinogens and the Law
• Future Trends.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Understanding Drugs provides a fact-based look at many of drugs that teens encounter, explains how they work, and identifies the risks and benefits of using them. Each title spotlights a drug of abuse or a treatment drug. Written in straightforward language, the books break down the biological and chemical processes relevant to each drug, explains the history of the drug, discusses the risks of using or abusing it, and guides readers toward reliable help for dealing with a drug-related problem. The Understanding Drugs series provides concise guides for high school students to the science, history, social issues, and health issues connected to common legal and illegal drugs.

This series is appropriate for high school students, health teachers, and counselors.

Dramatic "you-are-there" case studies help show how drugs impact on real life, and sidebars offer supplementary facts, compelling statistics, and historical information.

About the Author:

Thomas Santella is project co-ordinator for the chairman and president of Lannett Company, Inc., America's oldest generic pharmaceutical company. Prior to this, Santella was research co-ordinator at the Centre for Pharmaceutical Health Services Research within Temple University's School of Pharmacy. In addition to numerous articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals such as Formulary, Pharmacy Times, and the Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Santella is the author of two books in Chelsea House's Drugs: The Straight Facts series, including Opium and Body Enhancement Products. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1604135395
• ISBN 13: 9781604135398
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 100
• Editor: Triggle David J