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Product Identifiers

PublisherTransform Press

ISBN-100999547216

ISBN-139780999547212

eBay Product ID (ePID)27050083139

Product Key Features

Educational LevelAdult & Further Education

Number of Pages368 Pages

Publication NameNature of Drugs : History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEntheogens & Visionary Substances, Life Sciences / Biochemistry, General, Chemistry / Organic

Publication Year2021

TypeTextbook

AuthorAlexander Shulgin

Subject AreaBody, Mind & Spirit, Science

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight28.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceAdult Education

LCCN2021-009820

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal615.109

SynopsisThe Nature of Drugs presents Sasha Shulgin's popular San Francisco State University course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. The course also delves into social issues and reactions involving drugs, and discussions of governmental attempts at controlling them and features Sasha's engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides., The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact, Volume 1, presents lectures from Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin's popular course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San Francisco State University in 1987, The Nature of Drugs series highlights Shulgin's engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides. Ostensibly taught as an introductory course on drugs and biochemistry, these books serve as both a historical record of Shulgin's teaching style and the culmination of his philosophy on drugs, psychopharmacology, states of consciousness, and societal and individual freedoms pertaining to their use, both medicinal and exploratory. The Nature of Drugs, Volume 1 features course lectures 1 through 8 and offers Shulgin's view on the origin of drugs, the history of U.S. drug law enforcement, human anatomy, the nervous system, the range of drug administrations, varieties of drug actions, memory and states of consciousness, and research methods. It lays the groundwork for Shulgin's philosophy on psychopharmacology and society. The Nature of Drugs series presents the story of humanity's relationship with psychoactive substances from the perspective of a master psychopharmacologist and beloved luminary in the study of chemistry, pharmacology and consciousness. Audiobook note: The Nature of Drugs, Volume 1 audiobook contains portions of the original 1987 recordings of Shulgin himself conducting his course and interacting with his students. Those original clips are interlaced with newly recorded narration that fills in portions with more optimal audio quality.

LC Classification NumberRM301.S518 2021