Pubdate: Mon, 22 Sep 2014
Source: Albuquerque Journal (NM)
Copyright: 2014 Albuquerque Journal
Contact:  http://www.abqjournal.com/
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Health Briefs

'BUZZED' A PRIMER ON ABUSED DRUGS

Just perusing the table of contents in "Buzzed: The Straight Facts 
About the Most Used and Abused Drugs From Alcohol to Ecstasy" is a 
sharp reminder of the huge role drugs play in American culture. 
Twelve hefty chapters present the pharmacopeia in nonjudgmental 
alphabetical order - alcohol, caffeine, ecstasy, hallucinogens, 
herbal drugs, inhalants, marijuana, nicotine, opiates, sedatives, 
steroids, stimulants - each followed by a lively list of slang and 
street names.

The authors, Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder and Wilkie Wilson, all 
professors at Duke University, first published this compendium in 
1998. Updated through the years with such listings as Rohypnol and 
Red Bull, a synthetic marijuana called Spice, designer stimulants 
called bath salts, e-cigarettes and ginkgo biloba, it comes in at 
nearly 400 pages.

Some factoids: There's more caffeine in grocery store coffee than in 
cafe blends; cocaine users outnumber meth users five to one; one 
effect of heroin withdrawal is diarrhea; the brain has a specific 
receptor for cannabis.

Every chapter tells you what the drug or class of drugs does, how it 
enters and leaves the body, and its short-term and long-term effects.
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