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Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, 2/E No.52
出版社： Oxford University Press
書林書號：
30228818
作者：
Iversen, Les
定價：
476
會員價：
$452
ISBN：
9780198745792
出版年份：
2016
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
0
  • 本書介紹
The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and metal illnesses. These, along with the introduction of the oral contraceptive, have altered all of our lives.
There has also been an increase in the recreational use and abuse of drugs in the Western world.

This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, gives a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. Reviewing both legal (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine) and illegal drugs, Les Iversen disscusses why some are addictive, and whether drug laws need reform.

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