E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Nutt Drugs without the hot air
2. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-85784-495-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
Format: EPUB
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Making sense of legal and illegal drugs
E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
ISBN: 978-0-85784-495-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection
The dangers of illegal drugs are well known and rarely disputed, but how harmful are alcohol and tobacco by comparison? What are we missing by banning medical research into magic mushrooms, LSD and cannabis? Can they be sources of valuable treatments? The second edition of Drugs without the hot air looks at the science to allow anyone to make rational decisions based on objective evidence, asking: *What is addiction? Is there an addictive personality? *What is the role of cannabis in treating epilepsy? *How harmful is vaping? *How can psychedelics treat depression? *Where is the opioid crisis taking us?
David Nutt is a psychiatrist and the Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology in Imperial College London. He broadcasts widely to the general public both on radio and television. A former President of: the European Brain Council; the British Association of Psychopharmacology; the British Neuroscience Association; and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, he holds visiting Professorships at the Open University and University of Maastricht and is Founding Chair of DrugScience.org.uk. In 2016 the University of Bath awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws. The Times Eureka science magazine voted him one of the 100 most important figures in British Science. The science journal Nature and Sense about Science awarded him the John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. The 1st edition of Drugs: without the hot air won the Transmission Prize and was commended by the British Medical Association.
