Cocaine, Marijuana, Designer Drugs

Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Behavior
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-20428-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Published in 1989: A comprehensive review of the chemical, clinical, pharmaco-logical, medical and social aspects of the chemicals that are widely abused is presented in this highly informative publication. The contributing authors represent expertise in clinical medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, pharmacology, social work and psychiatry. The scientific discussion, phar-macokinetic, pharmacological, and analytical, is well tied to the behavioral aspects of substances of abuse, making this a unique publication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Redda, Kinfe

Walker, Charles A.

Barnett, Gene

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
Kinfe. K. Redda and Charles A. Walker

2. The national Perspective of Drug Abuse
Elaine M. Johnson

3. Behavorial Pharmacology of Drug Abuse
James P. Cleary and Kenneth D. McIntire

4. Getting Involved in Drug Abuse Education and Prevention
Carol Bolach

5. Pharmacology of Cocaine Abuse
Roger M. Brown

6. Cocaine Kinetics in Humans

John J. Ambre
7. Cocaine Pharmacology and Toxicology
Randall L. Commissaris
8. Cocaine Use in Man: Subjective Effects, Physiologic Responses, and Toxicity
Karen M. Kumor, Michael A. Sherrer, and Nicola G. Cascella
9. Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Medical and Psychiatric Consequences
Maria-Elena Rodriguez
10. Marijuana Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
C. Nora Chiang and Gene Barnett
11. Marijuana Abuse: Its Pharmacology and Effects on Testicular Function
Syed Husain
12. Marijuana Analysis and Detection of Use Through Urinalysis
Mahmoud A. Elsohly and Hala N. Elsohly
13. Designer Drugs: An Overview
Gene Barnett and Rao S. Rapaka
14. Substituted Amphetamine Controlled Substance Analogues
David E. Nichols
15. Pharmacology and Toxicology of MPTP: A Neurotic By-Product of Illicit Designer Drug Chemistry
Anthony Trevor, Neal Castagnoli, Jr., and Thomas P. Singer
16. Methyl-Phenyl-Tetrahydropyridine Neurotoxicity: From Clandestine Drug Synthesis to a Model for Parkinson’s Disease
Jordi Cami
17. Uses and Abuses of Anabolic Steroids by Athletes
Sayed M. H. Al-Habet, Kinfe K. Redda, and Henry J. Lee

Über Autor(innen)

Kinfe "Ken" Redda, Ph.D., is at present an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A & M University (FAMU), Tallahassee.
Charles A. Walker, Ph.D., is presently Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Gene Barnett, Ph.D., is presently serving as an associate of the Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Division of Cardio-Renal Drug Products in the area of drug pharmacokinetics.