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All the facts about cocaine are drawn together in this book, from its natural occurrence in a tea-like plant in South America, to its appearence on the streets as crack. The social and medical issues surrounding addiction are explored drawing on[...]Livre
ENGLISH : In a newly enlarged edition of this eye-opening book, David T. Courtwright offers an original interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history : the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction from r[...]Livre
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FRANÇAIS : Cet ouvrage s'intéresse aux problèmes d'usage de drogues parmi les professionnels, et aux outils et programmes de prise en charge adaptés. Sa matière première est constituée d'une série d'interviews menées entre 1992 et 1995 par l'au[...]Livre
The book's first section describes the confluence of the world's principal psychoactive resources, concentrating on alcoholic and caffeinated beverages, tobacco, opiates, cannabis, coca, cocaine, and sugar - the last a key ingredient in many dru[...]Livre
A generation has passed since a physician first noticed that women who drank heavily while pregnant gave birth to underweight infants with disturbing tell-tale characteristics. Women whose own mothers enjoyed martinis while pregnant now lost sle[...]Livre
We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can be as habit-forming as cocaine, researchers tell us, and social media apps are hooking our kids. But what can we do to resist temptat[...]Livre
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Tobacco is the quintessential American product. From Jamestown to the Marlboro Man, the plant occupied the heart of the nation's economy and expressed its enduring myths. But today smoking rates have declined and smokers are exiled from many pub[...]Livre
Tobacco, among the most popular consumer products of the twentieth century, is under attack. Once a behavior that knew no social bounds, cigarette smoking has been transformed into an activity that reflects sharp differences in social status. "U[...]