Download or read book Novel Psychoactive Substances written by Paul I. Dargan and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel Psychoactive Substances: Classification, Pharmacology and Toxicology provides readers with background on the classification, detection, supply and availability of novel psychoactive substances, otherwise known as "legal highs." This book also covers individual classes of novel psychoactive substances that have recently emerged onto the recreational drug scene and provides an overview of the pharmacology of the substance followed by a discussion of the acute and chronic harm or toxicity associated with the substance. Written by international experts in the field, this multi-authored book is a valuable reference for scientists, clinicians, academics, and regulatory and law enforcement professionals. - Includes chapters written by international experts in the field. - Provides a comprehensive look at the classification, detection, availability and supply of novel psychoactive substances, in addition to the pharmacology and toxicology associated with the substance. - Offers a single source for all interested parties working in this area, including scientists, academics, clinicians, law enforcement and regulatory agencies. - Provides a full treatment of novel psychoactive substances that have recently emerged onto the recreational drug scene including mephedrone and the synthetic cannabinoid receptors in 'spice' / 'K2'.
Download or read book Legal Highs written by Adam Gottlieb and published by Ronin Publishing (CA). This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legal Highs written by Wensley Clarkson and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal Highs are without doubt the biggest drug scourge to blight the world since recreational drugs first hit the streets more than 100 years ago. Their growing menace opens up a new front in the drug war, shifting the battle line from the Colombian jungles, Moroccan valleys, Afghan hills and the Winnebagos of New Mexico to specially constructed laboratories on the outskirts of Shanghai and other cities across the globe. But who are the shadowy characters behind the extravagant new drugs such as 'bath salts' and 'Miaow Miaow'? The scientists, the rogue boffins, the factory sweat-shop workers, the smugglers, the suppliers, and, ultimately, the dealers who sell tens of millions of packets of these substances every week? Why are so many people from all walks of life now consuming Legal Highs in such large quantities? This book will go inside the lives of all these people to reveal for the first time the true stories behind the emergence of the most deadly narcotics the world has ever seen.
Download or read book Weed the People written by Bruce Barcott and published by Time Home Entertainment. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no other organization whose inner workings are more secretive than the Vatican - the spiritual and physical center - of the Catholic Church. Now, with a dynamic new leader in Pope Francis, all eyes are upon the church, as this immensely popular Pope seeks to bring the church back from the right to center, in what can almost be described as a populist stance, blurring the lines between politics, religion and culture. With topics including women, finance, scandal, and reform at the fore, never before have so many eyes been upon the church in what could be its defining moment for modern times. Now the most respected journalist covering the Vatican and the Catholic Church today, John L. Allen, reveals the inner workings of the Vatican to display the vast machinery, and the man at the helm in a way that no other writer can.The Boston Globe has stated that John L. Allen 'is basically the reporter that bishops and cardinals call to find out what's going on within the confines of the Vatican.'
Download or read book Legal Highs written by Adam Gottlieb and published by Ronin Publishing (CA). This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legally Stoned written by Todd A. Thies, Ph.D. and published by Citadel Underground. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide to psychoactive drugs reveals fourteen legal and accessible paths on your journey to altered consciousness. Getting high in one form or another has been a part of human life for thousands of years. And while the US government stands in the way of this basic right, there are ways around the restrictions. With each of the fourteen psychoactive substances detailed in this book, you can get high, pass a urine drug test, and never once break the law. Legally Stoned is a practical guide to obtaining and using fourteen mind-altering agents that are both legal and easy to acquire. It also includes a description and history of each item, its chemistry and physiological reactions, accounts of its pleasures and perils, and any risks associated with it. Legally Stoned covers substances such as: • Amanita muscaria mushroom, which induces feelings of euphoria and auditory hallucinations • Anadenanthera peregrina/colubrina seeds, which have been known to cause intense visions of psychedelic light and color • Ayahuasca, which originated in South America and often produces visual hallucinations that include the jungle, exotic animals, even ancient native artwork
Download or read book Legally Stoned written by Micheal Kratom and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get High Without Breaking the LawYou may have heard the term 'legal highs' or "Legal High" before and wondered what it meant - is it just getting your adrenaline flowing or is there actually a way to get high without being put behind bars? This book exists to give you the information that scaremongering news articles might not be - the information about what is legal or not, what is safe or not, and what will get you high or not. You will be given an insight into the world of legal highs and the ways that people have been experimenting with their minds for thousands of years or just the last few months. *Discover how people have been using various household items to change their view about the world. *Learn about some of the more bizarre drug laws in existence and what they don't apply to. *Rediscover your love of botany with information about some of the most exciting mind melting plants on the globe.
Download or read book A Concise Encyclopedia written by Jonathan Law and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lively, accessible, and up-to-date, the Concise Encyclopedia is an invaluable quick-reference work. Its compact size and clear concise style make it easy to find information quickly and painlessly on virtually any topic you are curious about. The more than 12,000 entries here cover an extraordinary array of fields, ranging from science and technology, to the arts, politics, sports, geography, folklore and mythology, architecture, literature, design, and philosophy. Whether you are curious about Atoms or Anemones, Hinduism or Hockey, Marxism or Medusa, Stick Insects or Stockholm--or almost any other subject imaginable--you will find here a wealth of accurate, compact entries. The Encyclopedia also includes brief biographies of a host of important individuals, from Igor Stravinsky and Robert Louis Stevenson to Patrick Henry and Herod the Great, with ample coverage of internationally famous world figures alive today, from George W. Bush and Tony Blair to contemporary actors, artists, and sports stars. The Encyclopedia also features maps of the world. Fully illustrated with line drawings and diagrams, the perfect desk reference for family, student, or professional use, Concise Encyclopedia offers a wealth of essential information in a portable, affordable package.
Download or read book Legalizing Cannabis written by Tom Decorte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the world. Over the past couple of decades, several Western jurisdictions have seen reforms in, or changes to, the way cannabis use is being controlled, departing from traditional approaches of criminal prohibition that have dominated cannabis use control regimes for most of the twentieth century. While reform is stalled at the international level, the last decade has seen an acceleration of legislative and regulatory reforms at the local and national levels, with countries no longer willing to bear the human and financial costs of prohibitive policies. Furthermore, legalization models have been implemented in US states, Canada and Uruguay, and are being debated in a number of other countries. These models are providing the world with unique pilot programs from which to study and learn. This book assembles an international who’s who of cannabis scholars who bring together the best available evidence and expertise to address questions such as: How should we evaluate the models of cannabis legalization as they have been implemented in several jurisdictions in the past few years? Which scenarios for future cannabis legalization have been developed elsewhere, and how similar/different are they from the models already implemented? What lessons from the successes and failures experienced with the regulation of other psychoactive substances (such as alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceuticals and “legal highs”) can be translated to the effective regulation of cannabis markets? Legalizing Cannabis will appeal to anyone interested in public health policies and drug policy reform and offers relevant insights for stakeholders in any other country where academic, societal or political evaluations of current cannabis policies (and even broader: current drug policies) are a subject of debate.
Download or read book Drugs 2 0 written by Mike Power and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening investigation of the new and constantly-mutating global drug culture that is driven by social networking and rogue chemistry, and enabled by antiquated laws
Download or read book Legal Highs written by Gottlieb, Adam and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Legal Highs is a concise encyclopedia of legal herbs and chemicals that possess psychoactive properties. Many of these potent substances are relatively unknown to both the general public and the legislatures."--Provided by synopsis.
Download or read book Drugs Unlimited written by Mike Power and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very first thing ever bought or sold on the Internet was marijuana, when Stanford and MIT students used ARPANET to cut a deal in the early '70s. Today, you can order any conceivable pill or powder with the click of a mouse. In Drugs Unlimited, Mike Power tells the tale of drugs in the Internet Age, in which users have outmaneuvered law enforcement, breached international borders, and created a massive worldwide black market. But the online market in narcotics isn't just changing the way drugs are bought and sold; it's changing the nature of drugs themselves. Enterprising dealers are using the Web to engage highly skilled foreign chemists to tweak the chemical structures of banned drugs—just enough to create a similar effect and just enough to render them legal in most parts of the world. Drugs are marketed as "not for human consumption," but everyone knows exactly how they're going to be used—what they can't know is whether their use might prove fatal. From dancefloors to the offices of apathetic government officials, via social networking sites and underground labs, Power explores this agile, international, virtual subculture that will always be one step ahead of the law.
Download or read book Novel Psychoactive Drugs written by Liana Fattore and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An increasing number of novel psychoactive drugs are currently available and sold as 'legal highs' or 'research chemicals'. These New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) constitute a broad range of hundreds of natural and synthetic drugs, including synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic cathinones, synthetic opioids and other classes, which use has resulted in a significantly growing number of intoxication and mortality, as reported by emergency and poison centres from all over the world. Definition of “NPS” includes any substance that has recently become available and has been designed purposely to replace illegal drugs, although not necessarily of new synthesis. Use of NPS is dramatically increased in the last decade and represents a serious risk for the public health. Their ever-evolving chemical structure, the possibility to distribute in real time through the Internet and social networks information about their use and effects have dramatically challenged public health and drug policies internationally. NPS recently attracted great attention, but most are still unregulated and proposed online as legal alternatives to traditional illicit drugs. Unfortunately, this area is still poorly investigated and very limited information are available so far on their nature and potential risks. The phenomenon of NPS requires multi-national and multi-disciplinary collaborations to improve our knowledge on this changing drug market, to share information and define good practices at a global level. Political and educational efforts are indispensable to regulate this mutable scenario and to inform the public about health consequences of NPS use. Clinicians and emergency staff should be aware that NPS may cause severe health consequences and unexpected adverse effects, and be informed on how to recognized and treat specific intoxication cases. Considering the widespread use of NPS and paucity of information about their toxicology and pharmacology, this Research Topic will be useful to understand the new trends in the scenario of drug use, abuse and addiction to inform professionals and general public about the health problems caused by NPS and to help drug-control policies to adopt suitable control measures.
Download or read book Legal Highs written by John Kennedy Brown and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Misuse of Drugs and Drug Trafficking Offences written by Rudi Fortson and published by Sweet & Maxwell. This book was released on 2011 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition of a comprehensive guide to the acquisition of businesses whether the acquisition is structured by way of a purchase of shares or a purchase of assets. Includes explanations on the main issues which arise on such transactions. In addition to commentary, precedents are included in paper and electronic formats.
Download or read book Novel Psychoactive Substances written by Ornella Corazza and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of the recent emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it. It presents the first comprehensive overview of the international regulation, policy and market structure of the NPS phenomenon, offering a guide to inform legislative discussions and demonstrating from a comparative perspective the different approaches used to address the rise of NPS to date. It covers topics such as organized crime, drug markets, clinical evidence on NPS, and different regulatory approaches also in less explored settings such as prisons and sport environments. Overall, this highly informative and well-structured repository of different experiences with NPS policy, law and regulation offers an essential primary source of evidence for anyone interested in the area of drug and NPS policy, health economics and p ublic health.
Download or read book Legal Highs USA Welcome to the Stoned Age written by Marshall Diller-Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brain is the center of consciousness. It controls both our sensory input and how we interpret what we see, hear, smell, feel and taste. The act of getting high involves manipulating this process so that our brain achieves an altered state of consciousness. Discover how you can safely, legally get high and expand your mind... Legally High Benefits of Legal Highs; Increasing Acceptance of Recreational Drug Use; My "Sordid" Drug Past; Why I Now Prefer Legal Highs; No Judgment, But Safety First Consumption Highs Smoke-able Products; Do "Legal" Pills Really Work?; Hemp and Cannabinoids; Herbs and Other Edible Highs; Liquid Highs; Other Consumable Legal Highs; Dangerous Highs to Avoid Altering Your Mind Meditation and Trance-Inducing Highs; Dream Inductions; Breathing and Perception; Sweat Lodges; Vision Quests; Image Trickery; Yoga and High-Inducing Poses; Other Hands-Free Highs Sound-Centric Highs Binaural Beats; Mozart Effect; Yucatecan Trance Induction Beats; Shepard Tones; Risset Rhythm; Disappearing Noise; Other Sound-Based Highs Spiritual Highs Prayer and Enlightenment; Kundalini Transcendent Chanting; Tibetan Buddhist Light Meditation; Transpersonal Banding; Mevlevi Whirling; Amygdala Excercisala Sexual Highs Tao of Sex Techniques; Tantric Sex and Sexual Yoga; Orgasm as Perceptive Release; Non-Sexual Public Nudity; Other Sexual Highs High-Tech Highs Brain Machines; Sensory Deprivation; Light-Triggered Highs; Other Cutting Edge Gadgetry for Getting High Legally Out There Highs 21st Century Euphoric Highs; Substances Not Yet Banned; Club Drugs; How to Get Medical Marijuana; What the Future Holds
