03479nam 2200661 a 450 991083098270332120230421044608.01-282-34778-097866123477880-470-51424-80-470-51425-6(CKB)1000000000377245(EBL)470393(OCoLC)609849252(SSID)ssj0000291866(PQKBManifestationID)11210913(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291866(PQKBWorkID)10253869(PQKB)11627273(MiAaPQ)EBC470393(EXLCZ)99100000000037724519921022d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCocaine[electronic resource] scientific and social dimensions /[editors, Gregory R. Bock (organizer) and Julie Whelan]Chichester ;New York J. Wiley19921 online resource (318 p.)Ciba Foundation symposium ;166"Symposium on Cocaine: Scientific and Social Dimensions, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 20-22 July 1991"--P. v.0-471-93179-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.COCAINE: SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; Contents; Cocaine in perspective; Cocaine's history, especially the American experience; Epidemiological research on cocaine use in the USA; Cocaine problems in the coca-growing countries of South America; Are there 'casual users' of cocaine?; Molecular pharmacology of cocaine: a dopamine hypothesis and its implications; The neurobiology of cocaine-induced reinforcement; How toxic is cocaine?; Determinants of cocaine self-administration by laboratory animals; Self-administration of cocaine by humans: a laboratory perspectiveGeneral discussion : AIDS and HIV infection in cocaine usersTreatment of cocaine abuse: pharmacotherapy; Psychotherapy for cocaine dependence; Alternative strategies; The economics of drug use and abuse; Formulating policies on the non-medical use of cocaine; Drug use and abuse: the ethical issues; Summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject indexCocaine poses interesting problems for neurophysiologists and neuropharmacologists and there is important new data on the effects of cocaine on the brain (its initial site of action at the cellular level now appearing to be the dopamine transporter). Includes chapters on the far-reaching toxic effects of cocaine, on the epidemiology and the economics of drug addiction, on the past and present use of cocaine in the U.S. and in South America, and on the moral issues raised by drug use and abuse.Ciba Foundation symposium ;166.CocainePhysiological effectCongressesCocaineToxicologyCongressesCocaine abuseCongressesCocainePhysiological effectCocaineToxicologyCocaine abuse362.29362.298615.9616.8647Bock Gregory322650Whelan Julie322651Symposium on Cocaine: Scientific and Social Dimensions(1991 :Ciba Foundation)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830982703321Cocaine4054719UNINA