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Cocaine [[electronic resource] ] : scientific and social dimensions / / [editors, Gregory R. Bock (organizer) and Julie Whelan]



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Titolo: Cocaine [[electronic resource] ] : scientific and social dimensions / / [editors, Gregory R. Bock (organizer) and Julie Whelan] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester ; ; New York, : J. Wiley, 1992
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
Disciplina: 362.29
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Soggetto topico: Cocaine - Physiological effect
Cocaine - Toxicology
Cocaine abuse
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: BockGregory  
WhelanJulie  
Note generali: "Symposium on Cocaine: Scientific and Social Dimensions, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 20-22 July 1991"--P. v.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 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 perspective
General 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 index
Sommario/riassunto: Cocaine 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Cocaine  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-34778-0
9786612347788
0-470-51424-8
0-470-51425-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910144727303321
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Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 166.