Drugs: A User's Guide - Softcover

Haskins, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091933501 ISBN 13: 9780091933500

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2009

Synopsis

Searching for the ultimate stimulant? Something you can have on the bus in the morning or in the ambient comfort of your own home? The latest User's Guide - a totally natural and controlled experience - is just what you've been looking for. It contains everything you always wanted to know about drugs but were afraid to ask: The history of recreational drugs, a catalogue of natural highs and pharmaceuticals, the physiological effects, drugs and religion, drugs and the law, drug customs from around the world, trafficking drugs, drugs in literature, film and art, famous drug takers, drug slang, urban myths, drug legends and horror stories, quotations, tales of outrageous behaviour and a kilo of curious facts and figures. Did you know that- --Scientists have found traces of marijuana among Shakespeare's personal effects--Victorian prime minister Lord Rosebery would snort cocaine to help pep up his public speaking

About this title

Review:

"It's both informative and entertaining, and is an enjoyable read from cover to cover, or it can be just as easily dipped into..Your dealer would recommend it" (Big Issue)

Book Description:

An irreverent primer on everything drug related

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0091933501
• ISBN 13: 9780091933500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320