Re: Gotta find a new drug (book)

2003-09-20 Thread sylvestm
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:15:29 -0700 (PDT) Robin Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. TIPSters-- I'm working on a lecture for my general psychology class about drugs. While the textbook we have (Wood Wood) accurately represents the physiological effects of drugs, I think it's intellectually

Gotta find a new drug (book)

2003-09-19 Thread Robin Abrahams
TIPSters-- I'm working on a lecture for my general psychology class about drugs. While the textbook we have (Wood Wood) accurately represents the physiological effects of drugs, I think it's intellectually dishonest in the extreme in how it presents the realities of drug use. The morality and

Re: Gotta find a new drug (book)

2003-09-19 Thread David Epstein
Robin, I just skimmed the newly published _Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use_, by Jacob Sullum, and it looked pretty good. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585422274/ (And it gives me great pleasure to say that the book came to my attention because it was among the new arrivals at the

RE: Gotta find a new drug (book)

2003-09-19 Thread Scott C. Bates
I'd recommend that you use Doweiko's Concepts of Chemical Dependency (now in 5e) for this sort of thing. It's a very good reference. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0534537227/qid=1063993086/ sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-9215610-6912108?v=glances=booksn=507846 SCB