On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:15:29 -0700 (PDT) Robin Abrahams
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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
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
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
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
While this is a pretty big text, it gives good descriptions of the
behavioral affects of both legal and illegal drugs.
A primer of drug action by Robert M. Julien - Worth Publishers
Cheri A. Budzynski, Ph.D.Department
ChairAssistant Professor of
I
second the recommendation of the Julien book.
Carol
-Original Message-From: Cheri Budzynski
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While this is a pretty big text, it gives good
I also like the Julien book and thought I'd share some interesting information
for any of you who might use the Julien book as a text in a Drugs course. It is
published as both a trade and academic publication. The trade version is
published by the W. H. Freeman branch of the company and the text
