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Boston University psychiatrist Frances Frankenburg examines how the world's four most important mind-altering substances--alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates--have played a significant role throughout human history. She also explains how these powerful drugs affect the brain and cause addiction.--Publisher information.
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Offering a social and biological account of why psychoactive goods proved so seductive, David Courtwright tracks the intersecting paths by which popular drugs entered the stream of global commerce. He shows how the efforts of merchants and colonial planters expanded world supply, drove down prices, and drew millions of less affluent purchasers into the market, effectively democratizing drug consumption. He also shows how Europeans used alcohol as...
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