Drugs - Without the Hot Air
Minimising the Harms of Legal and Illegal Drugs
By: David Nutt
Paperback | 31 May 2012
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InDrugs - without the hot air, Prof Nutt puts the case for an evidence-based scientific approach to drugs. In straightforward languages for the lay person, he explains what drugs are, how they affect the body and the mind, and why people take them and get addicted to them. He shows how we can quantify the overall harms of a drug, addressing issues from direct danger of death, through to environmental, financial and family factors, to obtain a true indication of the overall effect of a drug. Then, working from the facts, he recommends how society ought to address drugs and drug-taking, to minimize the harms at every level.
About the Author
David Nutt is professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College, London. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Academy of Medical Sciences, the president of the British Neuroscience Association and vice-president of the European Brain Council. He was Chair of the ACMD's Technical Committee for seven years, and became chairman of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs in 2010.
Industry Reviews
"There's an inherent danger in any sector of education: if the teachings fail to measure up to the truth, then we'll be paving the way for a deep distrust and a greater apathy. With this in mind, it is of tremendous enthusiasm that we welcome Professor Nutt's book: Drugs - Without the Hot Air"
-- Jason Reed * Huffington Post *"A refreshingly clear-eyed work. Anyone looking for a calm and objective overview of the drugs available in Britain would do much better to read Professor Nutt's book than to believe what they read in the papers, or what they hear from the lips of government ministers."
-- The Economist"Nutt is both committed to rigorous, evidence-based policy and to clear, no-nonsense prose that makes complex subjects comprehensible. [...] a book that everyone should read."
-- Cory Doctorow * Boing Boing *ISBN: 9781906860165
ISBN-10: 1906860165
Series: without the hot air
Published: 31st May 2012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 368
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: UIT CAMBRIDGE
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 20.32 x 13.97 x 3.18
Weight (kg): 0.35
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