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The dangers of illegal drugs are well known and rarely disputed, but how harmful are alcohol and tobacco by comparison? What are we missing by banning medical research into magic mushrooms, LSD and cannabis? Can they be sources of valuable treatments?
The new expanded and revised second edition of Drugs without the hot air looks at the science to allow anyone to make rational decisions based on objective evidence, asking:
•What is addiction? Is there an addictive personality?
•What is the role of cannabis in treating epilepsy?
•How harmful is vaping?
•How can psychedelics treat depression?
•Where is the opioid crisis taking us?
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Endorsements
"Engaging, informed, contemporary and wise: David Nutt's new edition will inform anyone touched by the myriad psychoactive chemicals we call drugs. That's everyone."
- Peter B Jones, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
"Drugs with the Hot Air is the perfect book for anyone who want to understand drugs, their risks and benefits. David avoids all the prejudices and misinformation, common in too many documents in this field. David writes simply. He is a pleasure to read."
- Baroness Meacher, House of Lords
Reviews
"I don't think you could ask for a more sensible, clear-eyed, and useful book about drugs, from the ones your doctor prescribes to the ones your bartender serves you to the ones you can go to jail for possessing. Nutt is not just a great and principled campaigner, nor merely a talented and dedicated scientist - he's also a superb communicator."
- Cory Doctorow
Author Biography
David Nutt is a psychiatrist, the Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology in Imperial College London and chair of DrugScience. The Times Eureka science magazine voted him one of the 100 most important figures in British Science.
UIT Cambridge Ltd / Green Books
We publish non-fiction books under two imprints, UIT and Green Books. UIT Cambridge is best known for its bestselling 'without the hot air' series, making important science and sustainability topics accessible - like 'Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air' and 'Food and Climate Change Without the Hot Air'. We also have a new series on contemporary art - 'the city through the eyes of its artists' - including 'The Cambridge Art Book' and 'The Dublin Art Book'. Green Books is well known for titles on environmental topics and practical sustainability like organic no-dig gardening and permaculture, sustainable building, ecology and climate change, forest schools, self-sufficiency, spirituality, mind, body & spirit, eco-philosophy and eco-activism. Examples include 'Creating a Forest Garden', 'Organic Gardening', 'Building with Hempcrete' and 'Living on One Acre or Less'.
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- Publisher UIT Cambridge
- Publication Date January 2020
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780857844941
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 18.99 GBP
- Pages448
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Edition2
- Copyright Year2020
- Dimensions233 x 153 mm
- Serieswithout the hot air
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