The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact

The Nature of Drugs presents Sasha Shulgin's popular San Francisco State University course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. The course also delves into social issues and reactions involving drugs, and discussions of governmental attempts at controlling them and features Sasha's engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides.

Author: Alexander Shulgin
Publisher: Transform Press
Published: 06/08/2021
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.91w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780999547212

About the Author
Shulgin, Alexander: - "Alexander Sasha Shulgin (June 17, 1925 - June 2, 2014) was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA (ecstasy, mandy or molly) to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use, and for the discovery, synthesis and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential."