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From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know about Mind-Altering Drugs: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs

By: Andrew Weil Winifred Rosen
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
ISBN: 0395660793
ISBN-13: 9780395660799
Released: 05 Apr 1996
RRP: £9.99
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A balanced, informative, compassionate and attractive work. - By: , 25 Jul 2001
Weil & Rosen have written a no-nonsense guide to drugs which will be of particular use for parents & their kids. In my experience many young people are curious about & likely to experiment with drugs - if they are clearly educated about the effects & possible risks so much the better. Drug use is an emotive issue: I think this book's sane discussion is what is needed. The authors recognise that politics & policy as an intergral part of the issue, & with the 'war on drugs' obviously not working, the authors' willingness to grapple with it is admirable. Tabacco & alcohol cause much individual & social harm; altough they act as 'drugs' they are usuallly not considered as such. These substances - as with the illegal ones - can be used either responsibly or foolishly. With many fascinating images, useful notes & bibliography this is a book which I wholeheartedly recommend.
Biased and accuracy mixed with inaccuracies - By: , 21 Jan 1999
There are a number of statements in this book about certain drugs being safe to use under certain circumstances. While this is true for some people under certain circumstances, the authors left out a major element in defining "safe use". They left out the human element.

Some people & certain drugs should not be mixed. In the majority of cases there is no way to tell ahead of time who these people are & which drugs they should avoid. Once they start, for many of these people there is no going back. It becomes a lifelong battle of addiction & chemical dependency. This is particularly true of cocaine, heroin, other opiates, alcohol, & certain other depressants.

The author's comments on legalization & their anti-government sentiment got too much in the way. The politics should have been left out of it, it wiped out their credibility for me.

On the one hand the government is putting out inaccurate info to justify their position, but on the other hand so is this book. 180 degrees from sick is still sick.

It's unfortunate the author's "straight talk" wasn't. This book will do harm to people looking for accurate guidance & information on safe drug use.