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 Title of the Book: NARCOTIC DRUGS

Author: Aggrawal, Anil

Publisher: NATIONAL BOOK TRUST

Place of publication: NEW DELHI

Edition: 1st Ed. 1995.

ISBN: 8123713835

Price: 75 INR

About the Author:

Anil Agrawal has obtained his Doctorate from the prestigious AIIMS before acquiring further knowledge from the University of Edinburgh. He is a reputed doctor in forensic medicine.

About the Book: 

Narcotic drugs is a much discussed topic with more and more youngsters coming into its grips. Faced with the twin problems of drug trafficking and drug abuse primarily due to its strategic geographic location between the golden crescent the two great hubs of illicit drug trafficking India is fast emerging as a major transit station for drug smuggling. This book helps to uncover some of the lesser known facts on drugs of abuse, their interesting stories through the ages, their chemistry and their effects on the body, besides throwing scientific light on the mechanism of addiction.

Different aspects of discussion on the books are as follows

1. Narcotic Drugs: some basic facts

2. The story of opium.

3. Opium: the king of Narcotic

4. Cocaine: Gift from the Gods.

5. Cannabis: Poor man's heaven.

6. LSD: passport to Heaven (or Hell!)

7. PCP: the dust of the angles.

8. Miscellany of Hallucinations.

9. Amphetamines: the superman drugs.

10. Barbiturates: producers of the eternal sleep.

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