The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

A Very Trippy Miscellany

Ingo Niermann, Adriano Sack, Amy Patton

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Penguin
26 August 2008

Popular culture; Sociology; Abnormal psychology; Medicine; Addiction & therapy; Coping with drug & alcohol abuse

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Wacky but well-researched, unbiased and shameless,this informational book about drugs dares to take readers on a long, strange trivia trip.

Following in the tradition of The Ultimate Book of Useless Information, The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends is a wry potpourri of interesting information about every conceivable kind of drug. Readers can feed their heads with anecdotes, facts, lists, statistics, and illustrations, including-

. The test results of animals on LSD-cats lose their fear of dogs, and goats walk in geometric patterns

. Drugs found in nature, from magic mushrooms to St. John's wort to beaver secretions

. Celebrities who overdosed at age 27-Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, and Jean Michel-Basquiat

. Imaginary drugs in literature and film, from spice the melange in Dune to Moloko plus in A Clockwork Orange

. Nicknames for a joint-from doobie to giggly stick to Mr. Boom Bizzle

. The global percentages of adults who have used cannabis-.004 percent in Singapore and 12.6 percent in the United States

. The uses of opium in ancient Rome-from treatments for insomnia and epilepsy to colic and deafness

. The most glamorous rehab clinics and their celebrity alumni

. Mini-biographies of the biggest drug kingpins around the world

By: Ingo Niermann, Adriano Sack
Translated by: Amy Patton
Imprint: Penguin
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780452289918
ISBN 10: 0452289912
Pages: 181
Publication Date: 26 August 2008
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active