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Altered States - Minds, Drugs and Culture (Paperback): Ben Sessa

Altered States - Minds, Drugs and Culture (Paperback)

Ben Sessa

Series: Wooden Books U.K.

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What actually happens to you when you drink a cup of coffee?Is chocolate really an aphrodisiac? How do drugs like alcohol and cannabis work? Did psychedelics play a part in human evolution? In this fascinating little book, leading psychopharmacologist Dr. Ben Sessa describes the drugs, legal and illegal, natural and synthesised, from nicotine to endorphins, sugar to antidepressants, that humans all over the world take every day to change their state of mind. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.

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Imprint: Wooden Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Wooden Books U.K.
Release date: March 2021
Authors: Ben Sessa
Dimensions: 155 x 125 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 978-1-904263-85-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > General
Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > General
LSN: 1-904263-85-2
Barcode: 9781904263852

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Sat, 10 Sep 2022 | Review by: John H.

I love these Wooden Books. Every one a treasure, an adventure, and something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. For a hug you get a 43 carbon molecule (oxytocin) and for a marathon, a 158 carbon molecule (endorphin).

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