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Turn On and Tune In - Psychedelics, Narcotics and Euphoriants (Hardcover)
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Turn On and Tune In - Psychedelics, Narcotics and Euphoriants (Hardcover)
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Timothy Leary's advice to "tune in, turn on and drop out" was a
1960s exhortation to experiment with LSD, but humans had been
consuming ergot alkaloids related to lysergic acid diethylamide for
at least a thousand years. Opium has been around even longer with
its medicinal uses being known to the Ancient Sumerians as long ago
as 3400 BC. This is the first book to cover all of the major
psychoactive drugs (both natural and synthetic) in one volume, and
the only one to cover all aspects of these drugs from their
anthropological and sociological influences through to their
chemistry and pharmacology. It covers a range of substances
including LSD, opium, heroin, cocaine, cannabis, peyote,
belladonna, mandrake, and absinthe. The book is highly readable and
concentrates on the characters (e.g. authors, painters, pop stars,
hippies, politicians and drug barons), both famous and infamous,
who have ensured that psychoactive drugs hold an enduring
fascination and interest for everyone. The basic chemistry and
pharmacological activity covered together with a brief account of
useful drugs that have emerged from a study of the psychoactive
ones.
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