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Turn On and Tune In: Psychedelics, Narcotics and Euphoriants
John Mann
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Description for Turn On and Tune In: Psychedelics, Narcotics and Euphoriants
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Number of Pages
163
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847559098
SKU
V9781847559098
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Ref
99-2
About John Mann
John Mann works in the School of Chemistry at Queen's University Belfast. He holds a BSc and PhD from University College London and a DSc from London.
Reviews for Turn On and Tune In: Psychedelics, Narcotics and Euphoriants
"This fascinating book...introduces us to the history of the various groups of mind-altering chemicals, beginning with ergot and LSD.""The book is beautifully produced and well illustrated.""...would make excellent background reading for pharmacy students."
The Pharmaceutical Journal, April 2010
The Pharmaceutical Journal, April 2010