The concept of moderate consumption of ethanol (beverage alcohol) has evolved over time
from considering this level of intake to be nonintoxicating and noninjurious, to encompassing …

ECSTASY" (MDMA) AND RELATED DRUGS ARE AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVES that also
have some of the pharmacological properties of mescaline. They have become popular with …

The essentials of the contemporary understanding of alcoholism actually fi rst emerged in
American popular and medical thought at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the …

Recent research has clarified a number of important questions concerning adverse effects of
cannabis on health. A causal role of acute cannabis intoxication in motor vehicle and other …

OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of the history and pharmacology of cannabis in
relation to current scientific knowledge concerning actual and potential therapeutic uses of …

Most theories of drug tolerance and dependence stress the physiological consequences of
repeated pharmacological stimulation. There is considerable evidence, however, that the …

The world medical literature contains 43 reports of deaths associated with amphetamines in
a 35-year period. These included seven cerebrovascular accidents, six sudden cardiac …

Despite a large amount of research on the metabolism of ethanol in the past decade, the
picture has not changed radically with respect to the routes of this metabolism and the factors …

Jan Koch-Weser, MD, Editor Though the therapy of alcoholism is based primarily on social,
psychologic and occasionally psychiatric measures, drug therapies have been used in at …

Unlike the pure opioids such as morphine and heroin, opium is a complex and variable
mixture of substances reflecting differences in both the starting material and the traditional …