Provides an overview of sedatives and hypnotics and covers the history of these drugs, how they work, and how people get hooked on them. Also discusses the methods for detoxification and the legal consequences associated with drug use.
Provides an overview of sedatives and hypnotics and covers the history of these drugs, how they work, and how people get hooked on them. Also discusses the methods for detoxification and the legal consequences associated with drug use.
Presents information on the history and use of prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal sleep aids, and explores the effects of these substances on the human brain and body. Includes resources for further study.
A study of the physiological and psychological reasons the body needs sleep, and of how this crucial function can be manipulated by certain drugs, therapies, changes in eating, or behavioral patterns.
Provides information about drugs known as downers, explaining what they are, describing the effects of specific types of depressant drugs, and discussing the consequences of depressant abuse.
