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From the extravagant use of pepper in the Middle Ages to the Protestant bourgeoisie's love of coffee to the reason why fashionable Europeans stopped sniffing tobacco and starting smoking it, Schivelbusch looks at how the appetite for pleasure transformed the social structure of the Old World. Illustrations..
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From ancient times to the present day, Iranian social, political, and economic life has been dramatically influenced by psychoactive agents. This book looks at the stimulants that, as put by a longtime resident of seventeenth-century Iran, Raphaël du Mans, provided Iranians with damagh, gave them a "kick," got them into a good mood. By tracing their historical trajectory and the role they played in early modern Iranian society (1500-1900), Rudi Matthee takes a major step in extending contemporary debates on the role of drugs and stimulants in shaping the modern West.

At once panoramic and richly detailed, The Pursuit of Pleasure examines both the intoxicants known since ancient times--wine and opiates--and the stimulants introduced later--tobacco, coffee, and tea--from multiple angles. It brings together production, commerce, and consumption to reveal the forces behind the spread and popularity of these consumables, showing how Iranians adapted them to their own needs and tastes and integrated them into their everyday lives.

Matthee further employs psychoactive substances as a portal for a set of broader issues in Iranian history--most notably, the tension between religious and secular leadership. Faced with reality, Iran's Shi`i ulama turned a blind eye to drug use as long as it stayed indoors and did not threaten the social order. Much of this flexibility remains visible underneath the uncompromising exterior of the current Islamic Republic.

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Examines the profile of the addict, the nature of addiction, and explains the roller coaster syndrome that can trap innocent people. Too many people have suffered needlessly on the roller coaster of addiction. Dr. Cohen knows that addiction is a powerful trap and hopes that people will recognize that addicts are neither weak nor bad people. They are just people who underestimated the danger they were facing..
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Stimulant drugs are widely used in the treatment of ADHD in children and adults. Hundreds of studies over the past 60 years have demonstrated their effectiveness in improving attention span, increasing impulse control, and reducing hyperactivity and restlessness. Despite widespread interest in these compounds, however, their mechanisms of action in the central nervous system have remained poorly understood. Recent advances in the basic and clinical neurosciences now afford the possibility of elucidating these mechanisms. The current volume is the first to bring this expanding knowledge to bear on the central question of why and how stimulants exert their therapeutic effects. The result is a careful, comprehensive, and insightful integration of material by well-known scientists that significantly advances our understanding of stimulant effects and charts a course for future research. Part I presents a comprehensive description of the clinical features of ADHD and the clinical response to stimulants. Part II details the cortical and subcortical neuroanatomy and functional neurophysiology of dopamine and norepinephrine systems with respect to the regulation of attention, arousal, activity, and impulse control and the effects of stimulants on these systems. Part III is devoted to clinical research, including recent studies of neuroimaging, genetics, pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of stimulants, effects on cognitive functions, neurophysiological effects in humans with and without ADHD and in non-human primates, and comparison of stimulants and non-stimulants in the treatment of ADHD. Part IV is a masterful synthesis that presents alternative models of stimulant drug action and generates key hypotheses for continued research. The volume will be of keen interest to researchers and clinicians in psychiatry, psychology, and neurology, neuroscientists studying stimulants, and those pursuing development of new drugs to treat ADHD..
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This book exposes a major marketing scheme that is currently under way, and unfortunately our children are the primary targets! The new federally mandated TeenScreen program is nothing more than a deceptive marketing scheme to place as many children as possible (even preschoolers), on one or more highly profitable, although unbelievably dangerous drug. Unfortunately, it has been working! This mandatory mental screening process was deliberately designed to assure that many perfectly normal children would now qualify for one or more of these very profitable drugs. And it s making its way across America through public schools! It all began with the 374 different newly created mental conditions in order to justify placing our children, (including preschoolers), on one or more of the dangerous mind-altering drugs that, although legal, can still be lethal! Only one of the sixteen drugs being promoted for children s use was actually tested on, or approved by the FDA for children s use! With approximately 575 potential side effects associated with Prozac that were listed with the FDA, and over 20,000 law suits settled by the maker Eli Lilly, to date, the question is: Why is Eli Lilly still being allowed to promote Prozac for even pregnant mothers, and very young children? Their tremendous influence with the FDA has to be obvious, and unfortunately places millions of children at extreme risk as a result. That will soon become obvious, once you learn the damning evidence I uncovered, regarding the many serious risks associated with Prozac. The same also applies to the stimulant drugs, such as Ritalin, as well as an additional newer class of drugs known as atypical antipsychotics, which are also being aggressively promoted. It has become an extremely profitable business, and has absolutely nothing to do with mental health, but is instead actually threatening our mental health. You will discover that these drugs not only pose a serious threat to both you, and your children, but in some cases, the developing fetus as well! You will also learn how these drugs damage children s brains, lowering their IQs, and increasing their risk for acquiring cancer, as well as dementia and Alzheimer's disease at an early age as well. Possibly the very best news is, you basically don t need them, and there are much better drug-free solutions, proven more effective! And you will find that I always provide adequate scientific proof to substantiate my claims. Then as usual, I never identify a problem without, in turn, providing a solution. You will likely be quite amazed at how many different options are available for you to choose from, and how simple and inexpensive they can be. Absolutely no one needs these dangerous mind-altering drugs that contribute to major disease, and reduce your mental capacity! This book is a must-read book that will shock you with the truth! A book that could be life-saving for many children (and adults) in the nation..
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