Product Description: Written for practitioners in the field, this critically acclaimed bestseller provides authoritative information focused on the investigation of drug-related deaths and practical approaches to the detection of drug abuse. Organized to provide forensic investigators and pathologists with ready access to the authoritative and comprehensive information they need, Karch’s Pathology of Drug Abuse, Fourth Edition includes― •          171 new color photos and microphotographs •          46 tables of comparative information •          2,000 new references to the literature Authored by a World-Renowned Forensic Pathologist Steven B...read more

Product Description: Extracted from the Drug Abuse Handbook, 2nd edition, to give you just the information you need at an affordable price. Beginning with a detailed look at individual drugs and their effects on the brain, Neurochemistry of Abused Drugs considers the changes in neurotransmitter levels and discusses the relationship of these changes to the nature and phenomenon of addiction...read more

For pathologists, pharmacologists, drug abuse specialists and toxicologists, this book covers stimulant, opiate and steroid abuse. Each section includes a detailed discussion of how the drug came to be abused, how it is manufactured in clandestine laboratories, and how it is metabolized. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Opioid Peptides in Substance Abuse presents an encyclopedic survey of in vivo data examining the interrelationship between endogenous opioids and substance abuse. It emphasizes two main groups of abused substances (morphine congeners and psychostimulants) and addresses the following questions...read more