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Some suggested references and resources

These references and resources do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the compiler.

ABC'S OF THE HUMAN BODY.: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York, 1987.
ABC'S OF THE HUMAN MIND.: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York, 1991.
THE AMERICAN DISEASE: ORIGINS OF NARCOTIC CONTROL.: David F. Musto, M.D., Oxford University Press, New York, 1987.
THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK.: William Powell, Barricade Books, Inc., Secaucus, N.J., 1971 and 1989.
THE BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF NEUROPHARMACOLOGY.: Jack R. Cooper, Floyd E. Bloom, and Robert R. Roth, Oxford University Press, 1991.
THE BRAIN.: Richard Restak, M.D., Bantam Books, Toronto, 1984.
BUILDING A MEDICAL VOCABULARY, 2nd Edition.: Peggy C. Leonard, W.B. Saunders Company. Philadelphia, 1988.
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.: Per Brodal, Oxford University Press, 1992.
THE CHEMICAL BRAIN: The Neurochemistry of Addictive Disorders.: Sidney Cohen, M.D. Care institute, Minneapolis, MN, 1988.
CHOCOLATE TO MORPHINE: UNDERSTANDING MIND-ACTIVE DRUGS.: Andrew Weil, M.D. and Winifred Rosen, Houghton Miffin Company, Boston, 1993.
COCAINE: ITS HISTORY, USES AND EFFECTS.: Richard Ashley. St. Martins Press, New York, 1975.
COCAINE: THE HUMAN DANGER, THE SOCIAL COSTS, THE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES.: Rober Weiss, M.D. and Steven Mirin, M.D. Ballantine Books, New York, 1987.
COCAINE: THE MYSTIQUE AND THE REALITY.: Joel L. Phillips and Ronald D. Wynne, Ph.D. Avon Books, New York, 1980.
COCAINE: PHARMACOLOGY, EFFECTS AND TREATMENT OF ABUSE.: Editor: John Grabowski, Ph.D. NIDA Research Monograph 50, 1984. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, MD.
COMPENDIUM ON DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING.: University of Wisconsin - Madison, Ordered through Mr. Dale Bachim, DOT Maps and Publications, PO Box 7713, Madison, WI 53707-7713, October, 1996.
COMPLETE GUIDE TO PRESCRIPTION & NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.: H. Winter Griffith, M.D. HP Books, Inc., Tucson, AZ, 1985.
COMPLETE GUIDE TO SYMPTOMS, ILLNESS & SURGERY.: H. Winter Griffith, M.D. HP Books, Inc., Tucson, AZ, 1985.
CRACK: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE COCAINE EPIDEMIC.: Calvin Chatlos, M.D. Perigee Books, New York, 1987.
DESIGNER DRUGS.: M.M. Kirsch. CompCare Publications, Minneapolis, 1986.
DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, Third edition, revised (DSM-IV).: American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C.
DISPOSITION OF TOXIC DRUGS AND CHEMICALS IN MAN, Fourth edition.: Randall C. Baselt, Ph.D., and Robert H. Cravey, B.S. Chemical Toxicology Institute, Foster City, California, 1995.
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ABUSE: A CLINICAL GUIDE TO DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.: Marc A. Schuckit. Plenum Press, New York, 1984.
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN THE WORKPLACE.: Drusilla Campbell and Marilyn Graham. Facts on File Publications, New York, 1988.
DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR.: William A. McKim, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1991.
DRUG EVALUATIONS, 6th Edition.: American Medical Association, Department of Drugs, Division of Drugs and Technology. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1986.
DRUG-INDUCED OCULAR SIDE EFFECTS.: F.T. Fraunfelder, M.D. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Fourth edition, 1996.
DRUGS AND THE LAW: DETECTION, RECOGNITION & INVESTIGATION.: Gary J. Miller, Gould Publications, Atamonte, FL, 1992.
DRUGS AND SOCIETY.: Weldon L. Witters, Ph.D. & Peter J. Venturelli, Ph.D. Jones & Barlett Publishers, Boston, 1988.
DRUGS OF ABUSE.: Ed. by A. James Giannini and Andrew E. Slaby, Medical Economics Books, Oradell, New Jersey, 1989.
DRUG IDENTIFICATION BIBLE, Second edition.: Tim Marnell, editor. P.O. Box 480244, Denver, CO 80248, (800) 772- 2539, Fax (800) 852-7870. 1995.
DRUG INFORMATION FOR THE CONSUMER.: Consumer Reports Books, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., Mount Vernon, NY, new editions yearly.
DRUGS, SOCIETY, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR.: Oakley Rey and Charles Ksir. Times Mirror/Mosby, St. Louis, 1990.
DRUG TESTING IN THE WORKPLACE.: Robert DeCresce et al. ASCP Press, Chicago, 1989.
DRUG USE AND MISUSE.: Stephen Maisto, Mark Galizio, and Gerard Connors, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, 1991.
800 COCAINE.: Mark S. Gold, M.D. Bantam Books, New York, 1984.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DRUG ABUSE.: Robert O'Brien and Sidney Cohen, M.D. Facts on File, Inc., Green Spring, Inc., New York, 1984.
THE FACTS ABOUT DRUG USE.: Barry Stimmel, M.D., Consumer Reports Books, Yonkers, N.Y., 1991.
THE FACTS ABOUT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.: Mark S. Gold, M.D. Bantam Books, New York, 1988.
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN'S COMPENDIUM OF DRUG THERAPY.: Edwin S. Geffner, editor-in-chief. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988.
HEP-CATS, NARCS, AND PIPE DREAMS: A History of America's Romance with Illegal Drugs.: Jill Jonnes. Scribner, New York, 1996.
HEROIN USE: LEGAL AND MEDICAL ASPECTS.: Paul R. Edholm, Jr. and Richard P. Neidorf. Heroin Information Publications, Beverly Hills, CA, 1978.
HOW DRUGS WORK: DRUG ABUSE AND THE HUMAN BODY.: Gesina L. Longenecker, Ph.D. Ziff-Davis Press, Emeryville, California. 1994.
HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.: Kent M. Van De Graaff and R. Ward Rhees. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1987.
IDENTIFYING THE COCAINE USER.: Forrest Tennant, Jr., M.D. Veract Inc., West Covina, 1985.
IDENTIFYING THE HEROIN USER.: Forrest Tennant, Jr., M.D. Veract Inc., West Covina, 1985.
IDENTIFYING THE MARIHUANA USER.: Forrest Tennant, Jr., M.D. Veract Inc., West Covina, 1986.
IDENTIFYING THE PCP USER.: Forrest Tennant, Jr., M.D. Veract Inc., West Covina, 1984.
INTOXICATION: LIFE IN PURSUIT OF ARTIFICIAL PARADISE.: Ronald K. Siegel, Ph.D. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1989.
LICIT AND ILLICIT DRUGS: THE CONSUMER UNION REPORT.: Edward M. Brecher. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1972.
THE LITTLE BLACK PILL BOOK.: Bantam Books, Toronto, 1985.
THE MAN WHO TASTED SHAPES.: Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. Warner Books, 1993.
MANUAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE: GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH INSTITUTIONS.: Ed. by Awni Arif, M.D. and J. Westermeyer, M.D., Ph.D. Plenum Medical Book Company, New York, 1988.
MARIJUANA ALERT.: Peggy Mann. McGraw-hill Paperbacks, 1985.
MEDICAL DICTIONARY FOR THE NON PROFESSIONAL.: Charles F. Chapman. Barron's Educational Series, Woodbury, New York, 1984.
THE MIND.: Richard M. Restak, M.D. Bantam Books, New York, 1988.
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE MIND.: Richard L. Gregory, ed. Oxford University Press, New York, 1987.
THE PATHOLOGY OF DRUG ABUSE.: Steven B. Karch, M.D. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2nd edition, 1996.
THE PHARMACIST'S GUIDE TO THE MOST MISUSED AND ABUSED DRUGS IN AMERICA.: Ken Liska, Ph.D. Collier Books, MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, 1988.
THE PHARMACOLOGICAL BASIS OF THERAPEUTICS.: Alfred Goodman Gilman, Theodore W. Rall, Alan S. Nies, and Palmer Raylor, McGraw Hill, New York, 1990.
THER PHARMER'S ALMANAC: A LAYMAN'S GUIDE TO PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS.: Anthony Radcliffe, M.D., Peter Rush, Pharm. D., Carol Scott, Pharm, D. and Joe Cruse, M.D., Ballantine Books, New York, 1985.
THE PHYSICIAN'S GUIDE TO PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS.: Richard Seymour, M.A. and David Smith, M.D. The Haworth Press, New York, 1987.
PLANTS OF THE GODS: ORIGINS OF HALLUCINOGENIC USE.: Richard Evans Schultes & Albert Hogmann. Alfred van der Marck Editions, New York, 1979.
POISONING AND TOXICOLOGY HANDBOOK,2nd Edition.: Jerrold B. Leikin, M.D. & Frank P. Paloucek, PharmD., Lexi-Comp Inc., 1100 Terex Road, Hudson, Ohio, 44236-3771 (216) 650-6506.
PRACTICAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT: PROCEDURES AND ADMINISTRATION.: Michael D. Lyman. Elsevier Books, New York, 1989.
A PRIMER OF DRUG ACTION.: Robert M. Julien. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 6th Edition, 1992.
A PRIMER OF PSYCHOBIOLOGY.: Timothy J. Teyler. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2nd Edition, 1984.
PRIMER ON NEUROCHEMISTRY OF DRUG DEPENDENCE.: Forrest S. Tennant, Jr., M.D. Dr P.H. Veract, Inc., West Covina, 1985.
PSYCHEDELICS ENCYCLOPEDIA.: Peter Stafford. J.P. Tarcher, Inc., Los Angeles, 1983.
PSYCHIATRIC DICTIONARY.: Leland E. Hinsie, M.D. & Robert J. Campbell, M.D. Oxford University Press, New York, 1970.
THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST'S GUIDE TO PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY.: Michael J. Gitlin, M.D. The Free Press, New York, 1990.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS HANDBOOK.: Clinical editor, Barbara McVan, R.N. Springhouse Corporation, Springhouse, PA, 1986.
STEAL THIS URINE TEST: FIGHTING DRUG HYSTERIA IN AMERICA.: Abbie Hoffman. Penguin Books, New York, 1987.
STREET DRUGS: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.: Carl L. Vidano. P.O. Box 5446, Huntington Beach, CA., 1986.
THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. VOLUMES ONE AND TWO.: Sidney Cohen, M.D. The Haworth Press, New York, 1985.
TABER'S CYCLOPEDIC MEDICAL DICTIONARY.: Editor: Clayton L. Thomas, M.D., M.P.H. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, 1981.
THREE HUNDRED MOST ABUSED DRUGS: AN IDENTIFICATION HANDBOOK.: Edward Bludworth, R.Ph. M.A. D. house, Sanford, FL.
UNDERGROUND DICTIONARY.: Eugene Landy, Ph.D. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1971.
UPPERS, DOWNERS, ALL AROUNDERS: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EFFECTS OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS.: Darryl S. Inaba, Pharm.D. and William Cohen. CINEMED, Inc., Ashland, Oregon, 1989k.
USE AND ABUSE OF AMPHETAMINE AND ITS SUBSTITUTES.: Research Issues 25. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, MD, 1980.

These books are available from a variety of bookstores, including college stores. Some of these books are no longer in publication, but may be available through
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