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Polysubstance use is defined broadly as using two or more psychoactive substances. Simultaneous polysubstance use refers to the concurrent use of multiple substances. Separate polysubstance use refers to the use of muliple substances over a period, such as 12 months or the past 30 days. Nationally and in Colorado, alcohol and marijuana are the substances most commonly used in the past month. Overdose deaths due to methamphetamine and heroin were the...
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While greedy drug researchers develop psychotropic drugs to build an army of drugged mercenaries, Aerune mac Audelaine, evil lord of the Unseleighe Sidhe, wants to use these drugs to feed on the suffering of the human world--and only magician/bard Eric Banyon, who has recently relocated to New York City in search of an ordinary life, can stop both plans from becoming reality.
11) False hearts
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"Two formerly conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a sinister cult"--Amazon.com.
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Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs before deciding to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs actually were. His research has demonstrated that what everyone knew about antidepressants was wrong. Instead of treating depression with drugs, we've been treating it with suggestion.
14) Let them eat Prozac: the unhealthy relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and depression
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"Let Them Eat Prozac explores the history of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - from their early development to the latest marketing campaigns - and the controversies that surround them. Initially, they seemed like wonder drugs for mild to moderate depression, one pill a day to a new you, and unlike the tranquilizers that were popular from the 1960s to the 1980s, SSRIs supposedly could not lead to addiction. When Prozac was released...
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"This dark-comedic novel is about a woman, Janet, who wears a cloak of gloomy realism, until one summer when she learns of a new pill that offers even confirmed cynics a short-term taste of happiness. Her family stages an intervention, her boyfriend leaves her, and she decides to take the pill to get through the Christmas holiday. What follows is life-changing for all concerned, in ways no one expected"--
19) Flowering Plants
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Includes information on plants used as drugs: Hallucinogens and their use; nutmeg; cannabis; cactus; barbados cherry; morning glory; bean family; potato family; opium and cocaine; other hallucinogens plants.
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"Psychotropic drugs. It's the story of big money ... drugs that fuel a 30 billion psychiatric industry, without a single cure. The cost in human terms is even greater-these drugs now kill an estimated 42,000 people every year. And the death count keeps rising. Containing more than 175 interviews with lawyers, mental health experts, the families of victims and the survivors themselves, this riveting documentary rips the mask off psychotropic drugging...