Commentary

Drug Effects

Drug Research

Drug Street Names

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What This Guide Contains
Welcome to the National Families in Action Guide to Drugs and the Brain. This guide provides scientific information about the ways drugs exert their effects on the brain, change the brain, change behavior, produce addiction, and threaten health and well-being. Features include:

Commentary
An overview of how drugs act on the brain.

Drug Effects
Profiles of the following addictive drugs:

Alcohol
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Ice
Inhalants
LSD
Marijuana
PCP
Steroids
Tobacco
Other Drugs

Drug Research
Summaries of scientific research about drug effects on the brain and body.

Drug Street Names
An interactive database of the ever-changing names of drugs that people abuse.

Interested browsers may learn more about how drugs exert their effects on the brain in False Messengers: How Addictive Drugs Change the Brain. Written by National Families in Action's executive director, Sue Rusche, and National Families in Action's science advisor, David P. Friedman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, this book explains how drugs change the brain, change behavior, and produce addiciton. Click on the picture to order your copy directly from the publisher. Also available from amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.