Caffeine (Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs)

by Richard J. Gilbert

Book Overview

Examines the nature and effects, both harmful and beneficial, of the use and abuse of this popular stimulant. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0222012137
• ISBN13: 9780222012135
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Recognizes that caffeine is a weak drug

This book provides a good look at the well known alerting agent, caffeine, which is a weak drug. There are other books which more closely look at the role of caffeine on paying attention, perhaps the most famous book being How to Cure Hyperactivity (ADHD)(1981) by Dr. Anita Uhl Brothers, M.D., of Berkeley, California and C. Thomas Wild which reports that caffeine compounds can temporarily reduce distractibility and increase attention span for a small subgroup of those with Attention Deficit Disorder, working better and with less side effects than Ritalin.