Magic Molecules: How Drugs Work

by Susan Aldridge

Book Overview

All of us are drug users, in the broadest sense of the word. Drugs can be medicines, they can be used for pleasure, and they can also be used to protect our long-term health. It is important that we are well informed about the drugs we use - how they work, their benefits and their risks. This book is a unique guide for the general science reader to the drugs of everyday life - from the main types of medicine through to recreational drugs and food...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521044154
• ISBN13: 9780521044158
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"