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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS - REFERENCE BOOK

NCJ Number
18057
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
Unknown
Length
37 pages
Annotation
COMPILATION OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND GENERAL DRUG INFORMATION DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR USE BY PARTICIPANTS IN SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS.
Abstract
INCLUDED ARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON BARBITURATES, AMPHETAMINES, LSD, MARIJUANA, AND NARCOTICS; COMMON TERMINOLOGY OR SLANG TERMS USED IN NARCOTIC AND DRUG TRAFFIC; A SUPPLEMENTARY GLOSSARY OF DRUG TERMS; FIELD TESTS FOR ESTABLISHING PROBABLE CAUSE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRUGS AND NARCOTICS, AND TECHNICAL DRUG ABUSE TERMS, ALSO LISTED ARE THE COMMONLY CONTROLLED NARCOTIC, STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT, AND HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS. BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION CONSISTS OF A LIST OF INEXPENSIVE BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS (COMPLETE WITH PUBLISHERS) ON NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS AND THREE SEPARATE BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF BOOKS AND PERIODICALS ON NARCOTIC DRUGS, STIMULANTS AND DEPRESSANTS, AND HALLUCONOGENIC DRUGS. IN ADDITION, APPROXIMATELY FIFTYTWO FILMS ON MARIJUANA, NARCOTICS, LSD, AND DRUG REHABILITATION ARE LISTED WITH ABSTRACTS AND RENTAL INFORMATION. ADDRESSES FOR DRUG FILM RENTALS (PRIMARILY IN THE GREATER MILWAUKEE AREA) ARE ALSO PROVIDED ALONG WITH SOURCES OF OTHER DRUG INFORMATION. A DRUG ABUSE PRODUCTS REFERENCE CHART LISTS DRUGS FROM MORPHINE TO GLUE AND GIVES INFORMATION ON THE PHARMACOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION, CONTROLS, MEDICAL USE, POTENTIAL FOR PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE, POTENTIAL FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE, TOLERANCE, POSSIBLE EFFECTS WHEN ABUSED, HOW TAKEN WHEN ABUSED, AND OTHER COMMENTS.