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A brilliant and brave investigation by Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times best sellers, into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions...
3) The Inn
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The seclusion of the Inn at Gloucester suits former Boston police detective, Bill Robinson. Robinson runs the Inn and doesn't ask any questions, until Mitchell Cline arrives bringing drugs and violence to the peaceful inn.
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"An extremely popular drug, Krayoxx, the number one cholesterol reducer for the dangerously overweight, produced by Varrick Labs, a giant pharmaceutical company with annual sales of $25 billion, has recently come under fire after several patients taking it have suffered heart attacks. All Finley & Figg has to do is find a handful of people who have had heart attacks while taking Krayoxx, convince them to become clients, join the class action, and...
5) Six of crows
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Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price-- and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone...
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"The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact,...
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Dani comes from the richest, most famous Black family in Texas and seems to have everything a girl could want. So why does she keep using and engaging in other self-destructive behavior? Camila's Colombian-American family doesn't have much, but she knows exactly what she wants out of life and works her ass off to get it. So why does she keep failing, and why does she self-harm every time she does? When Dani and Camila find themselves rooming together...
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Con una perspectiva global, Drogas y prohibición constituye el segundo volumen de un proyecto iniciado con el estudio sobre el estado de la cuestión a nivel regional; esto es, en el mundo andino. La "guerra contra las drogas" ha sido una cruzada fallida, y la vivencia sobre el tema exige una nueva reflexión. Atravesamos una coyuntura propicia para un debate posprohibicionista. Los ensayos de este libro, con criterios metodológicos e históricos...
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La investigación académica sobre la intersección de la salud mental y el derecho penal ha traído como consecuencia una nueva visión sobre el uso de las Ciencias Sociales. ¿En qué medida éstas ciencias promueven el bienestar psicológico y físico de las personas que consumen sustancias psicoactivas?
En el estudio de la epidemiología del fenómeno social del consumo de drogas que se erige como un conflicto de salud, económico y social condicionado...
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Der Stern des Bundesverfassungsgerichts sinkt.
Es hat die Verfassung systematisch ausgehöhlt, das deutsche Volk und die demokratische Republik aus dem Grundgesetz verbannt und die politische Partizipation auf eine heterogene Bevölkerung ausgeweitet. In existenziellen Fragen des Staates (Souveränität des Volkes, Verfassungsidentität, Europa, illegale Massenzuwanderung) entscheidet es nicht als "Hüter", sondern als Verhüter der Verfassung "Im...
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When she's not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, Faith Herbert is volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama The Grove. So far, her senior year has been spent trying to sort out her feelings for her maybe-crush Johnny and making plans to stay close to Grandma Lou after graduation. And there's the small matter of recently discovering she can fly. Then the fictional world of The Grove relocates...
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Christina has combined leading-edge technology with age-old wisdom and a dose of common sense. Within minutes of starting to read this book you will be engaged by the true life stories of those that fall prey to the dirty drug, methamphetamine, and their own stories of how they recovered. Whether as a user, family, friend, partner, or child of someone using, this book offers tools and strategies to make things better. You Are More Than This Will Ever...
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Los raperos me llamaban «Abuelo».
Uno de ellos, al que llamaré «Nano», un chico bajito y delgado, con un deje macarra al hablar y voz endurecida por el tabaco, siempre andaba con algún porro escondido en la palma de la mano. A veces, coincidíamos en el parque de la Juventud, el lugar donde íbamos a parar punks, jevis, raperos y demás fauna. En aquel parque me cogía algunas cogorzas de vergüenza ajena en interminables botellones de litrona...
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Heroin is a fascinating drug to most people. It is often referred to as the "hardest drug." By this logic, people might start with alcohol, work up to marijuana and maybe LSD. Then they reach to cocaine or methamphetamine. And finally, at the end of the journey is heroin. But like most things about heroin, this is more myth than reality. For non-users, this mythic power is exciting. And writers for the last century have been more than willing to pander...
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Inoffensif... le cannabis?
La consommation de cannabis a beaucoup augmenté. Dans les faits, 81% de toutes les personnes qui s'adonnent aux drogues illégales consomment du cannabis. Elles aiment penser que cette drogue a le pouvoir de favoriser la concentration et la créativité, de soulager la douleur et la souffrance. Elles la croient inoffensive et en consomment volontiers pour chasser le malaise qu'engendre le rythme effréné de la vie moderne.
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17) Beyond Addiction
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Author Rick Cottrell characterizes his childhood and nothing less than dysfunctional. He experienced unhealthy living environments at an early age. His experimentation with alcohol and smoking at the age of nine. In beyond addiction Cottrell shares his personal story of addiction and the journey into recovery which he has be clean and sober for over 20 years. Through his recollections, Cottrell provides insight into the mindset of an addict and offers...
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How much would it cost you in terms of lost wages and job opportunities if your police record were to include an arrest for possession of drugs or marijuana? This book was written to help you avoid arrests while you continue to partake. There's a lot sneaky snarky sh__ in this book that can save your career and keep your criminal record clean. In this book, you'll learn how to avoid the cops, thus allowing you to avoid marijuana charges and DUI's....
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Have you ever felt like you are all alone and like no one understands what you are going through? I have felt this way for my entire adult life because I have been dealing with a loved one being addicted to opiates. Out of nowhere, the love of my life, the man I had been with for 12 years died multiple times in front of my eyes. I had no understanding of why. I thought, "why me?" I have repeatedly asked myself, "If I had known the signs, would it...
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This book is not about drugs, it is about people. It is about those suffering from addiction and the struggles of the people around them. As well as describing how to identify if a loved one is in addiction, it provides clear information about the solution. With the right treatment addicts can recover. Jackson Oppy has walked the road he describes, knows the pain of addiction and knows the road back to wellness, wholeness and stable family and social...
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