Narcotic Drugs

Narcotic Drugs

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name = Narcotic Drugs
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image_caption = Narcotic Drugs
author = Anil Aggrawal
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country = India
language = English
series = Popular Science
genre = Popular Science
publisher = [http://www.nbtindia.org.in/ National Book Trust] , India
release_date = 1995
media_type = Print (Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 81-237-1383-5
preceded_by = The Book of Medicine
followed_by = 1000 Biology Quiz

Narcotic Drugs was written by Anil Aggrawal in 1995, in response to the growing drug menace in India and all over the world. [http://www.nbtindia.org.in/ National Book Trust] , India, approached the popular science writer Anil Aggrawal to explain to the general reader the dangers of various narcotic drugs. The book is written in a popular style with lots of stories and anecdotes relating to narcotic drugs. The book has been translated into 6 Indian languages since.

Areas dealt with

The author discussed many narcotic drugs and drugs of abuse in his book. Some of the drugs dealt with were opium, cocaine, cannabis, LSD, PCP, amphetamines, barbiturates and hallucinogens.

ignificance

The main significance of this book is that the subject matter is explained in a very light-hearted, interesting way. The chapters are full of jokes, stories, anecdotes and catch phrases related to each of the drugs of abuse dealt with. This book was one of the few books on narcotic drugs which educated as well as entertained. The reader goes through the stories of discoveries of narcotic drugs, and how many of them were even used for therapeutic purposes. As he is gripped by the stories and anecdotes in the chapters, slowly the fact is driven in, that these drugs are very dangerous not only for the individual himself, but for his family too and even for society in general.

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Two complete chapters are available for all to read. They are [http://opioids.com/narcotic-drugs/chapter-2.html CHAPTER 2: THE STORY OF OPIUM] and [http://opioids.com/narcotic-drugs/chapter-3.html Chapter 3 Opium: the king of narcotics]

Other Books by Anil Aggrawal

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Release details

*1995, [http://www.nbtindia.org.in/ National Book Trust] , India ISBN 81-237-1383-5, Pub date 1995, paperback


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