Uppers, Downers, All Arounders: Physical and Mental Effects of Psychoactive Drugs | 
| Authors: Darryl Inaba, William E. Cohen
Publisher: CNS Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $79.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 16274
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 602
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.8 x 1
ISBN: 0926544284
Dewey Decimal Number: 615
EAN: 9780926544284
ASIN: 0926544284
Publication Date: July 30, 2007
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review May 8, 2008
So far I've only gotten throught the first chapter. It's a dense amount of information, but it is incredibly well written and informative. No extra words just to take up space and get something into book format. It's definetly a text book. The first chapter gives you an extensive review of the human relationship with drugs since the beginning of time, and forty pages later, I feel enlightened and full of ideas. Incredibly insightful and well worth the price for someone with a deep interest in this field.
 Uppers, Downers and All-arounders April 28, 2008
This is a wonderfully written book with lots of great information. However, I really dislike the newspaper column width of the text. It is very hard to read from such a thick book with this layout.
 Good text on just about every subject of drug abuse April 5, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The authors, Darryl Inaba and William Cohen do a great job of keeping this book very open and simple. They cover almost every drug (5th edition) which a counselor may run into when talking with his students. As a research or higher level order book though, this would not do as it is just too brief on most subjects to really get to know indepth pharmacology or pharmacodynamics on most of the psychoactive drug actions. There is a lot of history, and even a CD-ROM to help you familiarize yourself with many topics of addiction in a very short period of time. In some sections, there is some really good information on drugs I have not seen on the pharmacy shelves for at least 12 years. If you are someone who wants to quickly get to know the subject of psychoactive drugs, then I highly recommend this book for you. His vocabulary is such that it is easy to read, without too much of a serious tone-- and you will not even need a highliner to remember the facts. This book is packed with knowledge. Very enjoyable reading for a change, with lots of good and interesting photographs that make you think. You will enjoy this book, for it is written in a very unique format that makes you want to relax and just turn each page and learn. guyairey
Uppers, Downers... February 26, 2008
The item shipped quickly and was brand new as I was told. I am not impressed with the Study Guide, and the book itself is rather disjointed. It's hard to find the information within all the quotes from addicts. I would set it up so that the information came first and then the quotes would be placed at the end of the text in each section.
Uppers, Downers, and All Arounders February 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you work in human services or if you're just interested in learning about substance abuse, this is the only book you'll need. This was my text in grad school and a decade after I'm still recommending it to clinicians.
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