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RR 2005/375 Recreational Drugs: A Directory Harry Shapiro Collins & Brown London 2004 360 pp. ISBN 1 84340 244 0 £8.99
Keyword Drugs
Review DOI 10.1108/09504120510622959
The subject of recreational drugs is not the easiest of topics to cover. Factual resources may well concentrate entirely on the science without delving into the social or human element of drug use, whereas books on recreational drugs aimed at the popular market bring with them all sorts of moral and political issues, accusations of glamorising drug culture and failure to warn of the inherent dangers. This, however, is a refreshingly sensible yet easy read, absorbing to the layperson and colour-fully presented, without "dumbing down" the subject matter. Rather than a hefty medical tome, this book is targeted at a far wider audience, evident from the front cover (a yellow acid "smiley") through to the informative yet simply explained entries.
Just as its predecessor, Street Drugs (Tyler, 1995), the book presents the facts and figures with...