Altered States: Minds, Drugs and Culture

What actually happens to you when you drink a cup of coffee?Is chocolate really an aphrodisiac? How do drugs like alcohol and cannabis work? Did psychedelics play a part in human evolution? In this fascinating little book, leading psychopharmacologist Dr. Ben Sessa describes the drugs, legal and illegal, natural and synthesised, from nicotine to endorphins, sugar to antidepressants, that humans all over the world take every day to change their state of mind.

Author: Ben Sessa
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wooden Books
Published: 09/15/2023
Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 6.61h x 5.43w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781952178252