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Author	Slater, Lauren.
Title	Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds / Lauren Slater.
Publication Info.	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 11	615.1 S	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-387) and index.
Contents	Thorazine: Awake! -- Lithium: a salted stone -- Early antidepressants: the three-ringed molecule and the psychic energizer -- SSRIs: the birth of Prozac -- Placebos: the dancing disease -- Psilocybin (magic mushrooms): God's flesh -- MDMA (Ecstasy): the marriage medicine -- PKMzeta/ZIP (memory drugs): the spotless mind -- Deep brain stimulation: Who holds the clicker? -- Epilogue: Where we're headed.
Subject	Psychotropic drugs -- History.
	Psychopharmacology.
	Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
	Substance abuse -- Treatment.
Added Title	Science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds
ISBN	9780316370646 (hardcover)
	0316370649 (hardcover)

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