What are the known facts about the 'dangerous' drugs? What actual harm, mental or physical, do they cause? Which of them are addictive, and how many addicts are there? Peter Laurie has talked with doctors, policemen, addicts, and others intimately involved with this problem. He has tried some of the drugs for himself and closely studied the medical literature (including little-known reports of American research). The result of his inquiries into the pharmacological uses and social effects of drugs today appears in this book. Originally published as a Penguin Special which went through five printings, Drugs was the first objective study to offer all the major medical, psychological and social facts about the subject to a public which is too often fed with alarmist and sensational reports. For this second edition in Pelicans Peter Laurie has added fresh information and statistics concerning English user of drugs and noted changed in the law. Slight foxing to some of the pages.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) .