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Comparison of acute lethal toxicity of commonly abused psychoactive substances.

Safety ratios (acute lethal dose with most common dose used for non-medical
purposes) vary between substances by a factor of 100+. Intravenous heroin with
greatest toxicity; several hallucinogens least.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15139867
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Wet Mind
by Stephen M. Kosslyn

Classic introduction to cognitive neuroscience
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/002917595X/top100
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Comparison of acute lethal toxicity of commonly abused psychoactive substances.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15139867

Relapse prevention for alcohol and drug problems
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15149263

The Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15139866

Attachment status in children prenatally exposed to cocaine and other
substances.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15144490

Marijuana odor perception
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15141780

Methamphetamine dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15139869

Workforce information on addiction psychiatry graduates.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15140809

Trauma exposure and retention in adolescent substance abuse treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15141784

Using Chart Reviews to Assess Postpartum Substance AbuseA Pilot Study.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15149904

Addictions in inpatient detoxification
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15149480

Pharmacogenetic insights to monoaminergic dysfunction in alcohol dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15148564

Prevention of relapse to addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15146782
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