Cynthia Kuhn - 9 July

Praise for Buzzed

This is a well-written and well-organized book that is highly recommended for health-care professionals, health educators, and even parents.

Dr. Charles E Yesalis, professor of health policy and administration at Penn State University and coeditor of Performance Enhancing
Substances in Sport and Exercise

Students need clear, detailed, comprehensive factual information in order to make smart decisions, and Buzzed provides it all in an easy-to-understand format. What a great resource!

Ellen Gold, former chair of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Task Force at the American College Health Association

A well-written book that dispels some of the myths associated with drug abuse. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a readable, factual account of the physiological and behavioral effects of drugs of abuse.

Dr. Charles Schuster, director of clinical research on substance abuse at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, and former director of the
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Buzzed is one of the most important books Ive ever read.... So comprehensive and so readable that I recommend everybody whos interested in this areakids who are taking drugs, parents, professionals... and, most of all, politicians and legislatorsto read it.

Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting

A unique, up-to-date, and useful source for all those interested in the workings of and effects of legal and illegal drugs, regardless of whether you are a concerned mother or Irvine Welsh!

The British Psychological Society

Everyone who is interested in drugs will enjoy reading this.... The authors approach the subject with neither bias nor exaggeration.... A wonderfully interesting and accurate handbook of drug information.

Carlton K. Erickson, director of the Addiction Science Research and
Education Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of
The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment

Lively, highly informative, unbiased, thorough, and nothing but straight talking on an issue which is often condemned without being fully understood or sufficiently explained to our youth. Its breadth of scope yet clarity of detail place this book in contention for the coveted title of the only drug book youll ever need. I have not read a fuller, more illuminating text on the influence of drugs on physical and psychological functioning.

Christopher Russell, research fellow at the University of Glasgows
Centre for Drug Misuse Research

Well written and easy to read. [Buzzed] could be used as a resource to be consulted, dipped into simply for interests sake, or read from cover to cover.... If you are looking for an up-to-date, accessible source of information regarding drugs of abuse, this book would be a good starting point.

The Ulster Medical Journal

Drug education ought to be sober but it doesnt have to be dour. The authors [of Buzzed] have come up with an informative book about the ways people get high. It is also realistic and interesting to read.

Dallas Morning News

BUZZED

BUZZED

THE STRAIGHT FACTS ABOUT THE
MOST USED AND ABUSED DRUGS FROM
ALCOHOL TO ECSTASY

FIFTH EDITION

CYNTHIA KUHN, PhD

SCOTT SWARTZWELDER, PhD

WILKIE WILSON, PhD

Duke University and Duke University School of Medicine

with LEIGH HEATHER WILSON

and JEREMY FOSTER

W. W. NORTON & COMPANY

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS SINCE 1923 | NEW YORK LONDON

TO OUR FAMILIES

THIS BOOK AROSE from our recognition of how little most adolescents, parents, lawmakers, and even medical advisers know about drugs that we regularly use and abuse. Informal talks with Leigh Heather Wilson and Jeremy Foster (contributors to this book) about their college experiences, and our interactions with a large number of college students in our courses, led to our realization of the need for this book. These students asked hard questions, shared their experience honestly, and provided background research of their own. We thank each of them.

W. W. Norton representative Steve Hoge deserves our thanks for bringing the book to Nortons editors. Our agent, Reid Boates, was superb. He was recommended by Dr. Redford Williams, another Duke author. Thank you, Red. The editorial staff at Norton has seen us through the ups and downs of getting a book out, and we appreciate the good advice and editing of the first edition from Alane Mason and Ashley Barnes.

Two individuals were exceptional in helping us understand the rudimentary principles discussed in the Legal Issues chapter. First we thank Mr. Rick Glaser, former first assistant United States attorney of the Northern District of Florida who is now partner, board member, and head of Government Investigation and the White Collar Crime Team for Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein in Charlotte, North Carolina. He clearly and carefully explained some important parts of the federal laws that deal with illicit drugs as well as discussed the general nature of drug prosecutions at the federal level. He was remarkably insightful and helpful. (Mr. Glaser made it clear that his views do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Justice, the Northern District of Florida, or the Middle District of North Carolina.) The Honorable James E. Hardin Jr., former district attorney for Durham County, North Carolina (now a superior court judge in North Carolina), spoke extensively with us about drug prosecutions at the local and state levels. He was most patient with us nonlawyers and quite helpful in explaining the basic laws regulating search and seizure as well as giving us an understanding of how local law enforcement is dealing with the drug issue.

We also thank Mr. Mark Goldrosen, a defense attorney in San Francisco, for particular insights into recent legal issues.

Despite the fact that we received the best advice we could get, we want to be clear that the words written here are those of the authors, who are not lawyers, and should not be taken as legal advice.

In addition, Cindy thanks her husband, Mark, for patient listening; her children, Elena and Eric, for stories about what young adults are doing and for their helpful advice; Dr. Donald McDonnell, chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke, for facilitating her undergraduate course, Drugs and the Brain; and all of her students who ask her questions that she cant always answer and who share information and experiences. Scott thanks Elizabeth Kaufman and his childrenSara, Nicholas, and Ritafor immensely helpful discussions as this project has evolved, and Drs. James Koury, Robert S. Dyer, Anthony L. Riley, and R. D. Myers for helping him learn how to think.

Wilkie thanks his daughter Heather, who, seeing her friends and acquaintances exposed to drugs in all sorts of social situations, was amazingly articulate in describing what she saw and absolutely relentless in pushing him to find some way to inform all of these people about the complexities of the drug issues in a user-friendly way. She became involved in this book as a research assistant, but she deserves enormous additional credit for her advice and counsel. He thanks her for her openness, her dedication to this project, and the grace she showed during some of the hard times. In addition, he thanks his wife, Linda, and his daughter Stephanie for support during some difficult moments when this book was being written. Their love is beyond description. He also thanks Joe for great discussions.