Uppers, Downers, All Arounders: Physical and Mental Effects of Psychoactive Drugs

Key differences between 8th and 7th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 3 years (2014 vs 2011).
• Inaba's book text was first published in 1993.
• Chapter 1:
• Outlines new drugs and methods of abuse, including C-boom, desomorphine (street name krokodil), synthetic cannabis, purple drank.
• Chapter 2:
• New information on epigenetics -- genetic modifications attributable to environmental factors.
• Recent developments in the neurobiology of addiction from a perspective of allostasis.
• Chapter 3:
• Findings from 2014 Surgeon General's Report on the health consequences of smoking
• Latest trends in stimulants, such as including oxidado (stimulant drug based on cocaine paste), synthetic cathinones ("bath salts).
• Chapter 4:
• New section "Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries"
• Chapter 5 "Alcohol" has been significantly extended and presents many new material:
• Different types of alcoholic drinks
• Aspects of alcohol absorption, distribution and metabolism
• How alcohol drinking causes tolerance, tissue dependence, and withdrawal symptoms
• Polydrug use
• Social problems associated with alcohol use
• Chapter 7:
• Updated list of inhalants
• More information on internet, computer, and cell phones addiction.
• Chapter 9 "Treatment" presents many new topics:
• Principles and goals of effective drug abuse treatment
• Detoxification
• Initial and long-term abstinence
• How to prevent relapse
• Family treatment approaches
• Chapter 10:
• New section "Substance-Induced Mental Disorders"