Do psychotropic drugs change the personality? Do antidepressants make you fat? What do
antidepressants and rocket fuel have in common? Will cannabis soon become an approved
psychotropic drug? And can medicinal plants such as lavender help with anxiety? This book
provides a wealth of facts about psychoactive substances. More than 100 questions and answers
describe the triumphant progress of psychoactive drugs and other substances in a way that is
easily understood explaining their modes of action and historical developments risks and
wrong turns & garnished with anecdotes controversies and fascinating details. Well-founded
basic information about psychopharmacology has never before been conveyed so entertainingly.
