Buzzed Paperback by Cynthia Kuhn

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2026-08-04)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 400 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781324117360
• Item Weight: 498.96 grams
• Dimensions: 23.37 x 15.49 x 3.0 cm

The essential source for understanding how drugs affect the body and behavior.

Fully updated, this matter-of-fact handbook includes the most recent discoveries about drug use, including new information on electronic smoking devices, abuse of prescription stimulants, and the opioid crisis. “Lively, highly informative, unbiased, [and] thorough” (Addiction Research & Theory), Buzzed surveys drugs from caffeine to heroin to reveal how these drugs affect the body, the different “highs” they produce, and the circumstances in which they can be deadly.

Neither a “Just Say No” treatise nor a “How to” manual, Buzzed is based on the conviction that people make better decisions with accurate information at hand.

About the Author

Cynthia Kuhn, PhD, is professor of pharmacology at Duke University School of Medicine and Scott Swartzwelder, PhD, is associate vice president for Neuropsychology and Child and Adolescent Services at Avance Health System and Centers of Excellence in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, and holds professorships in psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University. They both reside in Durham, North Carolina.

Wilkie Wilson was professor of prevention science at Duke University.