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Behind every major drug crisis lies a deeper story of chemistry, medicine, ambition, war, regulation, and human consequence. Understanding that story changes how the substance itself-and the systems built around it-can be seen.

Methamphetamine: From Ephedrine and Wartime Stimulants to Prescription Medicine, Clandestine Markets, Psychosis, and the Modern U.S. and Asian Drug Trade offers a clear, authoritative journey through one of the most consequential synthetic stimulants of the modern era.

Beginning with Ephedra, Japanese chemistry, and the isolation of ephedrine, Kieran J. Paul traces methamphetamine from legitimate pharmaceutical research into military use, postwar dependence, prescription medicine, organized production, transnational trafficking, and today's global public-health landscape.

Inside this volume, readers will discover:

• The overlooked origins of methamphetamine, from Nagai Nagayoshi and Akira Ogata to Pervitin, Philopon, and early pharmaceutical expansion
• How the drug acts in the body and brain, including stereochemistry, dopamine systems, dependence, sleep deprivation, and stimulant psychosis
• How regulation reshaped the market, from pseudoephedrine controls and domestic laboratories to industrial Mexican production and Golden Triangle trafficking
• What treatment and recovery look like today, including contingency management, medication research, harm reduction, and the challenges of polysubstance exposure

Written in a measured, evidence-led style, this volume connects scientific mechanisms with historical events, legal decisions, military institutions, criminal markets, and public-health responses. The result is a compact but substantial reference that gives readers a deeper, more structured understanding of methamphetamine than headlines or surface-level summaries can provide.

For students, professionals, researchers, and informed readers seeking a serious account of how one molecule became a global medical, social, and political force.

Parametry knihy

• Plný název: Methamphetamine
• Podnázev: From Ephedrine and Wartime Stimulants to Prescription Medicine, Clandestine Markets, Psychosis, and the Modern U.S. and Asian Drug Trade
• Autor: Kieran J. Paul
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 150
• EAN: 9798190647549
• ID: 53441178
• Nakladatelství: Independently published
• Hmotnost: 211 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 8 mm
• Datum vydání: 04. August 2026

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