Francis Moraes, Ph.D.

Many people believe that everyone who uses heroin is addicted. In fact, this is true of only about 20 percent of heroin users. By clearing up common misconceptions like these, The Little Book of Heroin provides information that can save the lives of people using the drug. The author recounts heroin's history, details its chemistry, tells what users need to...

Provides a detailed look at opium today in the context of its long history of use as a therapeutic and recreational drug. Opium use dates back 7000 years—longer than any other drug. This book examines social changes and how they have affected perceptions of opium. Dr. Thomas Sydenham wrote, "Among the remedies which it has pleased the Almighty God to...