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I wasn't sure where this goes, so I just threw it up in HT. You're welcome for the additional work mods, I'm sure you'll appreciate it. :p

Anyways, I'm looking for some good ebooks to further my education on drugs. I'm not concerned with growing/synthesis, my focus is on better understanding how the drugs work, the chemistry of the drugs, etc. Also some good chemistry books I can find in ebook format. I would just Google around to learn this, but seeing as most of my time is going to be preoccupied working at a place with no internet connection (located in hillbilly hell basically), I found an older laptop I'm going to fill to the brim with reading material to pass the time as the job itself is rather passive. To add a bit, I just got out of high school so my knowledge doesn't extend much beyond that. I only have a VERY basic knowledge of nomenclature, chemical interactions, etc. I would take the time to search myself, but I don't have the time to weed out the good books from the mediocre ones. So thanks in advance for all suggestions, load me up with reading material. :)
 
I'm going to send for BDD for starters but this thread could probably do well to get passed along through several focus an drug discussion forums.

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Hmmm this has been covered before but I can't recall in what forum. Have you tried a search?

Anyways this thread is definitely one that you will want. I think it mentions required prerequisite knowledge as well.
Erowid/BlueLight Neuropharmacology Text

That is though more advanced human biology based stuff. Pure chemistry is below it on reductionism.
  • metaphysical crap
  • sentient thought
  • feelings and emotions
  • biology
  • chemistry
  • physics
  • math

If you want to learn how drugs effect the human body you'll first need to learn about the human body. Break it down into systems and try not to get too deep into one before checking out another. Then you can learn how neurotransmitters control it all and which receptors regulate which functions.
 
amapola said:
Hmmm this has been covered before but I can't recall in what forum. Have you tried a search?

Anyways this thread is definitely one that you will want. I think it mentions required prerequisite knowledge as well.
Erowid/BlueLight Neuropharmacology Text

That is though more advanced human biology based stuff. Pure chemistry is below it on reductionism.
  • metaphysical crap
  • sentient thought
  • feelings and emotions
  • biology
  • chemistry
  • physics
  • math

If you want to learn how drugs effect the human body you'll first need to learn about the human body. Break it down into systems and try not to get too deep into one before checking out another. Then you can learn how neurotransmitters control it all and which receptors regulate which functions.
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Thanks for the reply. I did search a bit, but couldn't think how to phrase it. The search function is only as good as the idiot using it. =D
 
Try plugging this into google perhaps? "site:bluelight.ru textbook"

Found this through it Can people give me general reading recomendations on chemistry/physics?

There's an online pharmacology course as well somewhere...hmmm I'll find it for you...
http://www.boomer.org/c/p4/index.php?Loc=Visitor
There pharmokinetics actually. It requires some solid algebraic skills though and likely calculus as well if you want to really understand the graphs (how area under the concentration over time curve is equal to bio-availability for example).
 
Wikipedia is not bad, especially with recreational drugs. They have a lot of info that's sourced and referenced. The benzodiazepine articles on wiki are great. The opiate articles are good, some need work but for the most part they are very good. Amphetamines articles are all excellent.
 
Yeah you can always download websites to your computer for offline browsing. The problem is of course if there is something you need to look up that isn't included you won't be able to while a textbook will be more self contained.
 
8+ gigabytes of ebooks on algebra, calculus, anatomy, neuroanatomy, basic chem, and ochem so far. Anything I should add to that? Thanks for the pointers amapola. I wouldn't bother with algebra, but my school was 3rd worse in the state in mathematics, so I have some catching up to do.
 
Enki said:
I'm going to send for BDD for starters but this thread could probably do well to get passed along through several focus an drug discussion forums.

Homeless--------------------------Basic Drug Discussion
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i'm gonna give it to DC, as there is not really a substance question here. could almost be the technology forum?

but

BDD---> DC

and we will see how they feel about it.
 
8+ gigabytes of ebooks on algebra, calculus, anatomy, neuroanatomy, basic chem, and ochem so far. Anything I should add to that? Thanks for the pointers amapola. I wouldn't bother with algebra, but my school was 3rd worse in the state in mathematics, so I have some catching up to do.
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I'm not sure how broad the anatomy textbooks are but human physiology might be a more apt topic, or title at least. That pharmokinetics course is about the extend of math you'll need so look over it and see what you understand.
 
I grabbed some books focusing on both anatomy and physiology, plus I found up a few on only physiology just to be safe. Also got some pharmacology books. So I guess I'm set?
 
^ It shouldn't be too bad as long as you can look up terms, which is very easy with the computer right there.
 
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