Memoirs of an addicted brain : a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs /

A neuroscientist tells the story of his youth spent as a drug addict, while using the specific example of his own story to help explain drug use and addiction in general from a scientific standpoint.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lewis, Marc D.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : PublicAffairs, 2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Lewis, Marc D. Lewis, Marc D. > Drug use. Drug addicts > Canada > Biography. Neuroscientists > Canada > Biography. Brain > Effect of drugs on. Drug abuse. Drug addiction.

Table of Contents:

The Tabor chronicles. Changing state
Giving up control
Into the fire
Dopamine and desire: a romantic interlude
Life and death in California. Pulling out the stops
Psychedelics, sex, and violence
A psychedelic finale: cops and angels
Heroin, the Heap, and the sleep of the dead
Getting down
Going places. Travel broadens the mind
Consciousness lost and found
The opium fields
In sickness and in health. Night life in Rat Park
Crime and punishment
Healing
Epilogue.