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"Tella Grant likes to be in control--even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions. The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn't...
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"A brilliant and brave investigation by Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times best sellers, into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions...
6) The inn
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English
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Ex-Boston homicide detective Billy Robinson has retreated to a quiet life on the New England coast. Struggling to cope following the death of his beloved wife, he must now run the inn that Siobhan took care of so well. The inn's quirky residents help keep Billy on solid ground as he grieves, and the group soon become an unconventional family. But this small town is in the grips of a growing opioid epidemic, and when a young resident gets hooked into...
8) Selling sickness: how the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us all into patients
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Nation Books
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
9) Junior
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Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Alex Hesse and his associate, Dr. Larry Arbogast have developed a wondrous new drug to ensure healthy pregnancies. But when the government forbids further testing of their creation, Alex and Larry secretly move forward with a daring plan, and Dr. Hesse becomes pregnant, which leads to comedy, romance and maternal love.
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Greenhaven
Pub. Date
c2006.
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English
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Examines different points of view in the debate over prescription drugs, covering issues such as drug advertising, the importation of drugs from Canada, the disclosure of clinical trial results, and the fairness of drug prices.
11) The Gale encyclopedia of prescription drugs: a comprehensive guide to the most common medications
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Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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This encyclopedia features entries on the most commonly prescribed drugs. It describes potential side effects, drug and food interactions, recommended dosages, and warnings/precautions.
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Harper Perrenial Modern Classics
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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In these two classic books, originally published in the 1950s, Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. As a user of mind-altering drugs like mescaline and LSD, he came to believe that they gave users essentially the same experiences that mystics attained through fasting, prayer, and meditation. The books became essential texts for the counterculture during the 1960s. -- adapted from back cover and...
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Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on themselves. Vivid descriptions of drug experiences sparked insights across the mind sciences, pharmacology, medicine, and philosophy. Accounts in journals and literary fiction inspired a fascinated public to make their own experiments--in scientific demonstrations, on exotic travels, at literary salons, and in occult rituals. But after...
17) Macady
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Covenant
Pub. Date
c1995.
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English
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Home from college and working for the town paper, Macady Jackson leaves the family store to go horse-riding. She is completely unaware that Deputy Aaron Westerman has been investigating a small airfield in the area that he believes is being used to transport drugs. Aaron, unable to shake the feeling that he is being followed, has hidden in the bush. From a distance, in her jeans and cowboy hat, Macady's lean figure is mistaken for Aaron's. The man...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Explores the discovery, invention, science, and people behind today's major psychotropic drugs, from the earliest, Thorazine and Lithium, through Prozac and Ecstasy, to today's most cutting-edge memory drugs and neural implants.
19) New Jack City
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Gangster film about a young, rich, smart drug baron who thinks he's untouchable, and the tough, street-smart cops determined to bring him down.
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