The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and metal illnesses.
This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, gives a non-technical account of how drugs work in th.
There has also been an increase in the recreational use and abuse of drugs in the Western world.
These, along with the Introduction of the oral contraceptive, have altered all of our lives.
The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and metal illnesses