Drug Identification Bible

By Tim Marnell

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963562622
• ISBN13: 9780963562623
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Drug Identification Bible
• Length: 725 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful reference.

This is a really great book. Not ONE WORD of drug-war propoganda from either side. Lots of color pictures and clear, simple text. The first couple of pages covers the CSA (Controlled Substance Act) schedules and legalization of psychoactive drugs. The next 350 pages is a "Tablet And Capsule Imprint" guide, a really cool section for identification of mysterious pills. After that, about 100 pages of controlled prescription drugs(pictures!)-use, effects, and abuse. Then comes 250 pages of illegal drugs-from the amphetamines and cocaine to psilocybin and peyote and even the Bufo alvarius toad (lots of legal highs). Includes pics and text on production and\or synthesis, use, paraphenalia, and effects. Then a nice slang\glossary, chemical precursor list, pharmaceutical manufacturers, a drugs-in-urine duration table, weight conversion chart, even poison control numbers! This is a must-have for concerned parents, law enforcement, and, most of all, users and enthusiasts(great for pill heads)!

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Not only is the Drug Identification Bible a handy chunk of general reference, but it is actually a compelling read. True, you're not going to milk much literary worth out of the hundreds of pages of photographs of prescription pills, but the sections on currently illegal drugs -- as well as a section on "legal highs" -- prove to be immensely interesting, carefully detailed, and refreshingly objective and neutral. There are also dozens and dozens of pages of fascinating (color) photographs which help to make interwoven text especially accessible. It doesn't seem this book is immediately available at this point, but it is a worthwhile order -- I've found that my own copy has remained both useful and interesting to me for close to three years now. I refrain from the full five star rating because there are a few points at which I would've liked just a bit more detail -- it would've made this the ultimate comphrehensive guide. Still a thick, dense, and helpful book though; highly recommended.