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From Chocolate to Morphine

Weil, Andrew, et al. From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. March 1998, 240 pages.

Ten years ago the original edition of From Chocolate to Morphine was recognized immediately as the definitive guide to legal and illegal drugs. Now best-selling author Dr. Andrew Weil and coauthor Winifred Rosen have revised their popular book, providing essential information about the new drugs of the 1990s.

Drugs remain pervasive, and parents and children alike need complete, unbiased information about how drugs affect the mind and the body. Neither condoning nor condemning drug use, the authors cover a wide range of available substances, from steroids to "smart drugs." Besides describing the likely effects of each drug, the authors discuss precautions and alternatives, thus allowing readers to make informed and intelligent choices.

Extensively illustrated, supplemented by helpful comments from drug users and nonusers, From Chocolate to Morphine is a unique resource. This clear-headed, authoritative book is now more valuable than ever.

About the Authors:

Andrew Weil, M.D., raised and educated in Philadelphia, received an A.B. degree in biology from Harvard College in 1964 and an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1968. Dr. Weil is Associate Director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and has a private practice in natural and preventive medicine in Tucson. He is author of The Natural Mind; The Marriage of the Sun and Moon; Health and Healing; and Natural Health, Natural Medicine.

Winifred Rosen was raised and educated in New York City, where for several years she taught high school English and literature. She then began writing books for children and young adults. Her titles include Henrietta, the Wild Woman of Borneo (a Newbery Award nominee); Cruisin for a Bruisin; and Three Romances: Love Stories from Camelot Retold. She now lives on Long Island, where she divides her time between writing and landscape gardening.