Long out of print, this is a landmark study on narcotic and psychedelic substances by a world-renowned
pharmacologist and toxicologist • The first book to bring
non-judgmental scientific insights to the use of drugs around the world • Provides detailed information on all major drugs of the time, including opium, cocaine, heroin, cannabis,
peyote, fly agaric, henbane, datura, alcohol, kava, betel, coffee, tea, cocoa, and tobacco • A book credited with starting an era of ethnobotany that continues to the present dayThe publication of Louis Lewin's Phantastica in 1924 began an era of ethnobotany that is still flourishing today. Until Lewin, books on the use of drugs were purely…
This classic of ethnobotany was first published in 1924. Louis Lewin (1850 - 1929) was a world famous pharmacologist and this interesting work remains a landmark of psychedelic research.The preface…
