Chapter 3: Drugs and the nervous system: Psychopharmacology

  1. The National Institute on Drug Abuse has lots of information of addictions and drugs of abuse: https://www.drugabuse.gov/
  2. Web site on how drugs work: https://theconversation.com/explainer-how-do-drugs-work-48665
  3. Piece on addictive drugs: https://theconversation.com/the-five-most-addictive-substances-on-earth-and-what-they-do-to-your-brain-54862
  4. Piece on psychedelic drugs: https://theconversation.com/magic-mushrooms-expand-your-mind-and-amplify-your-brains-dreaming-areas-heres-how-28754
  5. Alcohol and the brain: http://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/diet-and-lifestyle/2018/alcohol-and-the-brain-011918
  6. NHS site on drugs and the brain: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drugs-and-the-brain/