{"product_id":"phantastica-a-classic-survey-on-the-use-and-abuse-of-mind-altering-plants-9780892817832","title":"Phantastica: A Classic Survey on the Use and Abuse of Mind-Altering Plants","description":"Long out of print, this is a landmark study on narcotic and psychedelic substances by a world-renowned pharmacologist and toxicologist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- The first book to bring non-judgmental scientific insights to the use of drugs around the world \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- A book credited with starting an era of ethnobotany that continues to the present day \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe publication of Louis Lewin's \u003ci\u003ePhantastica\u003c\/i\u003e in 1924 began an era of ethnobotany that is still flourishing today. Until Lewin, books on the use of drugs were purely works of anthropology, concerned with how people used these plants, rather than how the plants produced their famous effects. Lewin, a world-renowned pharmacologist and toxicologist, was fascinated by both, and \u003ci\u003ePhantastica\u003c\/i\u003e was the first book to bring scientific insights to a survey of the use of drugs around the world. Lewin traveled extensively and acquired an astonishing variety of knowledge, reflected in this book, which 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, of course, tobacco. For thirty years ethnobotanists have bemoaned the fact that \u003ci\u003ePhantastica\u003c\/i\u003e has been impossible to find; now this landmark work is once again available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892817832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 5.98w x 0.70d","brand":"Louis Lewin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403384090805,"sku":"9780892817832","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_721a3c9e-5854-4a8e-a3f8-af2290b77fd9.jpg?v=1774969017","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/phantastica-a-classic-survey-on-the-use-and-abuse-of-mind-altering-plants-9780892817832","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}