Drugs in Perspective

This book is a collection of studies of drug policies in several Latin American countries. The chapters analyze the specific histories of drug policies in each country, as well as related phenomena and case studies throughout the region.

From Aspirin to Viagra, insulin to penicillin, and vaccines to vitamin supplements, drugs have become part of our everyday lives. This staggering global industry wasn’t born overnight; advancements in pharmaceutical science have been happening for a long while, over the course of decades and even centuries.

This book has been envisaged keeping in mind the necessity to document the state-of-the-art and has been designed in such a manner that basic, clinical and applied researchers as well as physicians can derive benefit from the substantial advances in the area.

This book has tried to address some of the issues in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)