From: David Katz <[a--cc--s] at [igc.apc.org]>
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Date: 21 Aug 93 19:39 PDT
Subject: New Book about Religious Drug Use

New Book Traces the  History, Sources, and Use of Hallucinogenic
Drugs

>>Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and
History, by Jonathan Ott<<

This book describes in detail the drugs which provoke ecstasy and
have traditionally been used as shamanic or religious inebriants.
It traces the botanical, historical, religious, ethno-cultural,
geographic, and chemical roots of plant-derived drugs, or
entheogens.

The author's lifelong experience and scientific expertise in the
subject allow him to present insights into the ethnobotany of the
plants, their current uses, plant sources, and artificial
derivatives, as well as legal and social considerations.

Forward by Albert Hoffman.

In the lengthy introduction, the author tackles the complex
questions of the drug war and criminalization versus legalization
of these entheogens.

The main text provides scientific documentation of the objective
facts about all the entheogenic drugs, including their
neuropharmacology.

Extensive bibliography.

This is a comprehensive, scientific treatise written for experts
as well as for the layperson.

640 pages; $40 paperback, $75 hardbound.

For more information call 916-756-7177 or email [a--cc--s] at [igc.apc.org.]