Stone, Trevor. <br/><br/>
Pills, potions and poisons :  how drugs work / 
 Pills potions poisons 
Trevor Stone and Gail Darlington. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2000. 
 - xvi, 476 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes glossary of terms, bibliography (p. [447]-449) and index. 
<br/><br/> This book is written for the lay person and makes interesting reading. The drugs that most people are likely to come into contact with are described in easy-to-read style. The history of how many common drugs were discovered is also related. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drugs--Popular works.