Ebook Study and Stimulants

The real in?uence of the intoxicants and narcotics in common use has been a matter of fierce and prolonged controversy. The most opposite opinions have been set forth with ability and earnestness; but the weight they would otherwise carry is lessened by their mutually contradictory character. Notwithstanding the great in?uence of the physician's authority, people are perplexed by the blessings and bannings bestowed upon tobacco and the various forms of alcohol. What is the real in?uence of stimulants and narcotics upon the brain Do they give increased strength, greater lucidity of mind and more continuous power?