Listening to ecstasy : The transformative power of MDMA

A personal narrative and guide to the safe, responsible use of MDMA for personal healing and social transformation • Details the author’s 50 years of responsible experimentation with mind-altering substances and how Ecstasy has helped him become a better therapist • Explains how he and his wife found Ecstasy to be the key to renewing and enriching their lives and marriage as they en…

Layout 2020

LAYOUT2020 adalah buku baru yang ditulis oleh Surainto Rustan dari nol, bukan sekedar revisi kecil dari buku LAYOUT dasar & penerapannya. Terdiri dari 2 buku yang menjadi satu kesatuan, konten LAYOUT2020 tentang desain layout di media cetak & media digital (UI/UX di website/apps). Dari sejarah, teori, aplikasi, problem-solusi hingga tren terkini.

Building resilienceto trauma : The trauma and community resiliency models

After a traumatic experience, survivors often experience a cascade of physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and spiritual responses that leave them feeling unbalanced and threatened. Building Resilience to Trauma explains these common responses from a biological perspective, reframing the human experience from one of shame and pathology to one of hope and biology. It also presents alterna…

Legal marijuana : Perspectives on public benefits, risks and policy approaches

The legalization of marijuana has spread rapidly throughout the united states, from just a handful of states ten years ago to now more than half, as well as the nation's capital.

Marijuana Legalization : State initiatives, implications, and issues

Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug across the world, including in the United States. The federal government prohibits the manufacture, distribution, dispensation, and possession of marijuana. Over the last few decades, some states have deviated from an across-the-board prohibition of marijuana. Evolving state-level positions on marijuana include decriminalization initiatives, lega…

Legalizing marijuana: drug policy reform and prohibition politics

The opium war : Drugs, dreams and the making of china

In october 1839, Britain entered the first opium war with china. Its brutality notwithstanding, the conflict was with china.

Opium to java : Revenue farming and chinese enterprise in colonial indonesia…

Opium smoking was a widespread social custom in nineteenth- country java, and commercial trade in opium has far-reaching economic and political implications

Legalizing Marijuana

A hundred years ago, marijuana was considered a threat to civil order and mental health. Today, recreational marijuana is legal in two countries : Canada and Uruguay.

The agony and the ecstasy

Michelangelo Buonarroti. Creator of the David, painter of the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, architect of the dome of St. Peter's, Michelangelo lives once more in the tempestuous, powerful pages of Irving Stone's towering triumph. A masterpiece in its own right, this biographical novel offers a compelling portrait of one of the greatest artists the world has ever known.