by Luis Otero Aira · Paidotribo · tapa dura · ISBN 9788480193160
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«Las plantas alucinógenas» is the popular science essay on psychoactive substances by Luis Otero Aira, published by Paidotribo in hardcover (224 pages).
It raises the debate on why substances capable of killing are legal while cannabis is not, and reviews legal psychoactive compounds of plant or synthetic origin. It discusses composition, effects, risks, sourcing, cultivation and uses, with cases such as Cannabis sativa, Salvia divinorum, 5-MeO-DMT and Amanita muscaria. It includes dangerous substances.
Fourth edition in Spanish, published on July 20, 2001 in Barcelona, in the «Fuera de colección» series by Paidotribo.
Aimed at a professional and academic audience, it is useful for those studying botany, pharmacology or the social debate on drugs.
