V monografii raskryvaetsya obshchaya informatsiya, o naibolee rasprostranennykh psikhodelikakh i «dizaynerskikh narkotikakh». V poslednee vremya proiskhodit znachitel"noe uvelichenie upotrebleniya narkoticheskikh sredstv, izmenyayushchikh soznanie i/ili vyzyvayushchikh gallyutsinatsii. Rastet kolichestvo novykh narkoticheskikh sredstv ("dizaynerskikh" narkotikov), kotorye prodayutsya pod vidom kuritel"nykh smesey, soley dlya vann, poroshkov «Fen-shuy» i t.d. Nesmotrya na nalichie takoy problemy, sushchestvuet opredelennyy informatsionnyy vakuum – bol"shinstvo lyudey obladaet skudnoy informatsiey ob etikh veshchestvakh. Dannaya rabota prizvana donesti do razlichnykh krugov naseleniya neobkhodimuyu informatsiyu dlya ponimaniya osobennostey i riskov, svyazannykh s upotrebleniem takikh veshchestv. V kontse raboty predstavleny metodiki opredeleniya ryada grupp narkoticheskikh veshchestv, opisannykh v monografii. Kniga yavlyaetsya nauchno-populyarnoy i adresovana kak shirokomu krugu chitateley, tak i spetsialistam, interesuyushchimsya dannoy tematikoy.