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"Provides basic consumer health information for teens about managing diabetes and preventing complications, making healthy diet and exercise choices, and coping with emotional and lifestyle concerns. Includes index and resource information"--Provided by publisher.

An exploration of controversies related to gun control that discusses the origins of the gun control controversy; provides varying perspectives on how gun control affects crime rates, the role mental illness plays in gun violence, whether assault weapons should be banned, and would arming more people make America safer.

Addresses questions related to performance-enhancing drugs, discussing the origins of the controversy over the drugs, whether they pose a health risk, and their impact on the integrity of sports, and considering whether stronger measure should be taken to stop performance-enhancing drugs, and how their use can be prevented.

Presents differing opinions on the war on terror, the increased power of law enforcement in the investigation of terrorism, and increased national security following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"Provides consumer health information for teens about sports-related injury prevention, pain management, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. Includes index and resource information"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the problems of drug and alcohol use and abuse by teens, focusing on tobacco addiction, discussing smoking-related diseases such as emphysema, the harmful effects of smokeless tobacco and bidis, and the difficulty of trying to quit smoking.

Looks at how intelligence agencies around the world work together to identify terrorists and their networks, and examines strategies governments use in their attempts to prevent terrorist attacks.

Examines cases of genocide, large-scale mass murder, and ethnic cleansing by following the travels, discussions, and ideas of "Worse Than War" author Daniel Goldhagen as he speaks with perpetrators, victims, politicians, humanitarian aid workers, and others in order to understand the dynamics of the problem.

Contains two detailed vignettes that demonstrate various types of sexual harassment and its consequences.

Teaches students how to distinguish flirting from sexual harassment, and recognize if their own behaviors might be considered harassment by others.