narcotics

An exploration of narcotics that discusses the effects on the body and brain, the negative effects on health, and offers advice on seeking help for an addiction.

Charts the flight of a writer, his girlfriend, and Sam, a big-time drug dealer, during the hippie era, as they try to make their way from San Francisco to a Mexican border town after a local policeman is shot during a drug bust.

The author argues that the national drug policy in place in the 1990s is a failure and urges a return to the program devised by the Nixon administration of treating drug use as a public health problem and using government resources to treat addicts on demand.

Discusses the history of drug laws in the United States and examines the possibilities of drug legalization.

Contains twenty-nine essays in which the authors examine issues of drug policy in the U.S., providing an historical overview of attitudes toward drugs in America, and discussing the government's policy of prohibition, the issue of medical marijuana, the failure of the war on drugs, addiction, and other topics.

A brief study of the serious effects of various types of pain relievers including vicodin and oxycontin, their history and suggestions for overcoming the abuse.

Examines the increasing abuse of prescription painkillers such as OxyContin. Explains how pain has been viewed and treated throughout history and how painkillers can come to be abused.

Examines the history of opium use for both medicinal and illegal purposes. Discusses the drug's effects on one's body, brain, and personality.

When Chris and his search dog, Mike, are demoted from the Coast Guard's drug-bust program, Chris takes a second job where Mike's training to sniff out drugs brings them an even bigger problem.