Essential issues

"This title examines how inhalants and club, prescription, and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs affect individuals and society, investigates how people are working to put an end to drug abuse, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue. Features include a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.

"This title examines how traditional bullying and cyberbullying affect individuals and society, investigates how people are working to put an end to all bullying, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue. Features include a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.

Investigates the danger professional football players face in head and brain injuries. Discusses the frequency with which NFL players sustain concussions and what can be done to heal or prevent them.

Explores climate change, including weather patterns, the science behind climate change, the history of climate change, fuel options for the future, changes in the oceans, and possible solutions. Includes a timeline, glossary, and list of additional resources.

This book discusses issues relating to indigenous peoples' rights, such as facing discrimination and economic disadvantage, their preference to practice full autonomy or a partial measure of it, and whether or not fair trade is a solution to many indigenous peoples' problems.

Offers factual information about suicide, providing a brief history, discussing risk factors and mental disorders, addressing young victims and the right to die, and exploring suicide as a weapon, experiences of people left behind, and prevention.

Offers information about racism, providing an overview of the nature, causes, and history of racism in the United States, and discussing key figures, slavery, hate crimes, and related topics. Includes a time line, list of facts, and other resources.

Examines the impact poverty has on society as a whole, identifies its underlying causes, discusses how it is addressed by the government, and describes its impact on a person's mental health.

Offers factual information about HIV and AIDS, providing an overview of the pandemic, discussing how they effect families, addressing connections to poverty, and exploring prevention, treatment, and related discrimination.

Provides an overview of energy security, discussing why it is important, related terrorism and piracy, the demand of energy by developing countries, nuclear power, renewable energy sources, and other topics.