Drug education library

Since prescription drugs can be obtained legally and found in medicine cabinets in young adults' own homes, there is a perception that they are not as dangerous as other types of drugs. However, abuse of prescriptions can have hazardous--sometimes even deadly--consequences, which readers discover in great detail. Enlightening charts and sidebars augment the discussion of prescription drug abuse, and a list of websites provides resources for those who may already be struggling with this addiction.

Explores the use and dangers of heroin.

Provides an overview of marijuana use. Describes the history of use, the effects of use, and the debate over legalization.

Explores the use and dangers of designer drugs.

Discusses the use of over-the-counter, prescription, and herbal diet drugs and explains their relation to eating disorders and proper nutrition.

Explores the medical, legal, historical, and social aspects of drug use in America focusing on the rising popularity of club drugs such as ecstasy, ketamine, GHB and Rohypnol.

Discusses the history of heroin, its physiological and societal effects, and the extreme difficulty of fighting heroin abuse, both on an individual and a national basis.

Examines the history of tobacco and its use in the Western world, explains the hazards of nicotine addiction, looks at the reasons why teens begin smoking and the difficulties of trying to quit, and discusses the link between the tobacco industry, marketing, and the government.

Discusses the history, effects, health and social aspects, and legal ramifications of alcohol, as well as treatments for alcoholism.

Provides information about stimulants, looking at the history of the drugs, and discussing stimulant abuse, the dangers of stimulant addiction, treatment for stimulant addiction, and attempts to eliminate illegal stimulant use.