drug abuse

Journalist David Sheff tells the story of his son Nic's happy early childhood, the transformation wrought by Nic's addiction to methamphetamine, and his own obsession with Nic's well-being.

TJ returns to live with his mother, who has stopped using drugs, after two years in a loving home, and finds that he can't escape the seedy environment of his hometown or past debts still owed.

Marijuana is the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and the world. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full color illustrations this title examines marijuana as a drug.

Through objective discussion see how over the past decade, the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by professional and amateur athletes at elite levels have made headlines in newspapers across the country and beyond.

High schooler Ben Bancroft, a budding filmmaker with cerebral palsy, struggles to understand his relationship with drug-addict Colleen while he explores a new friendship with A.J., who shares his obsession with movies and makes a good impression on Ben's grandmother.

Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a strange man who reveals different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.

After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to support their growing addiction to heroin.

Matt Rydeck, co-captain of his high school football team, witnesses the rape of a rookie player by teammates and struggles with his own use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Presents sets of differing opinions on a range of social, political, and legal issues associated with the war on drugs.

Examines some of the reasons why people use drugs; teaches readers how to recognize the signs of addiction in themselves and others; discusses the dangers of denial, and the issues of enabling and codependency; and offers advice on how to help someone with a drug problem.