drugs

These eleven articles examine the issues and offer a range of opinions coming from eyewitnesses, scientific journals, and government officials on American's use of drugs as opposed to making behavioral changes, and the growing pharmaceutical industry.

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether pharmaceutical research is safe and unbiased, whether the FDA effectively regulates prescription drugs, and whether pharmaceutical marketing practices in the U.S. are adequately regulated.

An exploration of medicine and advances in the field that discusses safety, ethics in medical research, the role of the FDA, political aspects of the prescription drug industry, and other related topics.

Collects twenty-eight articles that discuss various topics, including the negative consequences of the global war on drugs, the failure of drug prohibition strategies, environmental degradation due to drugs and eradication methods, alternative policies, and harm reduction strategies around the world.

Contains twenty-three essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to the pharmaceutical industry, debating the safety and bias of research, the regulation and cost of prescription drugs, and the ethics of marketing practices.

Examines how, over the last one hundred years, the pharmaceutical, chemical, and processed foods industries have created dozens of myths that are harming people's health and causing widespread illness and disease.

Presents a comprehensive examinaton of the various types of antibiotics, the ways in which bacteria develop resistance to these drugs, and the research done by scientists to keep up with new diseases.

Argues that pharmaceutical companies are creating and marketing illness in order to improve their sales and profits, revealing the marketing strategies they use to influence medical science and re-define the boundaries of illness.

Explains the nature of drugs, both legal and illegal, how they can affect the body, and how they can help or harm users.

Presents a comprehensive guide for teens on experimenting with drugs and alcohol and discusses some of the reasons why teens use them, how they affect the brain, the dangers of over-the-counter medications and steroids, and warnings about Ecstasy and other club drugs.