Discusses the nature of addictions to gambling, food, sex, alcohol, and other drugs, how they form and develop, their negative effects, and how to deal with them.
Discusses some of the substances that are abused by inhaling them, the effects of solvents on the body, and how to avoid the dangers involved in solvent abuse.
Offers high school students comprehensive statistical information on legal and illegal drug use in the United States and their impact on a person's mood and physiology, medical use, political and economic ramifications, treatments, trafficking, and other related topics.
A guide to substance-related disorders that explains how different chemicals, both legal and illegal, can cause substance-related disorders, what dangers they pose, how they can be treated, and other related topics.
During the past two decades major American sports leagues have implemented tough anti-drug policies, more than half of Americans believe baseball players are better home run hitters now because they take performance-enhancing drugs. Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines the issue.
In the Florida projects, sixteen-year-old Jayson struggles with the harsh realities of his life which include an abusive mother, a drug-addicted father, and not fitting in at his predominately white school, and bring him to the brink of suicide.
