drug addiction

"[A story] about two misfit teens--one in remission from cancer, one in the throes of discovering her gender identity--who embark on a cross-country road trip"--OCLC.

Discusses the history and science of drug addiction and challenges of overcoming the problems.

Explores the causes of drug abuse and addiction.

Two high school football players take action against their abusive coach when he becomes mayor and his crack cocaine use comes to light.

Chronicles how sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought highly addictive black tar heroin to the United States, and looks at a pharmaceutical company's marketing campaign of OxyContin.

Discusses the issues surrounding drug and alcohol dependence, including the role of drugs and alcohol in society and how addiction is treated.

This book exposes the unfathomable lows that a PCP high actually offers--seizures, organ failure, coma, paranoia, mood swings, psychotic breaks, extreme violence, and death. Readers will come away with the certain knowledge that PCP offers anything but a high time.

Provides a guide for young people on how to help a friend who is dealing with drug abuse.

Chronicles how sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought highly addictive black tar heroin to the United States, and looks at a pharmaceutical company's marketing campaign of OxyContin.

"The Eusistocratic Republic of Finland has bred a new human sub-species of receptive, submissive women, called eloi, for sex and procreation, while intelligent, independent women are sterilized. Vanna, raised as an eloi but secretly intelligent, needs money to help her doll-like sister, Manna. Vanna forms a friendship with a man named Jare, and they become involved in trafficking a stimulant the Health Authority is just starting to crack down on: chili peppers. Then Manna disappears, and Jare comes across a strange religious cult in possession of the Core of the Sun, a chili so hot that it is rumored to cause hallucinations"--Inside front cover.