Provides information on the effects and risks of various diet drugs. Features a list of key people and advocacy groups, facts and illustrations, primary source quotes, a chronology, a list of related organizations, and additional resources.
Presents information on painkillers covering how they affect the body, their dangers, and alternative choices. Includes fact-boxes, graphs, charts, facts and statistics, and quotes from primary sources.
Provides an up-to-date overview of cocaine and crack addiction. Features primary source quotes, facts, illustrations, a chronology, a list of related organizations, and a list of resources for further study.
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.
Considers the severity of synthetic drug abuse around the world and outlines the dangers associated with this practice. Demonstrates how synthetic drug abuse can be responded to and prevented. Includes color photographs.
Since its development in the 1910s as an alternative to heroin and morphine, Oxycodone has moved from a prescription pain reliever to a widely abused and highly addictive drug. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full color illustrations this title examines Oxycodone.
An introduction to steroids that provides information on their use, abuse, regulation, adverse health effects, and role in sports and examines the controversies surrounding them.
Presents a concise overview of issues associated with prescription drugs; and contains primary source quotes and statistics on related topics, including their safety, costs, how widespread abuse is, and how to stop their abuse and misuse.
