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Drug abuse

Steroids

Jacqueline Adams

Examines the history, use and health effects of these drugs and the issues regarding drug testing, dependence and abuse prevention.

Club Drugs

Hal Marcovitz

Overview on club drugs, from what they are and how they are used, to popularity, side effects, date rape, the ecstasy trade, and more.

Saint Iggy

K. L. Going

Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his frie

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Alice Childress

The life of a thirteen-year-old Harlem black boy on his way to becoming a confirmed heroin addict is seen from his viewpoint and from that of several people around him.

Inside Recovery

Susan Banfield

Describes the practices and principles of twelve-step programs, how they can be used in dealing with such problems as alcoholism and drug addiction, and how to get involved in them.

Heroin

Todd Howard

This book discusses the history of heroin, its physiological and societal effects, and the extreme difficulty of fighting heroin abuse, both on an individual and a national basis.

Fat Kid Rules the World

Kelly Going

Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly three hundred pounds, gets a new perspective on life when Curt, a semi-homeless teen who is a genius on guitar, asks Troy to be the dr

Steroids

Lisa Angowski Rogak

Discusses the use and dangers of steroids and other drugs used by athletes.

Crack and your Circulatory System

Claudia B. Manley

This book discusses crack, a form of cocaine, explaining how quickly it is absorbed into the user's body and how damaging it can be to the user's physical and mental health.

Designer Drugs

Lawrence Clayton

This book discusses what designer drugs are, the dangers of designer drugs, and problems created by designer drugs.

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