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David and Nic Sheff, the father and son authors, relate Nic's struggle with addiction and how he became sober. Features factual information on various drugs, alcohol, and addiction, discusses the risks of experimenting, and includes the latest research, interviews, and real-life testimonials that show what drug and alcohol use really looks like. Also discusses the steps of treatment, relapse, and recovery. Includes an addiction self-test for teens,...
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Examines the current opioid crisis, discussing the history, contributing factors, and complications arising from the easy access to narcotics. Discusses recent science on addiction, and details what's being done to combat the problem. Includes sidebars, a glossary, resources for further information, maps, and color photographs.
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Prescription and over-the-counter medications are the most commonly abused drugs by high school students after marijuana. One in five young people abuses prescription meds--cotton, rits, beans, tuss, and bricks--street names for these non-street drugs. Street Pharma looks at this growing problem and gives young readers the information they need to say no before they start using or find help to quit when they've become addicted.
7) Dope sick
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Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.
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Trace Reynolds has always looked up to his brother, mostly because Will, who is five years older, has never looked down on him. When Will was knocked out cold during a football game, resulting in a brain injury, everything changed. Sixteen months later their family is still living under the weight of the incident that left Will with a facial tic, depression, and an anger he cannot always control, culminating in their parents' divorce. And Will is...
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Prescription drugs can be a very positive thing when used correctly, however the illegal or unintended use of drugs can cause great harm. It's important that kids are aware of the danger of recreational drug use. Armed with the knowledge imparted from this book, they will be equipped with all the facts and better able to make informed decisions when they encounter drugs.