Provides information about the history of drugs and the reasons that people take drugs.

Provides readers with what pain really isand what it isntas well as the history of pain. The book also provides up-to-date information about painkillers and how they are abused.

This book discusses OxyContin, a semisynthetic opioid containing thebaine from poppies and synthetic chemicals and designed to slowly release oxycodone over twelve hours, and describes reactions of the body when OxyContin is abused and the treatments required to recover from this addiction.

Discusses the use and abuse of various "downer" drugs, examining why people take them, their effects on the body, and how to get help.

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...