drug use

Examines the impact drugs have made among creative professionals in dance, art, music, theatre, and motion pictures and discusses artistic works that portray the world of drugs and drug abuse.

High school student, Melissa, tries to cope with an anxiety-induced drug habit as well as an anorexic best friend and other everyday problems that young people face.

Examines the harmful effects of marijuana use and addiction and explains the dangers of teenage drug abuse in general.

Includes chapters on cocaine, marijuana, speed, and steroids, how drugs became illegal, and on drug testing.

Presents an examination of the issues related to drug abuse, including information on why people take illegal drugs, as well as drug policies, legalization, prescriptions and medicinal drugs, and alternative drug treatments.

Follows three drug-using teens through three different rehabilitation programs in an attempt to find answers to the questions of why teens use drugs, what is being done about it, why nothing seems to be working, and what might be done to solve the problem.

This book discusses how to recognize when a friend has a drug problem, how drug abuse affects friendships, and how to help a drug abuser without losing friendship or trust.