Lockwood, Brad

Describes the dangers of the drug ketamine hydrochloride, including the various effects it has on the human body and its impact on society.

Provides information about domestic spying and wiretapping, discussing how efforts to protect the nation sometimes conflict with Constitutional rights to privacy and freedom of speech, reviewing the history of intelligence gathering,and considering the impact of domestic spying.

Explores the problem of teenagers' easy accessibility to prescription pain-killers that often leads to addiction, and examines OxyContin's transition from a pain reliever for cancer patients to the cause of drug overdose by abusers.

A career profile of Bill Gates, discussing his childhood in Seattle as the son of an attorney and a schoolteacher, his early mathematical prowess, his Harvard years and obsession with writing code, and his pursuit of his vision of a computer in every home--a dream that led to the creation of Microsoft Corporation.