The Truth About Drugs

Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations and Tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
How to Use This Book......Page 14
Addictive Behaviors and Drugs......Page 16
Addiction, Biology of......Page 26
Club and Designer Drugs......Page 31
Crack Cocaine......Page 37
Dependence and Addiction......Page 46
Depression and Drugs......Page 50
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs......Page 54
Drug Abuse, Causes of......Page 58
Drugs and Criminal Activity......Page 65
Drugs and Development......Page 71
Drugs and Disease......Page 83
Drugs and Drinking......Page 88
Drugs and Smoking......Page 91
Drug Testing......Page 95
Drug Use, History of......Page 100
Drug Use, International......Page 110
Families, Communities, and Drug Abuse......Page 116
Gangs and Drugs......Page 124
Homicide......Page 127
Illegal Drugs, Common......Page 132
Inhalants......Page 142
Injection Drugs......Page 145
Law on Drugs, The......Page 148
Marijuana......Page 156
Media Messages and Counteradvertising Campaigns......Page 161
Morbidity and Mortality......Page 167
Natural Drugs......Page 170
Over-the-counter Drugs......Page 173
Overdose and Drugs......Page 179
Peer Pressure and Drugs......Page 184
Rehabilitation and Treatment......Page 188
Risk Factors and Risk Taking......Page 196
School Performance and Drug Abuse......Page 201
Sexual Behavior and Drug Abuse......Page 206
Steroids, Anabolic......Page 212
Workplace Drug Abuse......Page 216
Hotlines and Help Sites......Page 222
Glossary......Page 226
Index......Page 232