The Truth About Drugs (Truth About)

Cover......Page 1
Front Matter......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
How to Use This Book......Page 12
Rates of Teen Drug Abuse......Page 14
Causes of Drug Abuse......Page 15
Effects of Drug Abuse......Page 16
Risky Business Self-Test......Page 18
Club and Designer Drugs......Page 22
Crack Cocaine......Page 28
Dependence and Addiction......Page 36
Depression and Drugs......Page 40
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs......Page 44
Drug Abuse, Causes of......Page 48
Drug Use, History of......Page 55
Drugs and Criminal Activity......Page 65
Drugs and Development......Page 71
Drugs and Disease......Page 82
Drugs and Drinking......Page 87
Families, Communities, and Drug Abuse......Page 91
Gangs and Drugs......Page 99
Homicide......Page 102
Illegal Drugs, Common......Page 107
Inhalants......Page 116
Injection Drugs......Page 119
Law On Drugs, The......Page 122
Media Messages and Counteradvertising Campaigns......Page 130
Morbidity and Mortality......Page 136
Over-The-Counter Drugs......Page 140
Overdose and Drugs......Page 145
Peer Pressure and Drugs......Page 151
Rehabilitation and Treatment......Page 155
Risk Factors and Risk Taking......Page 162
School Performance and Drug Abuse......Page 167
Sexual Behavior and Drug Abuse......Page 172
Steroids, Anabolic......Page 177
Workplace Drug Abuse......Page 181
Hotlines and Help Sites......Page 186
Glossary......Page 190
Index......Page 196