Drugs are everywhere--on our streets, in our homes, and in our schools--but straight facts about drugs are not. Drugs: The Straight Facts fills this void with candid discussions that emphasize a historical and scientific approach to learning about drugs, their use, and their effect on the user's health. Learn about alcohol's effects on the brain and body--from consumption to absorption and intoxication.

Drugs are everywhere--on our streets, in our homes, and in our schools--but straight facts about drugs are not. Drugs: The Straight Facts fills this void with candid discussions that emphasize a historical and scientific approach to learning about drugs, their use, and their effect on the user's health. A simple chemical modification to morphine in 1898 brought a new drug, heroin, to the world. This book provides a thorough history of heroin and describes its effects on health and the body.

Drugs are everywhere--on our streets, in our homes, and in our schools--but straight facts about drugs are not. Drugs: The Straight Facts fills this void with candid discussions that emphasize a historical and scientific approach to learning about drugs, their use, and their effect on the user's health. A historical perspective on tobacco, this book discusses some of the legal debates surrounding smoking. Trace the path nicotine travels through the body, analyze the health hazards smoking creates, and learn about nicotine's addictive qualities.

Examines the history, health effects, social issues, and legal status of inhalants.

This book examines the many kinds of sleep aids in use--from over-the-counter and herbal products to powerful prescriptions drugs--and shows how they affect the body in the long and short term.

Drugs are everywhere--on our streets, in our homes, and in our schools--but the straight facts about drugs are not.

While drugs are everywhere, the straight facts about drugs are not. This series provides a candid discussions that emphasize a historical and scientific approach to learning about drugs. This expanding series meets high school science standards.

Drugs are everywhere--on our streets, in our homes, and in our schools--but the straight facts about drugs are not.

Drugs are everywhere--on our streets, in our homes, and in our schools--but the straight facts about drugs are not.

Popular party drugs from the 1980s to the present, crack and its more expensive, purer form, cocaine, have gripped users both rich and poor in the United States. "Crack" examines the psychological, biomedical, social, and legal aspects of this highly addictive form of cocaine. Beginning with an overview of how crack affects the brain and body, the book details why the drug is so addictive, the history and demographics of its use, and the relationship between crack and crime. Illustrated with full-color and black-and-white images, "Crack" discusses the medical and psychological consequences of...