What are illicit drugs? Why do people use them? What are the effects on the body of using drugs? Are some drugs more dangerous than others? What is addiction? Why are some people able to stop using drugs at will while others become addicted? Respected science author Magaret O. Hyde and Yale University School of Medicine physician John F. Setaro take a fresh approach to the problem of drug abuse among teens. This book looks at drugs and drug abuse...

Discusses the effects of drug use on one individual teenage boy, from the start, through addiction, to the beginning of the road back to normal health.

Provides information on drugs and their harmful effects, as well as how to avoid drugs and where to get help for drug abuse problems.

Discusses the drug methamphetamine, how it is used and abused, its effects, ways to avoid drug addiction, and how to get help for an addiction.

Explains how illegal drugs hurt people and the areas in which they live, how to detect the signs of drug use and sales in a neighborhood, and how to avoid drug dealers.

Examines the social, medical, and legal aspects of hallucinogens and related drugs, the effects of their abuse, and different treatment programs.

Explores the path from runaway to teen prostitute and examines the links between these activities and drug use among teenagers.

Discusses the effects of drug abuse on the family, particularly siblings, of the abuser and what family members can do to help each other.