Dying for acceptance
Subtitle: a teen's guide to drug- and alcohol-related health issues
By: by Joan Esherick.
Series: Science of health
Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Teenagers -- Drug use -- Juvenile literature; Teenagers -- Substance use -- Juvenile literature; Teenagers -- Alcohol use -- Juvenile literature; Drugs -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile literature; Alcohol -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: Explains reasons teens use drugs, how they affect the brain, and where to go for help.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Why start? reasons teens choose drugs; title: The how of the high: how chemical substances affect the brain; title: Doorways to danger: tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and inhalants; title: Helpful drugs, hurtful highs: steroids, otcs, and prescription drugs; title: The agony of ecstasy (and other club drugs); title: Heroin, hope, and hanging in there; title: Further reading; title: For more information; title: Glossary; title: Index; title: Picture credits; title: Biographies.