Heroin
By: by Todd Howard.
Series: Drug education library
Publisher: Lucent Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Heroin abuse -- Juvenile literature.; Heroin -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile literature.; Heroin -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Heroin.; Drug abuse.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses the history of heroin, its physiological and societal effects, and the extreme difficulty of fighting heroin abuse, both on an individual and a national basis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-104) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The origins of heroin; title: Heroin abuse in the United States; title: Consequences of heroin addiction; title: Preventing heroin abuse; title: Recovering from heroin addiction.