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Drug abuse / Arthur Gillard, book editor.

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Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, c2013.

Teenagers -- Drug use -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Drug abuse -- United States -- Prevention -- Juvenile literature.

9780737762907 (hbk.)

073776290X (hbk.)

Issues that concern you.

114 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

An overview of drug abuse and dependence / Genevieve Pham-Kanter and Teresa G. Odle -- Drug abusers are often victims of a mental illness / Dr. Harold Koplewicz -- People are responsible for their decision to abuse drugs / Ashley Hames -- Social and environmental conditions cause drug addiction / Gabor Mat -- The war on drugs must end / Laura Carlsen -- The war on drugs must continue / Ruben Navarrette -- Long-term residential drug rehabilitation programs are very effective / Northbound Academy -- Drug rehabilitation programs are not effective / Bankole A. Johnson -- All drugs should be legalized / John Stossel -- Drugs must not be legalized / Joseph A. Califano Jr. and William J. Bennett -- Effective education programs are successful in preventing drug abuse / The Economist -- Spiritual meaning is needed to combat drug abuse / Jeremy Egerer -- Young people need to be taught how to use drugs responsibly / Stanton Peele -- Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem / Jeneba Ghatt -- Attempts to prevent people from abusing prescription drugs are harming legitimate users / Jacob Sollum -- A teenage girl describes her experience with heroin addiction / Anonymous, as told to Jane Bianchi.

Presents readings from a variety of perspectives that allow readers to better understand and navigate the topic of drug abuse.

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