A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.

Author Harry Nelson has been on the front lines of behavioral health and medical advocacy for 2 decades. He is the leading healthcare legal expert in the country addressing the worsening problems in how we treat pain and addiction. His insights have earned the attention of lead policymakers and regulators at every federal agency touching the opioid crisis. He has been one of the few voices in the room with direct experience of where we are going wrong....

"Provides information on drug and alcohol use, shares the stories of families who have lived through addiction, and teaches readers how to navigate peer pressure and stress." -- The Sheffs, a father-and-son team, provide all the information teens and tweens need to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction. With testimonials from peers who have been there and families who have lived through the addiction of a loved one, they provide the cold, hard...

Gang- and drug-related inner-city violence, with its attendant epidemic of incarceration, is the defining crime problem in our country, and few initiatives of government and law enforcement have made much difference. But when David M. Kennedy, a then-unknown criminologist, engineered the "Boston Miracle" during the crack epidemic of the 1990s, it cut youth homicide in the city by 2/3 and pointed the way toward a real solution. This book tells how:...

Kirsten Dunst stars as Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, torn between her fractured emotional state of a potent cannabinoid drug.

In the movies, it's known as a "meet cute." But for Inspector Alleyn and Miss Agatha Troy, it's more like irritation: On the ship back to England, she finds him tedious and dull; he thinks she's a bohemian cliché. They may be destined for romance, but there's a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mother's house, eager for a relaxing end to his vacation, then he gets a call that a model has been stabbed at the artists' community...

Nadie les preguntó si querían participar en la guerra, pero están en medio del campo de batalla. La novela más moderna y completa sobre las drogas. Cada capítulo de este libro contiene datos sobre una droga específica: GHB, Rohipnol, Cocaína, Extasis, Efedrina, Cannabis, Crack, LSD, Alcohol, etc. Los personajes viven escenas conmovedoras, aterradoras y llenas de sorpresas.

For over 40 years, the War of Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities. Yet for all that, drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before. Filmed in more than 20 states, captures heart-wrenching stories from individuals at all levels, the dealer to grieving mother, the narcotics officer to the senator, the inmate to the federal judge. Reveals its...