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What people are saying - Write a reviewEditorial Review - Cahners Business Information (c) 1999 Gr 5-9-Two books that focus on the serious risks associated with abusing chemical substances. Each title opens with a personal narrative about a young person whose life was dramatically affected by substance abuse. Additional real-life stories dramatize the dangers described in each presentation. The authors examine the societal pressures that lead to the particular type of abuse and go on to describe how the chemicals work on the human body. Warning signs, treatment programs, and prevention strategies are all addressed. Discussion questions are appended to each volume, making the books useful in a classroom or group situation. Full-color photographs and charts add visual splash to the concise texts. These well-documented overviews update titles such as Clifford J. Sherry's Drugs and Eating Disorders and Inhalants and Lawrence Clayton's Amphetamines and Other Stimulants (all Rosen, 1994).-Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS Editorial Review - Cahners Business Information (c) 1999 Gr 5-9-Two books that focus on the serious risks associated with abusing chemical substances. Each title opens with a personal narrative about a young person whose life was dramatically affected by substance abuse. Additional real-life stories dramatize the dangers described in each presentation. The authors examine the societal pressures that lead to the particular type of abuse and go on to describe how the chemicals work on the human body. Warning signs, treatment programs, and prevention strategies are all addressed. Discussion questions are appended to each volume, making the books useful in a classroom or group situation. Full-color photographs and charts add visual splash to the concise texts. These well-documented overviews update titles such as Clifford J. Sherry's Drugs and Eating Disorders and Inhalants and Lawrence Clayton's Amphetamines and Other Stimulants (all Rosen, 1994).-Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS Related books
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Common terms and phrasesabuse diet pills addicted to diet Alcohol and Drug Alexandria Amphetamine and methamphetamine anorectic anorexia nervosa Athletes Coaching Teens Author interview bathroom become addicted binge blood pressure body Bulimia bulimics Centers That Focus Daily Oklahoman depressed Diet Pill Addict diuretics water pills doctor drug called Drug Counselor Drug Dangers ISBN Eating Disorders Emilee esophagus feel fen-phen fenfluramine Friendly PeerSuation friends gain weight girls Grapefruit Diet heart problems high school High-Risk Environments Jessie Raphael Show Lawrence Clayton laxatives lifestyle look lose weight Mayo Clinic Office of Substance outfits overweight pain peer pressure percent Performance Resource Press phentermine pounds prescribed prevention programs Prevention Project Prozac Sally Jessie Raphael Self-Esteem September 19 side effects Solin someone speed started stomach Substance Abuse Prevention taking diet pills Teens and Self-image Treatment Centers Treatment Programs tried User becomes vomiting wanted weight control weight loss weight problems York young Youth in High-Risk References to this bookFrom other books
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