By Carol Falkowski

This essential reference answers your questions about drugs at a glance. It gives:

• Up-to-date information on drugs of abuse
  
• Demographics of users
  
• Explanations of how a drug is used, where it's found and how it affects the mind and body
  
• The names and forms under which drugs are sold
  
• Their addictive, lethal, and overdose potential
  
• Signs of drug abuse and where/how to seek help
  
• And more

Written in clear language, Dangerous Drugs provides straightforward, authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-the-minute information. It covers the full range of drugs of abuse, whether illegal (marijuana, heroin, cocaine, LSD, methamphetamine, etc.) or legal (alcohol, prescription, tobacco, or Internet-marketed, herbal remedies).

Written for professionals and non-professionals alike, this is a book that no one concerned about drug use can afford to be without. 320 pages. 2003.

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