Used as a date-rape drug, GHB is a liquid or powder made from industrial solvents. Taken for its alleged ability to aid sleep, build muscle, shed weight, induce euphoria, and increase sex drive, it's an increasingly popular and dangerous party drug. Readers learn the cold, hard facts with a sobering look at the risks, harm, and potentially fatal consequences.
Ketamine is the drug of choice for teens experimenting with tranquilizers to produce hallucinogenic results. Users risk their lives for a short high, often falling into a "K-hole," one step short of death. This volume shares the true story of one teen's addiction and recovery.
Exposing the underbelly of meth's intense high, this title describes the scenarios of the destructive toll on relationships, the body, and decision-making skills, as it details users' paranoia, tooth decay, the risks of Hepatitis C and HIV, and the difficulties quitting.
This volume examines the underreported problem of teenagers' easy accessibility to prescription painkillers that often leads to addiction. Readers learn about OxyContin's transition from a pain reliever for cancer patients to the cause of drug overdose deaths by abusers.
A popular recreational drug among young people in the early 1990s,
Rohypnol has quickly become the best known of the so-called date-rate drugs. Students learn the physical and psychological dangers of this drug and how to avoid becoming its victim.
