Discusses why teens choose to start abusing drugs and alcohol, how chemical substances affect your brain, "gateway" drugs, prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse, and more.
Content Note
Chapter 1:Why start? reasons teens choose drugs - Chapter 2: The how of the high: how chemical substances affect the brain - Chapter 3: Doorways to danger: tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and inhalants - Chapter 4: Helpful drugs, hurtful highs: steroids, OTCS, and prescription drugs - Chapter 5: The agony of ecstasy (and other club drugs) - Chapter 6: Heroin, hope, and hanging in there -- Further reading -- For more information -- Glossary -- Index -- Picture credits -- Biographies.