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Author
Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
There are no easy answers to deep-seated public problems like substance abuse. In order to make progress on such issues, we need to tap the experience, wisdom, and hopes of people in communities who are concerned about the issue. Why does this issue matter to people? What roles can different people and organizations play? What actions would make the most difference? What are the potential drawbacks and trade-offs of different approaches? The purpose...
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Language
English
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New York Times Bestseller! "New, scientifically-based approaches that recognize the biological basis of addiction have brought major advances in the treatment of addiction. Dr. Urschel is at the forefront of this treatment paradigm." Dr. Larry Hanselka, Psychologist The Proven Scientific Approach to Conquering Addiction and Defeating the Disease Healing the Addicted Brain is a breakthrough work that focuses on treating drug and alcohol addiction as...
Author
Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most...
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Language
English
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"A deeply human story, Fentanyl, Inc. is the first deep-dive investigation of a hazardous and illicit industry that has created a worldwide epidemic, ravaging communities and overwhelming and confounding government agencies that are challenged to combat it. "A whole new crop of chemicals is radically changing the recreational drug landscape," writes Ben Westhoff. "These are known as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and they include replacements...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
For readers of Girl Interrupted and Tweak, Cyndy Etler's gripping memoir gives readers a glimpse into the harrowing reality of her sixteen months in the notorious "tough love" program the ACLU called "a concentration camp for throwaway kids." I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi's jean jacket. Anybody could...
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine. †‹Beginning with opium,...
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Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Jamie Reidy is the guy who's been there, done that, and walked away with the insider stories. Inside Hard Sell: Now a Major Motion Picture LOVE and OTHER DRUGS, you'll find yourself rooting for Reidy and shocked by the realities of the world that paid his salary. This comedic expose traces Reidy's experiences from Pfizer training to life as the "V-Man," when Reidy became Pfizer's number-one drug rep during the Viagra craze. With equal parts self-confidence...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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A fast-paced teen revenge-thriller from the author of Dial A for Aunties , The Obsession will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end. Boy Meets Girl. Boy Stalks Girl. Girl Gets Revenge. Logan thinks he and Delilah are meant to be. Delilah doesn't know who Logan is. Logan believes no one knows Delilah like him. He makes sure of it by learning everything he can by watching her through a hidden camera. Some might call him a stalker....
10) The new girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A transfer student and scholarship recipient, sophomore Lia Setiawan is angered when she discovers a cheating ring, but by the time she finds a dead body and shuts down the campus drug dealer, she fears she might be the biggest snake in the Draycott Academy nest of vipers.
Lia Setiawan is the new girl at school: she won a full ride to prestigious Draycott Academy on a track scholarship. She's determined to make it work, but feels out of place. But...
11) Lockdown
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lockdown is the powerful tale of fourteen-year-old Reese Anderson, who has spent 22 months in a tiny cell at a “progress center.” Living in fear and isolation, Reese begins looking within himself to find a way out of the prison system.
Acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers offers an honest story about finding a way to make it without getting lost in the shuffle. Told with compassion and truth, Lockdown
...Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of January 2020 "Scalpel sharp."--Kathy Reichs. A young rookie medical examiner. A suspicious case. An underworld plot only she saw coming. From the New York Times bestselling authors of Working Stiff For San Francisco's newest medical examiner, Dr. Jessie Teska, it was supposed to be a fresh start. A new job in a new city. A way to escape her own dark past. Instead she faces a chilling discovery when an opioid-overdose...
13) Dope Sick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
A powerful novel of drugs, violence—and second chances. Dope Sick, from two-time Newbery Honor winner and five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Walter Dean Myers, belongs on reading lists beside Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and Dear Martin by Nic Stone.
A drug deal goes south and a cop has been shot. Lil J's on the run. And he's starting to get dope sick. He'd do anything
...14) Bone Parish: #6
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With a renewed focus on the Ash business, the Winters family goes on the offensive to claw back every scrap of New Orleans territory that was taken from them.
15) Bone Parish: #8
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
New Orleans has become a battlezone as the Ash turf war spills out of the shadows.
16) Bone Parish: #7
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Even as they wage war on multiple fronts, the Winters family can't help but fracture from within following their shocking loss.
17) The White Horse
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Writing can open doors to a better life for Raina--but it's up to her not to slam them shut Raina doesn't trust anyone. People either hurt you or leave you--or they die, which is the same thing, really. She used to trust her mother, until her mother chose heroin and a long series of abusive boyfriends over her. Now, sixteen-year-old Raina panhandles on the streets and sleeps in abandoned buildings with her boyfriend, Sonny. She doesn't tell anyone...
18) Bone Parish: #1
Author
Series
Bone Parish volume 3
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Cullen Bunn (Empty Man, The Unsound) returns to BOOM! Studios with a chilling necromantic horror story. A new drug is sweeping through the streets of New Orleans one made from the ashes of the dead. Wars are being fought over who will control the supply, while the demand only rises. While the crime families wage war, users begin to experience terrifying visions of the dead coming back to life through them.
19) Sleeper
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A new suspense-ridden thriller that's Heathers meets Inception. As if surviving high school wasn't hard enough, Sarah Reyes suffers from REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, a parasomnia that causes her to physically act out her dreams. When she almost snaps her friend's neck at a sleepover, Sarah and her nocturnal habits are thrust into the spotlight and she becomes a social pariah, complete with public humiliation. When an experimental drug comes onto the...
Author
Publisher
Woodhall Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Diagnosed with cancer. Told there was no cure. Julie Randall refused to give up. Her tenacity saw her included in a 70 person drug trial. She is Patient 71.An inspiring true story of resilience, tenacity and a promise that fueled one woman's fight for life.Four days after her fiftieth birthday celebrations, Julie Randall suffered a very sudden and severe seizure at work. Out of the blue she went from a fit, healthy, fun-loving wife and mother of...
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