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When he entered a residential treatment center at the age of 23, James Frey had destroyed his body and his mind almost beyond repair. Surrounded by patients as troubled as he and a droning dogma of how to recover, Frey had to fight to find his own way to confront the consequences of the life he had lived so far, and to determine what future, if any, he had.
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It is the tumultuous 1960s: Kennedy, Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, and youth culture are on everyone's minds and lips. Prosperity and progress are undergirded with a sense of uneasiness for the Stuart family, along with the rest of the country. With a movie deal on the horizon, Bobby Stuart's star may be rising, but his descent into celebrity drug culture might be his undoing. And young love is blooming between two people who never expected...
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"Andria's twin sister, Iris, had adoring friends, a cool boyfriend, a wicked car, and a shelf full of soccer trophies. She had everything, in fact--including a drug problem. Six months after Iris's death, Andria is trying to keep her grades, her friends, and her family from falling apart. But stargazing and books aren't enough to ward off her guilt that she--the freak with the scary illness and all-black wardrobe--is still here when Iris isn't. And...
8) Marijuana
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c1996
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Examines the history, dangers, and both physical and social effects of the drug marijuana.
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Once on the fast track to success, Helen Hawthorne is going nowhere faster. Forced to trade in her chick life for a shabby one, she's now on the run, jumping from city to city and dead-end job to dead-end job, trying to stay one step ahead of her past. . . After two weeks as the new salesclerk at Juliana's Fort Lauderdale's ultraexclusive clothing boutique, Helen still feels out of fashion. But in a shop where the customer's collagen lips are bigger...
14) Dopefiend
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2007, ©1971
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The shocking nightmare story of a black heroin addict. Trapped in the festering sore of a major American ghetto, a young man and his girlfriend - both handsome, talented, and full of promise - are inexorably pulled into the living death of the hardcore junkie! - Cover [4].
15) Hallucinogens
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1996
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Describes psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, and other hallucinogenic drugs and discusses their dangerous and destructive effects.
16) Gangs and drugs
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1996
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One of the founders of the Crips, a Los Angeles gang, tells the reader about the dangers of gang life, particularly of getting involved with drug use and drug dealing.
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c2000
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The agony of ecstasy ventures from clandestine manufacturing labs in the Netherlands to the pulsating floors of New York City's hottest clubs, meeting with users, law enforcement professionals and doctors to explore every aspect of the drug. Find out why the international distribution of ecstacy is dominated by Israeli organized crime, and hear why users are drawn to the drug. Behind-the-scenes footage from a U.S. Customs investigation highlights...
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2021.
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"From one of the world's foremost experts on the effects of recreational drugs on the mind and body, a powerful argument that the greatest dangers from drugs flow from their being illegal, and a field guide to their use as part of a responsible and happy life. Dr. Carl Hart, Ziff Professor at Columbia University and former Chair of the Department of Psychology, is one of the world's preeminent experts on the effects of so-called recreational drugs...