This fully updated edition of the essential reference Understanding Drugs provides a complete overview of the key facts and core issues surrounding substance misuse. All commonly-used street drugs are covered, with quick reference guides, helpful diagrams and clear information on each drug's effects, methods of use, legal status, availability, treatment options and associated slang. This edition includes new sections on ketamine, `date-rape' drugs, and over-the-counter opiate-based drugs, ...

The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the potential to transform the composition of congress and set the stage for the nation's politics for the next decade, or even the next generation.In this new edited volume, Charles S. Bull...

Smoke Free in 30 Days provides the best approaches for effectively breaking the smoking habit and to help anyone to remain smoke free for life. Dr Daniel Seidman has worked with thousands of addicted smokers for over twenty years. He understands that people smoke -- and try to quit -- for different reasons and what works for one smoker might not work for another. He knows what can stop a smoker from successfully quitting, and he has a clear step-by step 30-day plan that will help anyone to...

The All-Canadian Guide to Your Child’s Second and Third YearFor over two decades, Canadians have counted on Ann Douglas for her reassuring, proven and never bossy advice. Featuring the latest recommendations from Canadian health authorities and the best tips from more than one hundred Canadian parents, The Mother of All Toddler Books is an indispensable resource for the toddler years. Inside, you’ll findthe inside scoop on what it’s really li...

An estimated 40 million Americans have medical symptoms that marijuana can relieve. Marijuana Medical Handbook is a one-stop resource that gives candid, objective advice on using marijuana for healing, understanding its effects on the body, safe administration, targeting illnesses, side effects, and the various delivery methods from edibles and tinctures to smokeless vaporizer pipes. The book also details supply issues, cultivation solutions (in a chapter by renowned expert Ed Ros...

In Overcoming Crystal Methamphetamine Addiction, one of the few books to address the topic for a general audience, Dr. Steven Lee, MD, a psychiatrist who specializes in crystal meth addiction, offers a complete guide to the drug, its effects, and how to overcome it. Based on extensive scientific and social research and drawing from his professional experience, he covers everything from the definition and history of crystal meth to the physical and psychological effects; from deali...

The fourth edition of the essential, accessible source for understanding how drugs work and their effects on body and behavior.A bestseller in its three previous editions, Buzzed is now revised and updated with the most recent discoveries about drugs. It includes new information about biological and behavioral changes in addiction, the prescription-drug abuse epidemic, distinctive drug effects on the adolescent brain, and trends from synthetic cannabinoids...

A practical handbook for anyone who suspects (or knows) someone they care about is a drug user.Drawing on the tragic loss of his own son to a heroin overdose and over 20 years working as a counsellor, Tony Trimingham cuts through the media hype and politicking to address the real issues facing the families and friends of someone struggling with addiction.Filled with constructive suggestions and strategies, Not My Family Never My Child is aimed at supporting parents...

All of our lives we have heard marijuana is bad for us, the first step to drug addiction and life as a slacker, but it just isn't true! Over the last 75 years the Federal government has done its best to discredit a natural medicine that has been used around the world for centuries. In 2009, the American Medical Association officially endorsed the medical value of cannabis and 14 states have legalized medical use with more legislation pending.Medical Marijuana 101 is a concise, accu...

YOU CAN STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD.THE SMOKEFREE FORMULA reveals the TRUTH about stopping smoking from leading expert Professor Robert West.This book shows, for the first time, how you can create your personal SmokeFree Formula and give up cigarettes for good.Professor Robert West is a world authority on smoking and addiction and has been helping smokers stop for more than 30 years. He is an advisor to the Department of Health and helped set up the NHS Stop Smoking Servi...

Your child can win the bedwetting battle! Each night, millions of children go to bed hoping that this will be the night they wake up dry. If your child is one of them, you know how frustrating and painful this problem can be. Did I do something to cause this problem? you wonder. How long until my child outgrows bedwetting? Will he (or she) ever be able to go to a sleepover without worrying about being found out? Renee Mercer will set your mind at ease. A pediatric nurse practitioner with y...

Does Ecstasy cause brain damage? Why is crack more addictive than cocaine? What questions regarding drugs are legal to ask in a job interview? When does marijuana possession carry a greater prison sentence than murder?Illegal Drugs is the first comprehensive reference to offer timely, pertinent information on every drug currently prohibited by law in the United States. It includes their histories, chemical properties and effects, medical uses and recreational abuse...