Dangerous Drugs: An Easy to Use Reference for Parents and Professionals

Book Description
This authoritative, up-to-the-minute reference guide describes the latest drugs to hit your community: what they look like, where they come from, and why they're dangerous. Featuring a new color photo section, the second edition of Dangerous Drugs is an even more effective reference tool for parents and professionals alike. Easy-to-understand profiles of common legal and illegal drugs include information about how the substance affects the mind, body, and behavior, its addictive and overdose potential, and symptoms and signs of abuse.


About the Author
Carol Falkowski, director of research communications at Hazelden Foundation, has monitored drug abuse patterns in Minnesota and nationally since 1986. She is one of 20 drug abuse researchers in the United States who participates in the drug abuse surveillance network of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Ms. Falkowski is a popular speaker on emerging drugs of abuse and an often-quoted expert on drug use trends.


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Here is today's most authoritative, up-to-the-minute guide to the latest drugs to hit your community. Now with color photographs, the second edition of Dangerous Drugs is an even more effective reference tool for parents, educators, law enforcement officials, and human resources professionals. Readers will find easy-to-understand profiles of common legal and illegal drugs of abuse.


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