Describes the development of attitudes toward drug abuse in the United States, reasons for its criminalization, the connection between drugs and other crimes, drug policy, treatment options, and related questions.

Drugs, Crime, and Criminal Justice (Crime, Justice and Punishment)

Teen & Young Adult

Bayer, Linda N.

Sarat, Austin

Social Issues

Chelsea House Pub

Describes the effects of crack and other forms of cocaine on the body, the dangers of abusing them, the reasons why people use them, and ways to prevent an addiction or get help

Crack & Cocaine (Junior Drug Awareness)

Children's Books

Jaffe, Steven L.

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Explains the symptoms, possible causes, and treatment options of pathological gambling, kleptomania, pyromania, and other impulse-control disorders.

Out of Control: Gambling and Other Impulse-Control Disorders (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders)

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Examines various sleep disorders, including primary insomnia, primary hypersomnia, narcolepsy, breathing-related sleep disorder, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, nightmares, and sleepwalking.

Sleep Disorders (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders)

Describes LSD, PCP, Ecstasy, and other hallucinogenic drugs; their history and effects; and how to get help in remaining or becoming drug-free.

Strange Visions: Hallucinogen-Related Disorders (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders)

Examines various anxiety disorders, including panic attacks, phobias, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress.

Uneasy Lives: Understanding Anxiety Disorders (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Provides information about personality disorders such as paranoid, schizoid, antisocial, narcissistic, and obsessive-compulsive.

Personality Disorders (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders)

Describes the life of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and recipient of the Nobel Prize.

Elie Wiesel: Spokesman for Remembrance (Holocaust Biographies)

Biographies & Memoirs

Rosen Young Adult

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