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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author details his immersion in a world of hardcore drugs, revealing the mental and physical depths of addiction, and the violent relapse one summer in California that forever changed his life, leading him down the road to recovery.
Series
Institute briefs volume 7, issue 2
Publisher
Family and Youth Institute, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension and College of Applied Sciences
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Marijuana and heroin are experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Opioid painkillers and synthetic drugs are grabbing headlines, too. The Drug Dangers series examines what is taking place today in connection with these and other commonly abused drugs. All volumes clearly and accurately investigate their effects, whether they have addictive properties, the challenges of treatment and recovery, and efforts to prevent their use and abuse. Sidebars, fully...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this book, Frank Owen traces the spread of methamphetamine - meth - from its origins as a cold and asthma remedy to the stimulant wiring every corner of American culture." "Meth is the latest "epidemic" to attract the attention of law enforcement and the media, but like cocaine and heroin, its roots are medicinal. It was first synthesized in the late nineteenth century and applied in the treatment of a wide range of ailments. By the 1940s meth...
9) Crystal meth
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
10) DED reckoning
Author
Series
Hammer volume 2
Publisher
Two Fingers and a Thumb Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
DED Reckoning is the long-awaited sequel to D-E-D, DEAD. This new novel follows Eric "Hammer" Thorrsen as he heads west from Alabama in search of distance between himself and the mayhem he initiated, as well as the woman whose heart he broke. Riding into the San Luis Valley of Colorado in search of a long-postponed visit with his great-uncle Sam seems to be just the ticket for some peace and quiet. The secluded mountain valley is split by the Rio...
Author
Publisher
Marlowe & Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written 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 dealing with the addictive personality to helping a friend...
Publisher
NGHT, Inc. ; distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Methamphetamine abuse is ravaging rural communites and spreading its poison to major metropolitan areas and across international borders at an alarming rate. What makes this drug so powerful, addictive, and destructive?
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
God, drugs, corruption, and morality come together in this gripping tale of desperation. In Gasconade County, Missouri - once called the meth capital of the world - Deputy Sheriff Dale Banks discovers $52,000 hidden in the broken-down trailer that Jerry Dean Skaggs uses for cooking crystal. And he takes it. Banks knows what he did was wrong, but he did it for all the right reasons. At least, he thinks so. But for every wrong, there is a consequence....
16) Annual report
Author
Publisher
Colorado Methamphetamine Task Force
Pub. Date
2007-2013.
Language
English
17) Methamphetamines
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Methamphetamine abuse is a worldwide problem. This invaluable resource, written in accessible and engaging language, covers vital subjects such as how meth affects the brain and body, the consequences of meth addiction, and how to get help. True stories about people struggling with using crystal meth or trying to get sober help readers put addiction in perspective, while sidebars about topics such as the history of methamphetamine use offer important...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Reding's chronicle of a small-town crystal meth epidemic-about "the death of a way of life as much as... about the birth of a drug"-revolves around tiny Oelwein, Iowa, a 6,000-resident farming town nearly destroyed by the one-two punch of Big Agriculture modernization and skyrocketing meth production. Reding's wide cast of characters includes a family doctor, the man "in the best possible position from which to observe the meth phenomenon"; an addict...
Series
Data bank volume 2005, 1
Publisher
Colorado Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English