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Inhalants
Over four hundred thousand American adolescents sniff inhalants, believing that doing so is little more than harmless fun. Author David Aretha examines this growing problem among the nation's youth, as well as the history, effects, and warning signs of inhalant use. Information on treatment and how to get help is also included.
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An approachable series designed in the same format as other MyReportLinks.com Books, Drugs provides accurate information and a logical approach for kids questions. Cocaine and Crack, Ecstasy and Other Party Drugs, Heroin, Inhalants, and Steroids and Other Performance-Enhancing Drugs were reviewed. The colorful covers, illustrations, abundant charts, Internet addresses, and tool bars provide a user-friendly research source without great depth of scientific information. Each book has a different password to access appropriate links, which are grouped by the type of information provided: Stories of Abuse, How it is Made and Sold, Effects, Legal Consequences, Treatment, Signs of Abuse, Where to Get Help, Quotations from Professionals, Primary Sources, Images, and Charts Not all of these are available for each book, and it does expedite a search to know which are provided. The links followed were reliable government sites with the first links listed as Editor's Choice. Each book includes a brief but useful glossary, chapter notes and Web sites, further reading, relevant phone numbers, and an index. Several index listings checked in Heroin were one page off from the actual entry in the text. Overall, use and currency of sources provide a very useful series on a topic of great interest in most schools and communities. Recommended., Library Media Connection October 2005
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