Cengage Learning

Life Skills: Drinking and Drugs?: Skills to Avoid ’Em and Stay Cool, 1st Edition

  • Louise Spilsbury
  • Published By: Enslow Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 0766099733
  • ISBN-13: 9780766099739
  • DDC: 363.45
  • Grade Level Range: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
  • 48 Pages | eBook
  • Original Copyright 2018 | Published/Released March 2019
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2018

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Overview

Drug use and abuse is a serious problem for teenagers and adults alike. In this guide, readers will learn how to deal with addiction, how to avoid peer pressure to use, and how to get help and make healthy choices. From alcohol and nicotine to marijuana and heroin, each drug has dangerous short- and long-term effects on the body, some of which can be life-threatening and lead to lethal overdose. Even painkillers prescribed by a doctor can become addictive and harmful. Readers will be inspired to make healthy choices and avoid drugs.<\P>

Table of Contents

Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
1: What Are Drugs?.
2: Different Drugs.
3: All About Alcohol.
4: How Drugs Affect the Body.
5: Why Do People Drink and Use Drugs?.
6: Making Choices.
Glossary.
Further Reading.
Index.