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Teen drug abuse

Examines the problem of drug abuse among young people in the United States, discussing the various drugs that are used and why, consequences of drug use, and ways to prevent and treat this problem.

Main Author:	Mass, Wendy, 1967-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, c1998.
Series:	Lucent overview series. Teen issues
Subjects:	Teenagers > Drug use > Young adult nonfiction. High school students > Drug use > Young adult nonfiction. Drug abuse > Prevention > Young adult nonfiction. Drug abuse > Young adult nonfiction.

Summary:	Examines the problem of drug abuse among young people in the United States, discussing the various drugs that are used and why, consequences of drug use, and ways to prevent and treat this problem.
Physical Description:	112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-104) and index.
ISBN:	1560061960 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Wendy Mass was born in Livingston, New Jersey on January 17, 1967. She received a B. A. in English from Tufts University. She worked as a book editor at numerous publishing houses in New York City and Connecticut and co-created a teenage literary magazine called Writes of Passage. She has written several nonfiction books for teenagers including Stonehenge, Readings on Night, John Cabot: Early Explorer, and Ray Bradbury: Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her fiction books include Leap Day, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Finally, and The Candymakers. A Mango-Shaped Space won the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award in 2004. She wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk, entitled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre," which aired during the show's second season. (Bowker Author Biography)

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