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Informationen zum Autor Trevor Grice is the Director of the Life Education Trust. He has lectured extensively in Australia and the USA. In New Zealand he is in constant demand as a drug counsellor! industry advisor and speaker to high-school students and parent groups...Tom Scott is an award-winning journalist! cartoonist! columnist! documentary film-maker! screenwriter and playwright. Tom's first stage play The Daylight Atheist premiered in New Zealand in 2002 and was hailed as an instant Kiwi classic. It opens at the Sydney Theatre Company in January 2005. Klappentext Valuable information for adults and adolescents about the high number of emerging drugs and the history and sources of these drugs are neither oversimplified nor exaggerated. This straightforward look shares important information into how the brain works and why drug use is so devastating and harmful to adolescents! including clear and concise explanations of even the most difficult scientific concepts behind drugs--how they affect the brain as well as the acute and chronic side effects they have on the body. The result is a book filled with sobering facts! figures! and tangible scientific data on a subject where a lack of proper knowledge has powerful ramifications. This new edition is updated with information on designer drugs "P" and "E!" GBH! and herbal highs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction..Part 1 - The Challenge..Puberty Blues..Is my child on drugs?..A mother's story..How the brain works..Vandalism in the refinery..You must remember this..What is marijuana?..The story of two users..So who'd be a parent?..What can we do?..Kids! this is for you..A sister's story..Getting off drugs..A counsellor's story..Conclusion..Part 2 - The Danger List..Alcohol..Amphetamines..Barbiturates..Caffeine..Cocaine..Designer drugs..Hallucinogens..Inhalants..Marijuana..Nicotine..Opiates/Narcotics..Steroids..Part 3 - The Hard Science..Bibliography..Glossary ...
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Tom Scott is an award-winning journalist, cartoonist, columnist, documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, and playwright.
Trevor Grice is the director of the Life Education Trust and has lectured extensively in Australia and the United States. He is also a drug counselor, an industry advisor, and a speaker to high school students and their parents.
