People talk a lot about drugs. But, what do they really mean? What does it mean if something is a stimulant or a narcotic? Is alcohol a drug? Can drugs really hurt you? And, if they are so bad for you, why do people take them? What about prescription drugs? What should you say if someone offers you drugs? Sometimes it can be hard to find answers to these tough questions. This book is one place to start.

There is a new drug on the mean streets of Manchester which promises the most intense week of your life, and then you are dead--and after he watches a pop star die on stage, Adam thinks that his own life is so miserable that he might just as well try it.

"When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to...

One of the most important relationships that human beings have with plants is changing our consciousness -- consider the plants that give us coffee, tea, chocolate, and nicotine. Sacred Bliss challenges traditional attitudes about cannabis by tracing its essential role in the spiritual and curative traditions in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Americas from prehistory to the present day. In highlighting the continued use of cannabis...

Red Crow Mi'gMaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school.At 15, Aila is the weed princess of Red Crow. Hustling with her uncle Burner, she sells enough dope to pay Popper her "truancy tax", keeping her out of St.Ds. But...

When she's not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, Faith Herbert is volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama The Grove. So far, her senior year has been spent trying to sort out her feelings for her maybe-crush Johnny and making plans to stay close to Grandma Lou after graduation. And there's the small matter of recently discovering she can fly. Then the fictional world of The Grove relocates...

Two men face the consequences after they kill a man and pin the murder on an innocent transient.

Con una perspectiva global, Drogas y prohibición constituye el segundo volumen de un proyecto iniciado con el estudio sobre el estado de la cuestión a nivel regional; esto es, en el mundo andino. La "guerra contra las drogas" ha sido una cruzada fallida, y la vivencia sobre el tema exige una nueva reflexión. Atravesamos una coyuntura propicia para un debate posprohibicionista. Los ensayos de este libro, con criterios metodológicos e históricos...

Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths. Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, either in her hometown or on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of college, but when her family is struck by tragedy she puts her future on hold to care for her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, a...

An American reporter searches for her missing brother amid the drug-running, violence, and human smuggling that plagues the US/Mexico border. Inspired by true events.