Fleming Community Library

Based on the diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user chronicling her struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.

This book discusses the nature of addictions to gambling, food, sex, alcohol, and other drugs, how they form and develop, their negative effects, and how to deal with them.

Polysubstance use is defined broadly as using two or more psychoactive substances. Simultaneous polysubstance use refers to the concurrent use of multiple substances. Separate polysubstance use refers to the use of muliple substances over a period, such as 12 months or the past 30 days. Nationally and in Colorado, alcohol and marijuana are the substances most commonly used in the past month. Overdose deaths due to methamphetamine and heroin were the...

Examines the scientific, social, and personal aspects of marijuana--its history, cultural impact, psychological and physical effects, dangers, legal status, and the pros and cons of the legalization issue.