Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Drugs and addiction

Opioids are drugs that people have taken for centuries to alleviate pain, but they are also highly addictive.

This interactive workbook on knowing how drugs and alcohol affect our lives offers teachers and counselors specific, easy-to-use strategies for approaching this difficult but very important issue in the lives of middle school students.

In Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castaneda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba .

Personal stories, fast facts and self-tests help young readers recognize when a friend or family member is in trouble, identify and seek help for their own issues, and practice self-care to avoid feeling overwhelmed by others' problems.

Short-listed for the 2012 SYRCA Snow Willow Award Lexie Malton is an average Vancouver teen with fairly typical issues.

For as long as 13-year-old Paige Morrow can remember, the tree fort in the giant oak near her cottage in Ontario's Muskoka has been her sanctuary.

As an adult book, Sam Quinones's Dreamland took the world by storm, winning the NBCC Award for General Nonfiction and hitting at least a dozen Best Book of the Year lists.

This incredible autobiography of Christiane F.

This book looks at some fothe reasons why people have addictions.

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Drug overdosing and death from prescription painkillers and heroin are at epidemic levels in the United States.

With the increase in states legalizing marijuana, understanding the debate about marijuana is more important than ever.

With the increase in states legalizing marijuana, understanding the debate about marijuana is more important than ever.

In Healthy Living for Teens, young writers show that it's possible to overcome badhabits and lead healthy lives in a time when substance abuse,junk food, and low self-esteem and self-worth are major social problems.

Adam Hawthorne is fine.

One conversation is all it takes to break a world wide open.

Full of honest and practical advice from Gemma Cairney and a whole host of trained professionals and real people, Open Your Mind is the best friend of a book everyone needs.

Where any problem is concerned the solution is proven to be the solution by the effect that it has on the problem.

Th is book is a compilation of personal stories contributed by alcoholics and drugaddicts.

This book is about a four year old child named Gabrielle.

In the United States, the marijuana industry generates up to $40 billion per year.

Drugs and alcohol seem to be everywhere in our society.

A Day at the Bowling Alley with Friends is a story about bullying and prescription drug awareness.

Eighteen-year-old white-boy suburbanite Jay Charles receives a crash course on culture in the New Jersey jail system that high school didnt prepare him for.

In More "e;Straight Talk, Answers to Questions Young People ask about Alcohol,"e; the author faces us with information on what continues to be one of the most pressing drug problems of our society, the consumption and abuse of alcoholic beverages.

The book brings a history of a drug user, and all he made to not accept the drug when offered by his friends in the young age.

Ameura, a high school senior who is insecure, a little over weight and still a virgin, cannot believe that the king of popularity, Vincent Valmont, wants to date her.

A heartbreaking story about finding yourself and your people, from the bestselling author of If I Stay, a major film starring Chlo Grace Moretz.

Behind the fame of big-time sports lies a complex web of controversy and deceit.

Are you looking for a healthy body?

Are you looking for a healthy body?

Matthew's little brother doesn't know about harmful substances.

Did you know that smoking is the most common drug addiction in the United States?

Denied Emotions and addictions go hand and handJack lost his family due to his addictions.

Heightened Chaos will change the way you look at the streets forever.

The X Gang face off with Earl Turner, a presidential candidate straight out of their nightmares.

The X Gang face off with Earl Turner, a presidential candidate straight out of their nightmares.

How a group of Portland, Maine, punks defeated a murderous gang of neo-Nazis.

How a group of Portland, Maine, punks defeated a murderous gang of neo-Nazis.

2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction SelectionCCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016) - Starred SelectionHope leaves her small town for a fresh start, but her plans are derailed by an online romance and the appearance of her brother.

2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction SelectionCCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016) - Starred SelectionHope leaves her small town for a fresh start, but her plans are derailed by an online romance and the appearance of her brother.

Short-listed for the 2012 SYRCA Snow Willow Award Lexie Malton is an average Vancouver teen with fairly typical issues.

This collection of poems chronicles Jasens relationships with people who have had substance abuse problems in their lives.

The Carnegie Medal and Guardian Fiction Prize-winning classic YA novel reissued for a new generation.

Mike doesn't get why people think he's boring.

'I know a place you can go'.

The Crew didn't think things could ever get that bad again.

Meet Ellie, Jas, Della, Will and Billy.

In a lyrical and hard-hitting exploration of betrayal and healing, the son of a Connecticut socialite comes to terms with his abuse at the hands of a beloved priest (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).