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English
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Alcohol use, drug use, and addiction are challenging topics for parents to discuss with children. These subjects are even more complex, and more urgent, for recovering parents to discuss with their children. Best-selling recovery author Claudia Black introduces readers to five different families and reveals how each of the parents talked with their kids about recovery, relapse, and the child's own vulnerability to addiction. Discussion tips and clearly...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Hugh Knight is a renowned heart surgeon in Sydney, who believes he can live outside the rules. But after an incident involving drugs and alcohol, he is banned from surgery. Forced to work as a local doctor, Hugh retreats to rural Wyhope, his rarely visited hometown, which, he assumes, will be distraction-free. He couldn't be more wrong.
24) Marlena: a novel
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English
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"An electric debut novel about love, addiction, and loss; the story of two girls and the feral year that will cost one her life, and define the other's for decades. Everything about fifteen-year-old Cat's new town in rural Michigan is lonely and off-kilter, until she meets her neighbor, the manic, beautiful, pill-popping Marlena. Cat, inexperienced and desperate for connection, is quickly lured into Marlena's orbit by little more than an arched eyebrow...
Publisher
Distribution Solutions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After serving out his probation in his rural Australian hometown and saving the family farm, hotshot surgeon Hugh Knight is flying high. Will Whyhope's naughtiest doctor have the right stuff, or will he self-destruct and lose everything?
26) Absent
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Paige Wheeler died in a fall off the high school roof and now her spirit seems bound to the school grounds, along with Brooke and Evan, two other teen ghosts who died there--but maybe if she can solve the mystery of her apparent suicide they will all be able to move on.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
During adolescence, physical changes deeply affect an individual's self-concept. This impact is intensified when maturation is early or late. We discuss nutritional disorders, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, drug/alcohol use, and other related issues within the context of physical change.
28) Marijuana
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Discusses the properties of marijuana, its effects on the body, and its use in medical treatments.
30) Reefer madness
Publisher
American Pop Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Originally released in 1936 as an exploitation film intended for parents as a morality tale about the dangers of marijuana use. A school principal tells parents of the dangers of drug use at a PTA meeting. It highlights the way its use and distribution are a menace.
Series
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Smart but selfish heart surgeon Hugh Knight and his dysfunctional family face their biggest challenges yet in the final season of the hit Australian dramedy. After a year of fire, floods, and asbestos, Whyhope Hospital has been forced to shut down and temporarily relocate to a veterinary clinic, plunging Hugh's hometown into turmoil. Ambitious administrator Sharna arrives to provide aid but promptly fires Hugh's politician mother and takes over the...
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Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Even more so than family, friends are able to influence each others recovery from drug addiction, but to do so requires a thorough understanding of the situation. Readers will learn the signs of abuse for various drugs, along with reasons for abuse, how to confront the friend, and how to encourage treatment. The many sources for further reference fulfill Common Core Standards by offering a means through which readers may draw on information from other...
33) Love is the drug
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Language
English
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Emily Bird is an African American high school senior in Washington D.C., member of a privileged medical family, on the verge of college and the edge of the drug culture, and not really sure which way she will go--then one day she wakes up in the hospital with no memory of what happened.
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Language
English
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"This book offers factual advice about the short- and long-term effects of various addictive behaviors and drugs of abuse to help teens make informed decisions about their health and wellness. It also provides tips and advice for teens struggling with addiction or those concerned about their or someone else's use"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Eilene Zimmerman's ex-husband, Peter, had it all: He was a partner at a prestigious law firm, lived in a $2 million house by the beach, and had two great kids. Maintaining a friendly relationship, Eilene and Peter talked and saw each other frequently. But a few years after their divorce she started noticing erratic behavior: absenteeism, weight loss, constant exhaustion and sickness. Peter explained it away as stress from the pressures of his job,...
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The "New York Daily News" Sports Investigative Team offers more than just the story of the rise and fall of seasoned pitcher Roger Clemens. It also provides a "definitive book on "corruption and the steroids era in Major League Baseball.-- Publisher info.
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