Reference Reviews

Reference for Students

Drug Abuse. Edited by Justin Karr. Detroit, Mich.: Greenhaven Press Thomson Gale, 2007. 1 vol. 125 p. $29.95. ISBN 10: 0-7377-3838-3; 13: 978-0-7377-3838-3.

Twelve tales in four chapters cover the ravages of drug abuse. Chapter I includes four tales of "Teenagers and Drugs," Chapter 2 presents two diaries of drug users, while Chapter 3 provides three stories of people in "Recovery." The final Chapter, "Parental Views on Drug Abuse," includes "Talking to Kids about Drugs," "A Mother's Loss Fuels Her Antidrug Message" and "A Father's Shocking Discovery." Parents as well as students should see this as another entry in the war against drugs. Appendixes include "Organizations to Contact" and a short bibliography.