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1. The toughest cases find a home away.

Author

Marcus, David L.

Subjects
*BOARDING schools, *TEENAGERS, *SELF-esteem, *DRUG abuse & society
Abstract

Reports on therapeutic boarding schools for troubled teenagers in the United States. Cost of the programs; Effect of self esteem on the behavior of children; Karl Schlachter, who was admitted to a program for drug and discipline problems; Reasons for drug and discipline problems in teenagers.

Published
2000

2. America on drugs.

Subjects
*DRUG abuse & society
Abstract

New facts, new enemies. Once a street menace, narcotics turn into a national security threat. A look at the business that sickens and kills; combatting drug smuggling and use.

Published
1986

3. The terror of illicit drugs.

Subjects
*DRUG abuse & society
Abstract

Opinion. Illegal drugs smuggled across our border exact a far greater price in lives and human suffering every single month than all the terrorist attacks against Americans since World War II. But our response to this onslaught of crystalline death has been mostly rhetoric.

Published
1986

4. Drug lessons for Mom, Dad, and Junior.

Author

Kleiner, Carolyn, Auster, Bruce B., Friedman, Dorian, Witkin, Gordon, Thornton, Jeannye, and Terrell, Kenneth

Subjects
*DRUG abuse & society, *PARENT-child relationships, *CHILDREN, *DRUG abuse
Abstract

Notes that the most crucial risk period for drug abuse occurs at ages 12 and 13. Role of parents in this period.

Published
1998

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