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Heroin


Book Description
Drugs are everywhere--on our streets, in our homes, and in our schools--but straight facts about drugs are not. Drugs: The Straight Facts fills this void with candid discussions that emphasize a historical and scientific approach to learning about drugs, their use, and their effect on the user's health. A simple chemical modification to morphine in 1898 brought a new drug, heroin, to the world. Th... More
Book Information
PublisherChelsea House Publishers
BindingLibrary Binding (3 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages104
ISBN-100791072622
ISBN-13978-0791072622
Publication Date04/2003
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About Carmen Ferreiro (Author) : I was born in Galicia (Northern Spain), a land of rolling hills and green valleys surrounded by ocean thought in medieval times to be ‘Finisterre,’ the place where the world came to an end. My wr... more
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About David J. Triggle (Editor) : David J. Triggle is a published author and an editor of young adult books. Some of the published credits of David J. Triggle include Methamphetamine (Drugs: the Straight Facts), Drugs: The Straight Fa... more
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