Product Description: This informative series teaches readers the facts about drugs.

Describes the benefits and downsides to taking Ritalin, including the side effects and potential for abuse.

'Describes the history, characteristics, legal status, and abuse of amphetamines and methamphetamines'--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: This informative series teaches readers the facts about drugs.

Discusses the history, causes of abuse, laws governing, and effects of alcohol, ecstasy, inhalants, marijuana, and steroids on the body.

Complete with updated information on al Qaeda, explores the possibilities of a cyberwar through a review of how it could happen, what could be affected, and the results of the damage that could be done as a result of such an attack.

Provides advice on developing good financial and consumer skills. (view table of contents)

Though it is a great communication tool, the increasing dominance of the Internet has given rise to all kinds of issues--including privacy, profit, and civil rights--which are discussed here along with the dangers of cybercrime and the future of the Internet. (view table of contents)

Recounts some of the heinous acts of violence in America's schools, explains why people resort to this type of behavior, and discusses ways to avoid such tragedies. (view table of contents)