Addiction and Overdose Confronting an American Crisis

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 25, 2018

Review

The book serves as an important learning tool for many families. The contents include addiction and overdose in America, the power of addiction, facts of addiction, from prescription drugs to heroin, patients and doctors in the middle, prescription for a better future, relapse and recovery, source notes, glossary, selected bibliography, further information, and an index. It helps families with knowing that they are not alone, drug danger zones, tips for teens, and it's 126 pages of short easy to read facts and charts.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Goldsmith, Connie

Illustrator: ,

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books/ Lerner Pub.

Book Type: chapter book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: grades 7-9,grades 10-12,adult / professional

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: very good

ISBN: 9781512409536

Price: 35.31