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Peer reviewedMomodou, N. Darboe; And Others – Adolescence, 1996
Discusses the emergence of a new type of abused drug, dextromethorphan, which is used in cough syrup. Presents the results of the first phase of a comprehensive investigation of this phenomenon in the Waynesboro, Pa. school district. Survey data indicate abuse of cough syrup has increased over the years and is increasingly perceived as a problem…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Do It Now Foundation, Phoenix, AZ. – 1983
A collection of articles about methaqualone (also known as quaalude or mequin) is presented. Article 1 discusses the increasing popularity of the depressant, methaqualone-produced psychophysiological effects, substitute drugs (valium, phenobarbitol, benadryl, and mandrax), overdose and addiction, and decreasing pharmaceutical production. Article 2…
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Do It Now Foundation, Phoenix, AZ. – 1983
The document presents a collection of articles about inhalant abuse. Article 1 presents findings on the psychophysiological effects related to the use of amyl or butyl nitrate as a "recreational drug." Article 2 suggests a strong association between chronic sniffing of the solvent toulene and irreversible brain damage. Article 3 warns…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education, Drug Legislation
Do It Now Foundation, Phoenix, AZ. – 1981
The document presents a collection of articles about "lookalike drugs." Article 1 presents readers with a look at "peashooters" (lookalike drugs which are usually replicas of pharmaceutical amphetamines, but increasingly used to describe simulations of cocaine and prescription downers). Lookalikes, although usually legal, are…
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Do It Now Foundation, Phoenix, AZ. – 1982
The document presents a collection of articles about LSD. The first article discusses the increasingly popular use of blotter acid (tiny squares of absorbent paper soaked in liquid LSD). Article 2 furthers this look at the newer LSD formats and describes rumors of lick-'n-stick stamps and color-transfer tattoos as examples of techniques aimed at…
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Goldstein, Eleanor C.; And Others – 1972
The Social Issues Resources Series (SIRS) is a set of loose leaf units each of which is addressed to a different social issue. Each unit consists of articles which have been reproduced from newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications representing the prevailing spectrum of opinion, emphasis and complexity. Sixty articles are…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education, Drug Use
