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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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People talk a lot about drugs. But, what do they really mean? What does it mean if something is a stimulant or a narcotic? Is alcohol a drug? Can drugs really hurt you? And, if they are so bad for you, why do people take them? What about prescription drugs? What should you say if someone offers you drugs? Sometimes it can be hard to find answers to these tough questions. This book is one place to start.
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Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by our doctors, our pharmacists and our regulators that generic drugs are identical to their brand-name counterparts, just less expensive. But is this really true?...
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Branch Avenue boys volume 3
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English
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No matter how tough the odds, Ricky, Derrick, and Jamal learned to unite and fight during their time at the Branch Avenue Boys' Youth institute. But their adult lives have driven them apart-and set of a series of events their friendship may not survive. All Jamal's politcal achievements can't erase his bargain with D.C.'s corrupt mayor. And when he finds himself the latest target on Mayor Johnson's hit list, he'll risk everything to end the mayor's...
5) 1989
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Allie Burns volume 2
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English
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A riveting thrill ride of a novel from a captivating new series, 1989 confirms internationally bestselling author Val McDermid as one of crime fiction's true masters. It's 1989 and journalist Allie Burns is growing up. Older and maybe wiser than the hustling young hack we met in 1979, she's running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK tabloid...
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Red Crow Mi'gMaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school.At 15, Aila is the weed princess of Red Crow. Hustling with her uncle Burner, she sells enough dope to pay Popper her "truancy tax", keeping her out of St.Ds. But...
8) Traitors
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Arabic
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To keep her parents from being evicted and fund her Clash-inspired punk band, Malika takes a job smuggling drugs over the mountains. Her partner in the run is a world-weary veteran drug mule, who unexpectedly wins Malika's sympathy.
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The summer Bria Powers turns 16 is sinister. Waves of insects plague her hometown of Beauchamp, where fentanyl has recently infiltrated the drug stream. Forest fires muddy the normally wide-open skies, and everything smells like a barbecue all the time. It’s also the summer Bria goes from having saved a life to ruining her own.
Since her drug-dealing father disappeared and his girlfriend overdosed, Bria has lived with her aunt Tash and best friend/cousin...
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"A deeply human story, Fentanyl, Inc. is the first deep-dive investigation of a hazardous and illicit industry that has created a worldwide epidemic, ravaging communities and overwhelming and confounding government agencies that are challenged to combat it. "A whole new crop of chemicals is radically changing the recreational drug landscape," writes Ben Westhoff. "These are known as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and they include replacements...
11) Glass
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Crank trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Kristina is determined to manage her crystal meth addiction in order to take care of her newborn son, but when the pull of the drug becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.
12) Gang Related
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English
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Two men face the consequences after they kill a man and pin the murder on an innocent transient.
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Deutsch
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Der Stern des Bundesverfassungsgerichts sinkt.
Es hat die Verfassung systematisch ausgehöhlt, das deutsche Volk und die demokratische Republik aus dem Grundgesetz verbannt und die politische Partizipation auf eine heterogene Bevölkerung ausgeweitet. In existenziellen Fragen des Staates (Souveränität des Volkes, Verfassungsidentität, Europa, illegale Massenzuwanderung) entscheidet es nicht als "Hüter", sondern als Verhüter der Verfassung "Im...
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Español
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Con una perspectiva global, Drogas y prohibición constituye el segundo volumen de un proyecto iniciado con el estudio sobre el estado de la cuestión a nivel regional; esto es, en el mundo andino. La "guerra contra las drogas" ha sido una cruzada fallida, y la vivencia sobre el tema exige una nueva reflexión. Atravesamos una coyuntura propicia para un debate posprohibicionista. Los ensayos de este libro, con criterios metodológicos e históricos...
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Español
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La investigación académica sobre la intersección de la salud mental y el derecho penal ha traído como consecuencia una nueva visión sobre el uso de las Ciencias Sociales. ¿En qué medida éstas ciencias promueven el bienestar psicológico y físico de las personas que consumen sustancias psicoactivas?
En el estudio de la epidemiología del fenómeno social del consumo de drogas que se erige como un conflicto de salud, económico y social condicionado...
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Español
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In contemplating the complex issue of prostitution, the book delves into the likelihood that substantial time and societal progress will be needed before witnessing its complete eradication. The individuals involved in prostitution are often victims of circumstances beyond their control, such as limited opportunities, poverty, sexual abuse, or marginalization.
Various approaches have been considered, like radical abolition, which might force the...
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"The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact,...
19) Border Run
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English
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An American reporter searches for her missing brother amid the drug-running, violence, and human smuggling that plagues the US/Mexico border. Inspired by true events.
20) Playing God
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English
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Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, Los Angeles surgeon Dr. Eugene Sands abandons his career, and finds himself crossing paths with a ruthless criminal, Raymond Blossom. Raymond hires Eugene as his "gun-shot doctor", to treat associates who cannot risk visiting a hospital. Lured deeper and deeper into the dangerous underworld and growing too close to Raymond's seductive girlfriend Claire, Eugene...
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