The Great Brain Robbery
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Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1 - The Challenge

Puberty Blues

Is my child on drugs?

A mother's story

How the brain works

Vandalism in the refinery

You must remember this

What is marijuana?

The story of two users

So who'd be a parent?

What can we do?

Kids, this is for you

A sister's story

Getting off drugs

A counsellor's story

Conclusion

Part 2 - The Danger List

Alcohol

Amphetamines

Barbiturates

Caffeine

Cocaine

Designer drugs

Hallucinogens

Inhalants

Marijuana

Nicotine

Opiates/Narcotics

Steroids

Part 3 - The Hard Science

Bibliography

Glossary

About the Author

Trevor Grice is the Director of the Life Education Trust. He has lectured extensively in Australia and the USA. In New Zealand he is in constant demand as a drug counsellor, industry advisor and speaker to high-school students and parent groups.

Tom Scott is an award-winning journalist, cartoonist, columnist, documentary film-maker, screenwriter and playwright. Tom's first stage play The Daylight Atheist premiered in New Zealand in 2002 and was hailed as an instant Kiwi classic. It opens at the Sydney Theatre Company in January 2005.

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This is a sensible, readable, often witty but hard-hitting book about drugs. School Librarian

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