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