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Title UXL encyclopedia of drugs & addictive substances [electronic resource] / Barbara C. Bigelow ; Kathleen J. Edgar, project editor.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : UXL, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Gale Electronic Resource  Electronic Resource    ---  Available
Series Gale virtual reference library
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents v. 1. 2C-B to benzylpiperazine/trifluoromethyl-phenylpiperazine -- v. 2. Caffeine to diuretics -- v. 3. Ecstasy to LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) -- v. 4. Marijuana to nitrous oxide -- v. 5. Opium to tranquilizers.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
Summary Provides detailed information on 52 drugs and other addictive substances, defined as illegal drugs, legal addictive drugs and other substances as well as commonly abused classes of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Statistics highlight each entry and sidebars provide information on the legal, historical or social aspects of the particular drug. Difficult words are defined within the text. Appropriate for middle school students.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Drugs -- Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Substance abuse -- Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bigelow, Barbara C.
Edgar, Kathleen J.
Gale Group.
Added Title Encyclopedia of drugs & addictive substances
UXL encyclopedia of drugs and addictive substances
U-X-L encyclopedia of drugs and addictive substances
Other Form: Print version: UXL encyclopedia of drugs & addictive substances. Detroit, Mich. : UXL, c2006 1414404441
ISBN 9781414406190 (electronic book)
1414406193 (electronic book)
1414404441 (set : alk. paper)
141440445X (v. 1 : alk. paper)
1414404468 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
1414404476 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
1414404484 (v. 4 : alk. paper)
1414404492 (v. 5 : alk. paper)

 
    
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