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Author
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
A medical thriller featuring Dr. Edward Armstrong, a researcher developing an anti-depressant drug. Under pressure from his backers to complete the research, he experiments on himself with disastrous effects. But with millions of dollars at stake, the backers hush up the results and when Armstrong's sweetheart, Kimberly Stewart, decides to blow the whistle, she puts both their lives in jeopardy. By the author of Fatal Cure.
3) Synchronic
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When New Orleans paramedics and longtime best friends Steve and Dennis are called to a series of bizarre and gruesome accidents, they chalk it up to a mysterious new drug found at the scene. But after Dennis's oldest daughter disappears, Steve stumbles upon a terrifying truth about the supposed psychedelic that will challenge everything he knows about reality, and the flow of time itself.
Publisher
Human Relations Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 2009, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health revealed an increase in the use of illicit drugs among teens. In 2010, another shift in drug use occurred in 2010 with the appearance of a synthetic marijuana substance commonly known as Spice or K2. This program alerts viewers to the potential dangers of Spice and similar synthetic marijuana products.
8) Club drugs
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history of club drugs, including discussions on their development, side effects, deadly risks, medical issues, and legal attempts to curtail their use.
Author
Series
Technical report volume 915
Publisher
Organization mondiale de la Sante
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Français
11) Designer drugs
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
15) Born to darkness
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Michelle "Mac" Mackenzie, a super-human "Greater-Than" with unique abilities, teams up with a former Navy SEAL Shane Laughlin to stop the spread of a highly addictive drug called Destiny, which gives anyone the same abilities as a "Greater-Than."
16) The hit
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Language
English
Description
There is a new drug on the mean streets of Manchester which promises the most intense week of your life, and then you are dead--and after he watches a pop star die on stage, Adam thinks that his own life is so miserable that he might just as well try it.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"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...
20) Urge
Publisher
Grindstone
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A group of friends take a lavish weekend getaway to an island where a mysterious club owner introduces them to Urge, a new designer drug that allows them to live out their wildest fantasies. What starts out as a fun night of partying, soon takes a sinister turn when their primal impulses become uncontrollable.