The Pressure to Take Drugs (Understanding Drugs)

This series presents a survey of the main types of drugs threatening society today. Each book gives an account of the nature of drugs and the efforts being made to combat their use and addictions. The book ends with a comprehensive list of caring organizations. This book examines the differences between legal and illegal drugs and why people take them. The pressure young people experience to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol and take illegal drugs to be part of "the group", and how to resist this pressure.