LSD and Other Hallucinogens (What's the Deal?) (What's the Deal?)

56 pages : 24 cm This series provides the facts young people need to make informed decisions about drugs Includes bibliographical references (page 55) and index LSD and other hallucinogens, what's the deal? -- What is LSD? -- LSD today -- Other hallucinogens -- Who takes hallucinogens? -- Why take hallucinogens? -- Hallucinogens, the supply network -- What is tripping? -- Tripping and daily life -- Hallucinogens, the health risks -- Becoming tolerant -- Are hallucinogens addictive? -- Hallucinogens and the law -- The hallucinogen business -- Wider effects -- Giving up hallucinogens -- Help and advice -- Contacts and further information. Addresses key lifestyle areas that affect adolescent students, with an initial focus on drugs and drug abuse. By recognising the conflicting pressures and information faced by teenagers, it helps readers make intelligent decisions about their behaviour. It looks closely at areas readers can identify, such as what is happening in schools. A Heinemann Library imprint addressing lifestyle areas affecting adolescent students. This book includes viewpoints about key topics and issues connected to hallucinogenic drugs; and is backed up by case studies from a range of people including users, counsellors and medical professionals. Describes what hallucinogens are and what forms they can take, their short and long-term physical effects, and the penalties for illegal drug use and trade