Rosalyn Sintclair

Alcohol, drugs, and tobacco cause a multitude of effects in the lives of children and teenagers. Drawing on the previously published Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior (Macmillan, 2d ed., 2001), this set is designed to interest and educate students in middle school and older as well as general browsers. This work contains more than 200 alphabetically arranged articles addressing the nature of, treatments for, and social issues surrounding addictive substances and behaviors. Articles from the previously published set have been revised to suit the needs of younger readers, their teachers and parents, and nonspecialists.

***This is volume 1 of 4*** Why a second edition of the "Encyclopedia of drugs and alcohol?" And why change the name to the "Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol, and addictive behavior?" Consider a smattering of statistics: in 1999, 10.3 million people (4.7% of the American population) ages 12 years or older were dependent on illicit drugs or alcohol; in 1998, it was estimated that approximately 19,000 alcohol induced deaths occur annually in the United States; in 1993, it was reported that 13,984 people were killed in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents;…