Teens who have struggled with drug addictions
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Anabolic Steroids; Behind the Bulk: Craig’s Story
Craig took steroids because he wanted to look like an action figure. Craig did get bigger, but so did his problems.
Adapted from Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body, Scholastic, Inc., 2003.
Every time he passed a [...]
Q: What is marijuana? Are there different kinds?
A: Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms [...]
