Peer Pressure, Media Pressure & Substance Abuse

In the Library

Books
Search the library's catalogue by title, author, keyword, subject, or call number. Hint: Non-fiction books are grouped by topic, so if you find one that's useful, look in the same call number range for more!

• Club drugs / edited by Katherine Swarts. --
• The complete idiot's guide to peer pressure for teens / Hilary Cherniss and Sara Jane Sluke. --
• Cool, hip & sober : 88 ways to beat booze & drugs / Bill Manville ; introduction by Dave Moore. --
• Drugs and peer pressure / Arthur Myers.
• Everything you need to know about peer pressure / Robyn M. Feller. --
• The facts about marijuana / Ted Gottfried. --
• Hallucinogens and your neurons : the incredibly disgusting story / Holly Cefrey. --
• Inhalants / produced and directed by Center City Film and Video ; executive producer, Andrew Schlessinger.
• Marijuana : opposing viewpoints / Jamuna Carroll, book editor. --
• Methamphetamine / by Hal Marcovitz. --
• Peer pressure : / by Kate Havelin. --
• Teens, drugs and peer pressure
• This is cocaine / Nick Constable. --

Reference
Reference items cannot be borrowed; they are available for in-library use.

• Drugs & drug abuse : a reference text / editors, Bruna Brands, Beth Sproule, Joan Marshman. --
• Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol & addictive behavior / Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, editor in chief. --

Catalogue Searches
Related catalogue searches:

• drug abuse
• mass media
• peer pressure
• substance abuse

On-line databases

• Health & Wellness Resource Center (keywords: Hint: use the name of the drug you are researching)

Web sites

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  http://www.camh.net/addiction/index.html
  An Ontario hospital and research facility for patients with mental health and addiction problems.
• Health Canada - Learn About Drugs
  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/drugs-drogues/learn-renseigne/index-eng.php
  Information on various drugs and why some young people use them.
• Kid's Health: dealing with peer pressure
  http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/friend/peer_pressure.html
  Find articles and links to web sites on peer pressure and strategies on how to cope with it.
• The Media Awareness Network
  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/marketing/marketers_target_kids.cfm
  Canadian award-winning site covers news reporting, media ownership, advertising, the media's influences on behaviour and choices, the protection of personal privacy, online marketing directed at children, authenication of online information, and more.