Resumen: Discusses the manufacture and sale of crack, explains the dangers of crack use and addiction, and describes efforts to treat addicts and end the crack trade.
Discusses the manufacture and sale of crack, explains the dangers of crack use and addiction, and describes efforts to treat addicts and end the crack trade.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121) and index.
Discusses the manufacture and sale of crack, explains the dangers of crack use and addiction, and describes efforts to treat addicts and end the crack trade.
gccnov2006
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 6 Up Introduced by the account of Len Bias' death in June, 1986, followed by Don Rogers' similar demise one week later, Berger explores the potentially lethal and highly addictive drug, crack (a very pure crystalized form of cocaine, which is smoked). Berger profiles the user, explains the dangers of crack use and addiction, discusses the manufacture and sale of the drug, and describes efforts to treat addicts and end the crack trade. While the book is not as visually interesting as David Browne's Crack and Cocaine (Watts, 1987), the coverage is much more comprehensive. The book is generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs. A glossary and list of suggestions for further reading or help organizations, as well as the index, increase the book's usefulness to adolescent readers. Sue Diehl, Robertsville Junior High School, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
A deadly new drug gets close-up consideration in one of two new titles by a practiced nonfiction writer with several books on addiction and related matters to her credit. Targeting teenagers as one of the largest markets for crack, she explores in a straightforward, nonstrident fashion the reasons behind the drug's popularity, explaining how it is used and its dangerous side effects. She goes on to look at its processing, as a derivative of cocaine, from grower to user and summarizes the basic arguments surrounding the imposition of stricter laws and drug-testing procedures as they affect addictive substances in general and crack in particular. In Drug Testing, Berger expands further on the testing controversy, offering what is perhaps the first full-length exploration for teenagers of the civil-rights issues involved. Documenting her material, she explains how drug tests are conducted, evaluates their effectiveness, and explores both positive and negative aspects of their use. She treats separately legal and practical issues of drug testing among students, professional sports figures, and armed services personnel, including a good section on practices in private industry. The differing attitudes toward civil rights and specific difficulties involved in testing come clear, and clever cartoons and examples of the problems faced by particular individuals add to the text's readability. Both books contain black-and-white photographs, glossaries, sources, further readings, and indexes. Gr. 7-10. SZ.
