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This offering discusses the seven basic drug categories and their related dangers; interspersed are somewhat cursory profiles of addicted teens. The authors are remarkably evenhanded on the subject of legalizing drugs, but they argue well their conviction that drug addiction should be treated as a medical (versus criminal) problem. Charts, sidebars, and muddy black-and-white photos break up the somewhat dry text. Bib., glos., ind.