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Mind Over Matter

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Complete Set (Mind Over Matter)

Revised Jan 2009.
A complete set of all nine Mind Over Matter booklets—The Brain's Response to: Cocaine, Hallucinogens, Inhalants, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, Nicotine, Opiates, Prescription Drugs, and Steroids. En Español

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Anabolic Steroids (Mind Over Matter)

Published Jan 1997. Revised Jan 2009.
Shows young teens how anabolic steroids can cause liver damage and cancer and weaken the immune system. En Español

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Cocaine (Mind Over Matter)

Published Jan 1997. Revised Jan 2009.
Explores with young teens how cocaine changes the way nerve cells communicate in the brain and the negative effects the drug can have on the body. En Español

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Hallucinogens (Mind Over Matter)

Published Jan 1997. Revised Jan 2009.
Explains how hallucinogens affect the brain’s communication centers as well as its ability to control sleep and emotions. En Español

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Opiates (Mind Over Matter)

Published Jan 1997. Revised Jan 2009.
Describes how opiates, such as Vicodin, morphine, heroin, and codeine, affect the brain, the nervous system, and the limbic system, which controls emotions. En Español

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Prescription Drug Abuse (Mind Over Matter)

Published Jan 2009
Explains how prescription drugs, when used improperly, can cause addiction and other harmful health problems. En Español

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Teacher's Guide (Mind Over Matter)

Published Dec 1997. Revised May 2005.
Equips teachers with background information and lesson plans on drug abuse and addiction for use with the magazines in the Mind Over Matter series.

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Methamphetamine (Mind Over Matter)

Published Oct 2000
Explains how methamphetamine acts in the body and the brain and what happens with long-term use of the drug. En Español

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Tobacco Addiction (Mind Over Matter)

Published Jan 1998
Describes how nicotine acts on the heart to change heart rate and blood pressure, and discusses dependency, treatment, and effects of long-term nicotine use. En Español

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Inhalants (Mind Over Matter)

Published Jan 1997
Describes how inhalants, such as hair spray, gasoline, and spray paint, can cause nerve cell damage in the brain that can affect the body in a lot of ways. En Español

Mind Over Matter

Invites young teens to take a scientific journey to learn about the brain’s complex responses to specific drugs, including cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, marijuana, nicotine, opiates, prescription drugs, and steroids.

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Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction

As a result of scientific research, we know that addiction is a disease that affects both brain and behavior.

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