Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Our Children and Drugs Book

    FOREWORDS
    IN WRITING BEYOND THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

CHAPTER ONE:  THE BEGINNING

CHAPTER TWO: THE TEENAGE PSYCHE
             THE EXISTENTIAL SEARCH
             FUN FELONIES
             NORMALLY ABNORMAL
             THE TEENAGER: A DIFFERENT ANIMAL
             FUN MACHINES
             COMPUTER OVERLOAD
             THE EMOTIONS/THE INTELLECT
             P.I.S.S.
             SELF-CENTEREDNESS
             WE FEEL INADEQUATE BECAUSE WE ARE INADEQUATE
             NO SUCH THING AS GRAY
             BEHOLD THE WALLS
             LAND HO!

CHAPTER THREE: REALITY IS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T COPE WITH DRUGS, WRANGLERS, AND LEVI'S
             WHY KIDS TAKE DRUGS
             THE COMMITTEE
             COMMITTEE ADJOURNED
             HOPE FIENDS
             DRUGS AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH
             HEARTS AND MINDS
             A GENERATION WITH A LOW-GRADE FEVER
             UNEARNED HIGHS
             FOREIGN MANAGEMENT
             CHEMICAL WARFARE

CHAPTER FOUR: THE PARENT CHAPTER
    PART I: THE PROBLEM-YOUR KID GOT CAUGHT
             THE GUILT GAME
             SWEET SIXTEEN AND FREE
             F.E.A.R.
             THE EMPEROR HAS CLOTHES AFTER ALL
             WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
             A TALE OF TWO MEN
             THE PARENT PSYCHE
    PART II: THE SOLUTION-LOVE MEANS NOT ACCEPTING WRONG BEHAVIOR
             KIM
             RISKING TO DO RIGHT
             LOVE AND PERMISSIVENESS
             H.O.W.
             IT'S ONLY HALFTIME
             UNITED FRONT
             GET OFF YOUR REARING
             STAY ON YOUR KIDS' SIDE
             GET OFF YOUR ASPHALT
             FOR PETE'S SAKE
             SIX SHOTS IN YOUR GUN
             WRONG MEETS RIGHT
             WHERE ARE THE WALLS?
    CONCLUSION

CHAPTER FIVE: MARIJUANA-THE CRAZE THAT'S NOT A PHASE
             WHO KNOWS?
             THE MOST DANGEROUS CHEMICAL OF ALL
             GOOD BUZZ/MIND FUZZ
             THE ROAD BACK
             SAFE PASSAGE
             A WALL FOR ALCOHOL
             LEGALIZE POT?
             CONCLUSION

CHAPTER SIX: DRUGS IN THE MEDIA
             HOLLYWOOD FILMS
             EXPLICIT ADVOCACY
             IMPLICIT ADVOCACY
             SUBLIMINAL ADVOCACY
             THE POPULAR MUSIC INDUSTRY
             ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?
             THE MASONS OF OUR MINDS
             VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA
             WHO ME?

CHAPTER SEVEN: SEVENTH INNING STRETCH

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE RECOVERY PHENOMENON
             THE NEEDS
             BALANCED RECOVERY
             TWELVE STEPS
             CONCLUSION

CHAPTER NINE: TRICK OR TREATMENT-HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
    THE PROGRAM
             NEEDS
             NOTHING TO CURE
             SOMETHING BETTER THAN DRUGS
             IT TAKES ALL KINDS
             SPECTATE OR PARTICIPATE?
             SOBER IS NOT SOMBER
             FIRST MEETING
             NEWCOMERS
             THE ART OF REHABILITATION
             SEX
             A WORLD APART
    PARENT GROUP
             A FAMILY DIS-EASE
             THE P.O.P.S.
             PINK CLOUD SYNDROME
             IGNORANCE ISN'T BLISS
             THANKS, SIS
             LOVE P.O.P.S.
             FOOD WAR
             MONKEY FIST
             ADOLESCENCE IS NOT A TERMINAL ILLNESS
    CONCLUSION

CHAPTER TEN: LOCAL DRUG PROGRAMS
             NO FREE LUNCHES
             MY ROAD LESS TRAVELED
             ICECAP
             GRADUATION
             CRITIQUING PROGRAMS

CHAPTER ELEVEN: PREVENTION
    TYPE ONE PREVENTION
    TYPE TWO PREVENTION
             STOLEN KEYS AND SPILLED MILK
             THE TRAUMA BEGINS
             TOO MUCH LOVE?
             BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM
             THE CONTRACT
             ABANDONED CHILDREN
             THE THIRD WORLD WAR
             BROKEN HOMES/BROKEN BONES
             BIG JOB
             WHATEVER IT TAKES
    CONCLUSION

CHAPTER TWELVE: CLICK