Research, Science, & Culture

Dr. Vivek H. Murthy served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States appointed by President Barack Obama. As the Vice Admiral of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he commanded a uniformed service of 6,600 public health officers globally. During his tenure, Dr. Murthy launched the TurnTheTide campaign, catalyzing a movement among health professionals to address the nation’s opioid crisis. He also issued the first Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, calling for expanded access to prevention and treatment and for recognizing addiction as a chronic illness, not a character flaw.

Millions of kids are misdiagnosed and taking medications such as Adderall or Concerta for a psychiatric condition they probably do not have.

Addiction is a complex interplay among personal history, emotional, and neurological development, brain chemistry, and drugs and behaviors.

This book documents the physical and emotional effects of substance abuse in girls and women, specifically, and the effect it has on our country at large.

A teen who reaches age 21 without smoking, using illegal drugs or alcohol is nearly certain never to do so. America needs to act on this information.