Drugs+and+Alcohol

=References to drugs and alcohol are one of the reasons that books are challenged or banned. =

**Title**: The Outsiders **Author** : S.E.Hinton **Published** : 1967 **Reasons for bans/challenges** : cigarette smoking, underage drinking

//﻿The Outsiders// by S.E. Hinton has been challenged and/or banned because of teenage drug and alcohol abuse. It is number 38 of the American Library Association's list of Top 100 Challenged Books of the 1990s.

**Links** : "1990-1999," American Library Association, July 29, 2009. Accessed May 17, 2011 from  [] This link provides a list of the ALA's top 100 frequently challenged books of the 1990s.

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MaskedClucker. "S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders--Book Trailer". //YouTube.// Web. Accessed 10 May 2011.

 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Title : //The Crack Cocaine Diet// from the book //Hardly Knew Her// <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Author : Laura Lippman <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Published : 2008

A teacher in New Hampshire resigned after the controversy over this short story became too much. She chose it to show the horrific effects of drugs, but her detractors insisted it glorified drug use.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Links : <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Titus, Rob. (2010, August,2). The Crack Cocaine Diet. //Banned Books Week//. Web. Retrieved May 10, 2011 from <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [] Marshall University librarian, Ron Titus created this website to celebrate Banned Book Week. Information has been gathered from the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Title : //Crank// <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Author : Ellen Hopkins <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Published : 2004

//Crank// tells the story of a young woman addicted to methamphetamine. The book was number 4 on the ALA's list of the 10 most frequently challenged books of 2010.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Links : [] The author discusses her book and the controversy surrounding it as well as the impact it has had on young readers struggling with addiction.

"2010 Top Ten List," American Library Association, April 01, 2011. Accessed May 19, 2011 from [] There were 348 reported challenges of materials in 2010. This link shows the 10 most frequently challenged books as reported by the Office of Intellectual Freedom.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Title : //Lush// <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Author : Natasha Friend <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Published : 2007

Because of its treament of the subject of alcoholism//, Lush// was number 6 on the ALA's list of the 10 most frequently challenged books of 2010.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Links : "2010 Top Ten List," American Library Association, April 01, 2011. Accessed May 19, 2011 from [] There were 348 reported challenges of materials in 2010. This link shows the 10 most frequently challenged books as reported by the Office of Intellectual Freedom.

[|Interview with Natasha Friend] Author Natasha Friend talks about //Lush// and her confusion on why the book has been banned in some middle schools.