Drug Abuse

Latest News
• Nation Lacks Data on Anti-Drug Programs (03/29/2001, Reuters)
• Teens on Drugs, Alcohol Also Carry Weapons (03/23/2001, Reuters)
• White House Drug Report: Ecstasy Use Spreading (03/21/2001, Reuters)
• More News on Drug Abuse

From the National Institutes of Health
• Infofax Index (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

General/Overviews

• Substance Abuse and Addiction (American Psychiatric Association)
• Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Substance-Related Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Substance Abuse (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Prevention/Screening

• Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention: The Parent Connection (Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention)
• Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention (Dept. of Education, National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities)
• Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Research

• Exploring the Role of Child Abuse in Later Drug Abuse (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Alcohol or Drug Abuse Recovery: Your Doctor Can Help You (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Attention Disorder: Overcoming the Deficit Abuse of Attention Deficit Drug Can Be Deadly (Food and Drug Administration)
• Co-Occurrence of Depression with Medical, Psychiatric, and Substance Abuse Disorders (National Mental Health Association)
• Death of the Party: All the Rave, GHB's Hazards Go Unheeded (Food and Drug Administration)
• LSD (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Mind Over Matter - The Brain's Response to Hallucinogens (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Mind Over Matter - The Brain's Response to Inhalants (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Oops: How Casual Drug Use Leads to Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• PCP (Phencyclidine) (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Pain Medications (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Rohypnol (Office of National Drug Control Policy)

Treatment

• Buprenorphine Update: Questions and Answers (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Treatment Medications (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Treatment Methods (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• What to Do if You or a Friend is Dealing With a Drug or Alcohol Addiction (Nemours Foundation)

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade (Office of National Drug Control Policy)

Directories

• Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

Journals/Newsletters

• NIDA Notes Index (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Law and Policy

• Federal Trafficking Penalties (Drug Enforcement Administration)
• Narcotics and Substance Abuse (United States Information Agency)

Organizations

• American Council for Drug Education
• Drug Enforcement Administration
• Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention (Dept. of Education)
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Statistics

• 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Drug Use Trends (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
• FASTATS: Illegal Drug Use (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among Racial/Ethnic Subgroups in the United States, 1991-1993 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Prevent Alcohol and Drug Use Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Youth Risk Behavior Trends (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

Children

• Inhalant Abuse: Your Child and Drugs (American Academy of Pediatrics)

Teenagers

• Club Drugs (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Don't Harm Yourself (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Drug Use among Teenagers Leveling Off (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Dual Diagnosis in Adolescence (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
• Facts About MDMA (Ecstasy) (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Get It Straight! Here's How the Pages Shake Down (Drug Enforcement Administration)
• Teens - Alcohol and Other Drugs (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Women

• Drug Abuse and Treatment (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Drug Addiction Research and the Health of Women (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - links to PDF file

Español/Spanish

• Abuso de Drogas y el SIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Adolescentes Drogas y Alcohol (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
• Como Escoger un Tratamiento para el Abuso de Substancias (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
• Embarazo y las Tendencias de Uso de Drogas (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Fenciclidina (PCP) (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Inhalantes (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• LSD (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Lista de Documentos de NIDA - Infofax (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Medicamentos Para el Dolor (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Medicamentos Terapéuticos (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Métodos de Tratamiento para la Mujer (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Otros Servicios de Información Sobre el Abuso de Drogas (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• PDQ-Sobre Cuidado Médico-Pacientes: La Toxicomanía (National Cancer Institute)
• Ritalin (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Rohypnol & Gammahidroxibutirato (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Tendencias de Uso por Estudiantes de Secundaria y otros Jóvenes (National Institute on Drug Abuse)