Also called: Also called: Substance abuse

Start Here

• Drug Abuse and Addiction: One of America's Most Challenging Public Health Problems(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/about/welcome/aboutdrugabuse/
• Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/understand.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/Explicacion-sp.html

Overviews

• Commonly Abused Drugs(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages/DrugsofAbuse.html
• Drugs-Frequently Asked Questions(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://getfit.samhsa.gov/Drugs/Information/faqsmyths.aspx
• Faces of Change: Do I Have a Problem with Alcohol or Drugs?(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Large PDF file - http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/pdfs/TIP35.pdf
• Substance Abuse: What It Is and How to Quit(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/addictions/basics/586.printerview.html
  Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/common/addictions/basics/586.printerview.html

Latest News

• 'Street' Drug Use Down, Prescription Drug Abuse Rising(09/04/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_68925.html
• College Freshmen See Prescription Drug Misuse More Risky Than Alcohol, Pot(09/03/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_68870.html
• Deportation Tied to Higher HIV Risk for Men Injecting Drugs(07/30/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_67559.html
• Broad Differences in Alcohol, Tobacco and Illegal Drug Use Across Countries(06/30/2008, National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2008/nida-30.htm
• More News on Drug Abuse http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_d.html#drugabuse

Treatment

• Alcohol and Drug Treatment: How It Works, and How It Can Help You(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/pdfs/CJA_ConsumerBrochure.pdf
• Therapeutic Community(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/researchreports/therapeutic/default.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/researchreports/terapeutica/terapeutica.html
• Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/TreatMeth.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/Metodos-Sp.html
• What Is Substance Abuse Treatment? A Booklet for Families(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Large PDF file - http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/pdfs/WhatIsTx.pdf
  Also available in Spanish http://kap.samhsa.gov/mli/docs/spanish/WhatIsTx-Spanish.pdf

Prevention/Screening

• Frequently Asked Questions about Drug Testing in Schools(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/testingfaqs.html
• Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Prevention/Prevopen.html

Specific Conditions

• Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs: Including LSD, PCP, Ketamine, Dextromethorphan(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/hallucinogens/hallucinogens.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/researchreports/alucinogenos/alucinogenos.html
• JAMA Patient Page: Opioid Abuse(American Medical Association) - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/292/11/1394.pdf
  Also available in Spanish http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/data/292/11/1394/DC1/1
• Khat(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/khat.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/khat-Sp.html
• LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/LSD.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/LSD-sp.html
• Opioid Addiction(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/addictions/889.printerview.html
  Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/healthy/addictions/889.printerview.html
• Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse(American Society of Anesthesiologists) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ5A5UFHZD&sub_cat=0
• PCP (Phencyclidine)(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/PCP.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/PCP-sp.html
• Salvia(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/salvia.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/salvia-Sp.html
• Workplace Substance Abuse(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/substanceabuse/index.html

Related Issues

• Alcohol or Drug Abuse Recovery: Your Doctor Can Help(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/addictions/alcohol/152.printerview.html
  Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/common/addictions/alcohol/152.printerview.html
• Drug Abuse and the Link to HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/drugabuse.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/Elabuso-sp.html
• Drugged Driving(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/driving.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/driving-Sp.html
• Minorities and Drugs(Office of National Drug Control Policy) - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/minorities/
• Oops: How Casual Drug Use Leads to Addiction(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Published_Articles/Oops.html

Pictures & Photographs

• DEA Multimedia Drug Library(Drug Enforcement Administration) - http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/multimedia.html

Videos

• D'cisions: Drugs + HIV, Learn the Link(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://hiv.drugabuse.gov/english/message/webisodes.html

Games

• Sara's Quest(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - Requires Flash Player - http://teens.drugabuse.gov/sarasquest/index.asp

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Narcotics(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Narcotics%22
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Opioid-Related Disorders(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Opioid-Related+Disorders%22
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Substance-Related Disorders(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Substance-Related+Disorders%22
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Methadone(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/intervention=methadone

Research

• Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/scienceofaddiction/
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/scienceofaddictionSP/
• Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes/NNvol21N4/Impacts.html
• Misuse of Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications among Persons Aged 12 to 25(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/cough/cough.htm
• Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Substate Regions: 2004 to 2006(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/pain/substate.htm

Journal Articles

• Article: Medical and mental health of children entering the utah foster... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18762506&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Rate of nicotine metabolism and withdrawal symptoms in adolescent light... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18762498&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Substance use disorders and clinical management of traumatic brain injury... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18698070&tool=MedlinePlus
• Drug Abuse -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=substance-related+disorders[majr]+OR+street+drugs[majr]+NOT+(alcoholism[mh]+OR+alcohol-related+disorders[mh]+OR+anabolic+agents[mh+OR+behavior,addictive[majr]+OR+cocaine-related+disorders[mh]+OR+prescriptions,drug[mh]+OR+amphetamines[mh]+OR+amphetamine-related+disorders[mh]+OR+marijuana+abuse[mh]+OR+tobacco+use+disorders[mh]+OR+heroin[mh]+OR+heroin+dependence[mh]+OR+cocaine[mh]+OR+n-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine[mh]+OR+flunitrazepam[mh]+OR+sodium+oxybate[mh]+OR+ketamine[mh]+OR+gamma-hydroxybutyrate[mh]+OR+designer+drugs[mh]+OR+cannabis[mh])+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(review[pt]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+systematic[sb]+OR+jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
• Addictive behavior -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=behavior,addictive[majr]+AND+substance-related+disorders[majr]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+english[la]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Drugs - Glossary of Terms(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://getfit.samhsa.gov/Drugs/Information/glossterms.aspx
• Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade(Office of National Drug Control Policy) - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/

Directories

• Single-State Agency (SSA) Directory(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2007/kit/Resources/single_state_agency.aspx
• Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/

Organizations

• Drug Enforcement Administration - http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
• National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov/
• Office of National Drug Control Policy - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America - http://www.drugfree.org/
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - http://www.samhsa.gov/

Newsletters/Print Publications

• NIDA Notes Index(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNindex.html

Law and Policy

• Are You in Recovery from Alcohol or Drug Problems? Know Your Rights(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Large PDF file - http://www.pfr.samhsa.gov/docs/know_your_rights_01.pdf
• Medication Assisted Treatment Patients' Rights(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/patients/pscep/patients_rights.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/patients/pscep/patients_rights_es.htm

Statistics

• 2006 National Survey on Drug Use & Health: National Results(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k6nsduh/2k6Results.cfm
• Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/youthFacts/youth.htm
• Employment Status and Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions: 2006(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/employTX/employTX.htm
• FASTATS: Illegal Drug Use(National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/druguse.htm
• High School and Youth Trends(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/HSYouthtrends.html
• Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers: 2004 to 2006(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/pain/substate.htm
• State Estimates of Persons 18 or Older Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Illicit Drugs(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/stateDUI/stateDUI.htm
• State Estimates of Substance Use: 2005 - 2006(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Large PDF file - http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k6state/2k6state.pdf
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/public.cfm
• Substance Use and Dependence Following Initiation of Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/newUseDepend/newUseDepend.htm
• Use of Specific Hallucinogens: 2006(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Links to PDF - http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/hallucinogens/hallucinogens.pdf

Children

• Legal but Lethal: The Danger of Abusing Over-the-Counter Drugs(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.family.samhsa.gov/get/otcdrugs.aspx
• Mind Over Matter: Hallucinogens(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://teens.drugabuse.gov/mom/mom_hal1.asp
• Mom and Dad Are Using Drugs(Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/substance_abuse/hic_mom_and_dad_are_using_drugs.aspx
• Substance Abuse Prevention(American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.aap.org/publiced/BR_SubstanceAbusePrev.htm
• What You Need to Know about Drugs(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs.html
• What You Need to Know about Drugs: LSD(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs_lsd.html

Teenagers

• Cough and Cold Medicine Abuse(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cough_cold_medicine_abuse.html
  Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/padres/cough_cold_medicine_abuse_esp.html
• D'cisions: Drugs + HIV, Learn the Link(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://hiv.drugabuse.gov/english/message/webisodes.html
• Dealing with Addiction(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/addictions.html
• Drugs: What You Should Know(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/drugs/know_about_drugs.html
  Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/teen/en_espanol/drogas/know_about_drugs_esp.html
• Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.family.samhsa.gov/
• Heads Up: Real News about Drugs and Your Body(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - Large PDF file - http://www.nida.nih.gov/PDF/Scholastic/HeadsUp-Student-Yr1.pdf
• Monitoring the Future Survey, Overview of Findings 2007(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.drugabuse.gov/newsroom/07/MTF07Overview.html
• NIDA for Teens(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov/
• When Your Child Needs Substance Abuse Treatment(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.family.samhsa.gov/get/treatment.aspx

Men

• Helping Yourself Heal: A Recovering Man's Guide to Coping with the Effects of Childhood Abuse(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/pdfs/HelpingHeal-Mens.pdf
  Also available in Spanish http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/pdfs/HelpingHeal-Mens-spanish.pdf

Women

• Helping Yourself Heal: A Recovering Woman's Guide to Coping with Childhood Abuse Issues(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/pdfs/HelpingHeal-Womens.pdf
  Also available in Spanish http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/mli/docs/spanish/HelpingHealWomens-Spanish.pdf
• Women and Drug Abuse(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/WomenDrugs/Women-DrugAbuse.html
• Women and Drugs(Office of National Drug Control Policy) - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/women/

Seniors

• Substance Abuse(AGS Foundation for Health in Aging) - http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/chapters_ch_trial.asp?ch=36

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