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American Indian/Alaska Native Substance Abuse Treatment Services
The primary focus of most facilities is substance abuse, the second most common focus for AI/AN facilities is a mix of mental health and substance abuse treatment.... Details >
Anabolic Steroid Abuse 
This web site was launched as part of a public/private national multimedia public education initiative designed to alert the public to the dangers of anabolic steroids use. The information at this sit... Details >
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Anabolic Steroids: A Threat to Mind and Body
Also available in: Spanish
This Research Report is based on the findings of recent studies on the use of anabolic steroids in the United States. Its goal is to educate the public about these drugs and the dangers of misusing th... Details >
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Answers in the Aftermath
As a survivor of violent crime, you may face a wide range of emotional and physical struggles, along with some difficult questions that often surface: Why did this happen to me? How will I ever heal f... Details >
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center, Center for Mental Health Services
Are you Cool or Clueless?
Parents are invited to take this online quiz to test their knowledge of the drug-related slang names currently in use. There are 6 categories of drugs of abuse and 30 slang terms that change constan... Details >
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Are You Drug Smart? Test Your Chemical IQ
This online checkup provides players with the truth about some illegal drugs and the dangers to users' health.... Details >
Asian/Pacific Islander Americans and Substance Abuse
There are some metabolic factors in Asians which lead to a greater sensitivity to alcohol. There is a greater susceptibility to lung cancer amomg Asian Americans (and to colorectal cancer among Japane... Details >
Asians and Pacific Islanders in Substance Abuse Treatment
Although Asians and Pacific Islanders made up almost 4 percent of the U.S. population in 1999, less than 1 percent of all admissions to substance abuse treatment facilities in the 1999 Treatment Episo... Details >
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center, Center for Mental Health Services
Brain's Response to Drugs: Teacher's Guide
This is the teacher's guide for the "Mind Over Matter" series. This exciting new neuroscience education series, developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National In... Details >
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Building Blocks for a Healthy Future
Building Blocks for a Healthy Future is an early childhood substance abuse prevention program developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that educates parents ... Details >