2C-B (Nexus) Reappears on the Club Drug Scene - Information Bulletin , National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2001. The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the law enforcement and treatment communities about the club drug 2C-B (Nexus) including information on cost, appearance, effects, and identification.
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2C-T-7 Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2004. This brochure answers common questions asked about 2C-T-7, a synthetic drug that produces hallucinogenic effects. It includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse, and presents a profile of the typical abuser.
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Abuso de Inhalantes, National Institute on Drug Abuse, April 2001. Spanish version of Inhalant Abuse Research Report.
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Acquaintance Rape of College Students, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Rana Sampson, March 2002. Provides information on acquaintance rape of colleges students including drug-facilitated rape.
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Acute Public Health Consequences of Methamphetamine Laboratories - 16 States, January 2000-June 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2005. This report describes examples of meth-associated events, summarizes the events reported to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and suggests injury prevention recommendations, such as how to recognize and properly respond to meth laboratories.
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Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008: Executive Summary, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, August 2008. The survey collects and analyzes information on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, on the potential production of opium, as well as other socioeconomic dimensions of the problem.
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Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey 2008, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, February 2008. This report presents an assessment of the likely opium cultivation trends for the upcoming harvest season in Afghanistan.
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Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2006-07: findings from the National Minimum Data Set, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008. This report provides a statistical overview of substance abuse treatment agencies and client profiles in Australia.
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Alucinógenos Y Drogas Disociativas, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2003. This report provides information on hallucinogens and dissociative drugs in Spanish.
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La Amenaza del Narcotráfico en América, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This is the Spanish-language version of a report which provides an overview of the production, trafficking, and consumption of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamine-type-substances in North America.
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Amphetamine and Ecstasy Use in the Caribbean Region, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, 2002. This fact sheet provides information about drug use in the Caribbean Region.
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Amphetamines and Ecstasy: 2008 Global ATS Assessment, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, September 2008. This report provides an overview of the global manufacture, trade, and use of amphetamine-type stimulants and ecstasy.
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Anabolic Steroids - Hidden Dangers, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This report provides information on the dangers of steroid abuse, how steroids are diverted for illegal use, and how to find help for a friend who is abusing steroids.
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Anabolic Steroids: Community Drug Alert Bulletin, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2000. This publication alerts communities to the fact that steroid abuse is a growing problem among adolescents, and to the dangers of steroid abuse.
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Anabolic Steroids: Research Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2006. This report provides information on steroid abuse and effects.
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Analysis of the Impact of the Crack Cocaine Amendment If Made Retroactive, U.S. Sentencing Commission, October 2007. This document provides an analysis of the impact of lowering the guideline sentencing range for certain categories of offenses and offenders involving cocaine base ("crack").
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Anhydrous Ammonia Thefts and Releases Associated with Illicit Methamphetamine Production --- 16 States, January 2000--June 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2005. This report describes examples of anhydrous ammonia thefts associated with illicit meth production, summarizes ammonia theft events reported to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and suggests injury prevention recommendations.
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Annual Report on Cocaine Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999, Provides information on cocaine use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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Annual Report on Marijuana Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999. Provides data on marijuana use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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Annual Report on Methamphetamine Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999. Provides data on methamphetamine use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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Annual Report on Opiate Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999. Provides data on opiate use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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Antihistamines and Driving-Related Behavior: A Review of the Evidence for Impairment, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, C. Wilkinson and H. Moskowitz, June 2004. This report provides the findings of a review of the scientific literature concerning the effects of antihistamines on driving-related skills.
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The Availability of Southwest Asian Heroin in the United States: A Market Analysis, National Drug Intelligence Center, March 2007. This Market Analysis reports on the availability of Southwest Asian Heroin in the United States.
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Benzodiazapine Use and Harms Among Police Detainees in Australia, Australian Institute of Criminology, May 2007. This paper investigates self-reported prevalence, patterns and potential harms of benzodiazepine use in a sample of adult police detainees, using data from the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program for the period 1999 to 2005.
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Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - An examination of illicit prescription drug markets in Melbourne, Hobart and Darwin, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007. This study seeks to contribute to the law enforcement sector’s understanding of the relationship between benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid use and crime, and the impact of this relationship in three select Australian jurisdictions.
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Boletín Informativo: Abuso de Medicamentos Prescritos y la Juventud, National Drug Intelligence Center, March 2003. The Spanish language version of Prescription Drug Abuse and Youth.
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Bolivia Coca Cultivation Survey for 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Bolivia.
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Bolivia Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2006, (Spanish language version of the Bolivia Coca Cultivation Survey for 2005) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Bolivia.
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The Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 1998. A slide teaching packet for teachers and health professionals.
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Bulletin on Narcotics: Review of the world cannabis situation, Volume LVIII, Nos. 1 and 2, 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2006. This bulletin contains a review of the current world cannabis situation, focusing on cannabis production, consumption and markets, along with an assessment of the status of cannabis research.
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Buprenorphine: Potential for Abuse (Intelligence Bulletin), National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2004. This bulletin addresses the use of buprenorphine, a drug recently approved for use in opiate addiction therapy. It examines the drug's effects, advantages of traditional treatment options, and vulnerability to diversion and abuse.
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BZP Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2004. BZP is a common name for the synthetic drug N-benzylpiperazine, a stimulant that is approximately 10 to 20 times more potent than amphetamine.
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Campuses and the Club Drug Ecstasy, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, May 2001. This fact sheet offers an overview of ecstasy, possible effects of its use, and implications for institutions of higher education.
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Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 1: Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001. This manual provides an overview of the motivational enhancement therapy/cognitive behavioral therapy approach to treating adolescent marijuana users.
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Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 3: Family Support Network for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001. This manual provides therapists with step-by-step instructions on implementing the family support network (FSN) intervention, which seeks to engage an adolescent’s family in treatment.
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Cannabis Youth Treatment Series: A 5-Volume Series on Promising New Brief Therapies for Teens Who Use Marijuana, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001. This brochure introduces substance abuse treatment providers to the five volumes in the Cannabis Youth Treatment Series.
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Children at Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs: Helping Meth's Youngest Victims, Office for Victims of Crime, K. Swetlow, June 2003. This report examines the acute health and safety risks children who live at or visit methamphetamine laboratories face.
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Children at Risk, National Drug Intelligence Center, July 2002. This information bulletin provides information on the risks to children who are exposed to chemicals used in the production of methamphetamine.
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Clandestine Drug Labs, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Michael S. Scott, April 2002. This guide addresses the problem of clandestine drug labs.
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Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs, 2nd Edition, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, August 2006. This guide addresses the problem of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories and identifies responses to this problem.
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Club Drugs Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data and links to source materials on the club drugs ecstasy, rohypnol, GHB, and ketamine.
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Coca Cultivation in the Andean Region: A Survey of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2008. This report presents the results of the 2007 annual coca cultivation surveys in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru.
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La Cocaina Adiccion y Abuso, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2001. El abuso y la adicción a la cocaína continúa siendo un problema serio que aflige a nuestro país.
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Cocaine Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on cocaine with links to source materials.
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Cocaine Smuggling in 2007, Office of National Drug Control Policy, December 2008. This report provides an overview of data related to cocaine smuggling during 2007. Topics covered in the report include coca cultivation and production, cocaine trafficking routes and methods, and cocaine seizures.
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Cocaine Trafficking in West Africa: The threat to stability and development (with special reference to Guinea-Bissau), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, December 2007. This report addresses the growing concern over cocaine trafficking and organized crime in the West African sub-region, specifically in regards to Guinea-Bissau.
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Cocaine Trafficking in Western Africa, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2007. This publication reviews recent cocaine seizures in African countries, as well as cocaine seizures originating from African countries and reported by European countries.
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Cocaine: Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, November 2004. This report provides science-based information on the prevalence of cocaine abuse, methods of use, short- and long-term effects of cocaine abuse, and medical complications of chronic abuse. It also describes effective treatment for cocaine addiction and lists resources for more information.
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A Collection of Articles That Address Heroin Prevention, Treatment and Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2003. Included in this document are selections of topic-specific articles reprinted from NIDA’s research newsletter, NIDA NOTES.
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A Collection of Articles That Address Research on Club Drugs, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2003. Included in this document are selections of topic-specific articles reprinted from NIDA’s research newsletter, NIDA NOTES.
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A Collection of Articles That Address Research on Cocaine, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2004. Included in this document are selections of cocaine-related articles reprinted from the research newsletter, NIDA Notes.
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A Collection of Articles That Address Research on Marijuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2003. Included in this document are selections of topic-specific articles reprinted from NIDA’s research newsletter, NIDA NOTES.
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Colombia Coca Survey for 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Colombia.
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Colombia Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2006, (Spanish language version of the Colombia Coca Survey for 2006) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Colombia.
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Combating Methamphetamine Laboratories and Abuse: Strategies for Success, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Craig D. Uchida , Matthew C. Scheider , Michael S. Scott , Thomas C. Castellano, et al., December 2002. This bulletin provides information on the COPS Methamphetamine National Evaluation program.
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Combating Underage Drinking, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, February 1998. This fact sheet provides an overview of the Combating Underage Drinking Program.
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Community Drug Alert Bulletin: Club Drugs, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2004. Describes drugs often used at "raves" and other party events. Explains how and why the drugs are used, lists adverse effects and hazards, including criminal behavior.
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Community Drug Alert Bulletin: Inhalants, National Institute on Drug Abuse, January 2005. This bulletin provides a synopsis of some of the latest scientific findings on inhalants and inhalant abuse.
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Community Drug Alert Bulletin: Prescription Drugs, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2005. This bulletin provides information on what types of prescription medications are commonly abused, what can be done to prevent prescription drug abuse, and an overview of what treatments are available for prescription drug abuse.
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Containing ecstasy: analytical tools for profiling an illegal drug market , Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007. This report demonstrates how a combination of analytical tools and data sources are required to profile the demand and supply of ecstasy.
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Controlling Methamphetamine Precursors: The View from the Trenches, NIJ-Sponsored, October 2007. This report provides a multi-state scientific analysis of various state-level enacted legislation and adopted regulations restricting access to methamphetamine precursors and their corresponding impact on small toxic lab seizure decreases.
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Crack Cocaine Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on crack cocaine with links to source materials.
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Crack Cocaine Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2003. This fact sheet provides an overview of crack cocaine.
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Crack, Powder Cocaine, and Heroin: Drug Purchase and Use Patterns in Six U.S. Cities, Office of National Drug Control Policy, National Institute of Justice, K. Jack Riley, December 1997. Presents information collected from recently arrested cocaine and heroin users from six cities in the U.S., highlighting information on how they obtained and used drugs.
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Crack's Decline: Some Surprises Across U.S. Cities, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, Andrew Lang Golub and Bruce D. Johnson. July 1997. An overview of a study that analyzed data on arrestee crack use to confirm a drug epidemic model.
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Crystal Methamphetamine Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2003. This fact sheet provides information on crystal methamphetamine, which typically has a higher purity level than other forms of methamphetamine.
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A Dangerous and Illegal Way To Seek Athletic Dominance and Better Appearance, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This report provides information about the dangers of steroid abuse, laws and penalties related to steroid abuse, and how to help someone abusing steroids.
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The DASIS Report: Adolescent Admissions Involving Inhalants, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2002. This fact sheet provides data on youth treatment admissions for inhalant abuse.
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The DASIS Report: Adolescent Admissions Reporting Inhalants, 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2008. This report examines the more than 1,400 adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions who reported inhalant abuse in 2006 and compares them with those adolescent admissions who did not report inhalant abuse.
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The DASIS Report: Adult Marijuana Admissions by Race and Ethnicity, 2000 , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2003. This fact sheet provides information about marijuana treatment admissions by race and ethnicity.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Benzodiazepine Admissions: 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2003. This report provides an overview of primary benzodiazepine admissions and compares selected characteristics with those of other admissions reported to TEDS in 2000.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Heroin Injection and Inhalation Admissions, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2004. This report compares the characteristics of primary heroin admissions reporting the two major routes of administration, injection and inhalation.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Phencyclidine (PCP) Admissions: 2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2004. This report examines primary PCP admissions and compares their characteristics with those of all other admissions reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set in 2001.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Prescription and OTC Treatment Admissions, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2004. This fact sheet provides data on treatment admissions involving prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Tranquilizer Substance Abuse Treatment Admission, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2005. This report provide data on tranquilizer-related treatment admissions including demographics, source of referral, and regional information.
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The DASIS Report: Cocaine Route of Administration Trends, 1995-2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2007. This report compares trends in admissions to substance abuse treatment for two routes of cocaine administration, smoked and inhaled, between 1995 and 2005.
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The DASIS Report: Cocaine Treatment Admissions Decrease: 1993-1999, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2002. An overview of data on cocaine treatment admissions, including State level information.
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The DASIS Report: Differences in Marijuana Admissions Based on Source of Referral: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2005. This report looks at the characteristics of primary marijuana admissions who were referred to treatment by the criminal justice system, compared with referrals from all other sources.
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The DASIS Report: Facilities Operating Opioid Treatment Programs, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2006. This report provides data on U.S. treatment facilities, both public and private, that operate an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) certified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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The DASIS Report: Facilities Providing Methadone/LAAM Treatment to Clients with Opiate Addiction, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2002. This report looks at facilities providing methadone or LAAM treatment to clients with opiate addiction as reported to the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services.
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The DASIS Report: Geographic Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions for Methamphetamine/Amphetamine and Marijuana: 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2008. This report focuses on trends in admission rates for methamphetamine/amphetamine and marijuana in different geographic regions of the United States, using 1995-2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) data.
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The DASIS Report: Heroin - - Changes in How It Is Used, 1995-2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2007. This report compares trends in primary heroin inhalation and injection treatment admissions in the U.S. between 1995 and 2005.
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The DASIS Report: Heroin -- Changes in How it is Used, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2001. An overview of treatment data on the route of administration by heroin users.
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The DASIS Report: Heroin Treatment Admissions Increase: 1993-1999, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2002. This report provides data on heroin treatment admissions and explores factors related to their increase in recent years.
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The DASIS Report: Marijuana Treatment Admissions Increase: 1993-1999, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2002. This report provides data on marijuana treatment admissions and explores factors related to their increase in recent years.
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The DASIS Report: Marijuana Use Secondary to Other Substances of Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2003. This report compares admissions with marijuana as a secondary substance of abuse to admissions with marijuana as a primary substance.
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The DASIS Report: Methamphetamine/Amphetamine Treatment Admissions in Urban and Rural Areas: 2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2006. This resource provides data from SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) on methamphetamine/amphetamine admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in 2004.
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The DASIS Report: New Heroin Users Admitted to Treatment: 1992-2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2003. This report examines data on new heroin users from 1992 to 2000.
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The DASIS Report: Non-Heroin Opiate Admissions, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2006. This report explores differences among admissions for non-heroin opiates and admissions for heroin, using the data on demographic characteristics and substance abuse problems of those admitted for substance abuse treatment that are compiled annually in TEDS.
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The DASIS Report: Planned Methadone Treatment for Heroin Admissions, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2003. This report compares heroin admissions where methadone treatment was planned with the 60 percent of heroin admissions where methadone treatment was not planned.
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The DASIS Report: Planned Methadone Treatment for Non-Heroin Opiate Admissions, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2003. This report compares the non-heroin opiate admissions where methadone treatment was planned with those admissions where no methadone treatment was planned.
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The DASIS Report: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse Admissions, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2002. This report provides data on treatment admissions for over-the-counter and prescription drug abuse.
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The DASIS Report: Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older: Alcohol Only vs. Alcohol plus a Secondary Drug, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2007. This report provides Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) data on alcohol and alcohol plus a secondary drug treatment admissions during 2005.
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The DASIS Report: Primary Methamphetamine / Amphetamine Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2008. Utilizing information from the 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), this report examines the characteristics of substance abuse treatment admissions in which methamphetamine / amphetamine was the primary substance of abuse and compares them with admissions in which other substances were primary.
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The DASIS Report: Primary Methamphetamine / Amphetamine Treatment Admissions: 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2004. This report will focus on changes in treatment admissions reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set between 1992 and 2002 in which the primary substance of abuse was methamphetamine / amphetamine.
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The DASIS Report: Smoked Cocaine vs. Non Smoked Cocaine Admissions, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2005. This report presents data from the 2002 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) on admissions where cocaine was the primary substance of abuse reported.
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The DASIS Report: Smoked Methamphetamine / Amphetamines, 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report highlights data on methamphetamine/amphetamine treatment admissions.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions for Injection Drug Use: 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2005. This report presents characteristics of these 237,000 injection drug admissions (primary and secondary) to treatment.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions for Injection of Multiple Drugs: 2000 , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2003. This fact sheet provides data on admissions that reported injecting more than one drug.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions for Primary Alcohol Abuse Among Youth Aged 18-20; 2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This fact sheet provides data on youth admitted to treatment for alcohol abuse.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions in Urban and Rural Areas Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2004. This fact sheet examines narcotic painkiller treatment admission rates per 100,000 persons aged 12 or older at five urbanization levels for 1992, 1997, and 2002.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This fact sheet provides data on admissions to treatment involving the abuse of narcotic painkillers.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Referral Sources for Adolescent Marijuana Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2002. This fact sheet provides an overview of data on marijuana treatment admissions among youth.
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The DASIS Report: Trends in Admissions for PCP: 1993-2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2005. This resource provides data on trends in admissions to treatment for PCP abuse.
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The DASIS Report: Trends in Cocaine Treatment Admissions by State: 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report looks at the changes in the rate of primary cocaine admissions, nationally and by State for the years 1992 through 2002.
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The DASIS Report: Trends in Marijuana Treatment Admissions by State: 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This report looks at the changes in the rate of primary marijuana admissions, nationally and by State for the years 1992 through 2002.
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The DASIS Report: Women in Treatment for Smoked Cocaine: 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2003. An overview of data related to female smoked cocaine users in treatment.
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The DASIS Report: Youth Marijuana Admissions by Race and Ethnicity, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2002. This report provides information on youth treatment admissions for marijuana abuse.
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Data on Retroactive Application of the Crack Cocaine Amendment, U.S. Sentencing Commission, May 2008. This report provides preliminary data concerning court decisions considering motions to reduce the length of imprisonment for certain offenders convicted prior to November 1, 2007 of offenses involving crack cocaine.
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The DAWN Report: Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Emergency Department Visits, 1995-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2004. This fact sheet uses emergency department data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network to provide some insights into the eastward diffusion of methamphetamine abuse between 1995 and 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Benzodiazepines in Drug Abuse-Related ED Visits, 1995-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This report provides data on emergency department visits related to benzodiazepines, which are psychotherapeutic sedatives used to treat anxiety, insomnia, and seizures.
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The DAWN Report: Club Drugs, 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This fact sheet focuses on emergency department visits related to GHB, Ketamine, LSD, and MDMA (commonly known as Ecstasy).
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The DAWN Report: Demographic Characteristics of Benzodiazepine-involved ED Visits, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This report focuses on demographic characteristics of drug abuse-related ED visits that involved the psychotherapeutic sedative, benzodiazepine.
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The DAWN Report: Major Drugs of Abuse in ED Visits, 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2004. This report examines geographic variation in emergency department (ED) visits related to cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine.
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The DAWN Report: Marijuana-Related Emergency Department Visits by Youth, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2003. This report provides data on marijuana, the most frequently reported drug in emergency department visits by youth.
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The DAWN Report: Methadone-Involved Deaths in 8 Metropolitan Areas, 1997-2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This report focuses on deaths involving methadone in 8 metropolitan areas: Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.
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The DAWN Report: Narcotic Analgesics , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2003. This report provides data on emergency department visits related to prescription painkillers from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN).
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The DAWN Report: Opiate-Related Drug Misuse Deaths in 6 States, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2006. This report examines the involvement of opiates in deaths related to drug misuse in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland, Utah, and New Mexico.
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The DAWN Report: Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Polydrug Use, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This report focuses on drug abuse-related emergency department visits involving two frequently reported opioid pain relievers— oxycodone and hydrocodone.
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The DAWN Report: Trends in PCP-Related Emergency Department Visits, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This fact sheet examines trends in PCP-related visits to hospital emergency departments nationally and in 21 metropolitan areas.
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Denial of Petition (Marijuana Rescheduling), Drug Enforcement Administration, April 2001. A reply to a petition for the rescheduling of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act.
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Detection of "Date-Rape" Drugs in Hair and Urine, Final Report, National Institute of Justice, A. Negrusz, August 2003. The objective of this project was to develop a methodology to detect flunitrazepam and its major metabolite 7-aminoflunitrazepam in the hair of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assault.
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Developing a Strategy for a Multiagency Response to Clandestine Drug Laboratories, Bureau of Justice Assistance, June 1993. Designed to help State and local law enforcement officials plan, organize, and manage a comprehensive Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program (CLEP).
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Do Drugs -- Do Time: An Evaluation of the Maricopa County Demand Reduction Program, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, John R. Hepburn, Ph.D., C. Wayne Johnston, and Scott Rogers, October 1994. Assessed a program to reduce use of illegal drugs, by targeting casual users of marijuana and other drugs.
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Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment 2007, National Drug Intelligence Center, February 2007. This assessment provides a strategic overview of cannabis cultivation and marijuana production in the United States.
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The Double Life of OxyContin: Miracle Painkiller AND Illicit Street Drug What Are States Doing?, National Conference of State Legislatures, February 2002. This report provides an overview of State initiatives to deal with the diversion and abuse of OxyContin.
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Drug Abuse and Addiction Research: 25 Years of Discovery to Advance the Health of the Public, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 1999. An overview of drug use in the U.S., including data sources, information on specific drugs, and current research to treat drug addiction.
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Drug Control: U.S. Heroin Control Efforts in Southeast Asia, General Accounting Office, Jess T. Ford, September 1996. Congressional testimony on heroin trafficking from Southeast Asia to the U.S.
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Drug Courts: An Effective Strategy for Communities Facing Methamphetamine, Bureau of Justice Assistance, C. Huddleston, May 2005. This bulletin provides an overview of the debilitating effects of methamphetamine, the program components of a drug court, examples of successful drug court programs in areas deeply affected by methamphetamine use, and policy recommendations for implementing a drug court that will target a methamphetamine-using population.
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Drug Trafficking as a Security Threat in West Africa, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This report provides an analysis of the threat posed by drug trafficking to West African nations, with particular focus on cocaine trafficking.
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Drug-Facilitated Rape: Looking for the Missing Pieces, NIJ Journal, National Institute of Justice, Nora Fitzgerald and K. Jack Riley, Ph.D., April 2000. An overview of date-rape drugs and the techniques to be used when investigating drug-facilitated rapes.
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Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2004. This brochure answers the common questions asked about drug-facilitated sexual assault. It includes a description of drug-facilitated sexual assault, its prevalence, a description of the drugs used, and how they are obtained.
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Drug-facilitated, Incapacitated, and Forcible Rape: A National Study, NIJ-Sponsored, 2007. This study identified key case characteristics of drug-facilitated and forcible rapes and factors that affected women's reporting of rape to police or seeking help from a support network.
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Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, B. Logan and J. Couper, April 2004. This collection of fact sheets represent the conclusions of a panel of international experts on drug-impaired driving and include the state of current scientific knowledge in the area of drugs and human performance for 16 drugs.
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Drugs in the Heartland: Methamphetamine Use in Rural Nebraska, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, Denise C. Herz, April 2000. Methamphetamine use and trafficking among arrestees in four rural Nebraska counties and the city of Omaha.
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Drugs of Abuse: 2005 Edition, Drug Enforcement Administration, 2005. This report provides an overview of commonly abused legal and illegal drugs and their scheduling.
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DXM (Dextromethorphan)--Intelligence Bulletin, National Drug Intelligence Center, October 2004. This intelligence bulletin provides an assessment of DXM availability and abuse in the United States. DXM is a common ingredient contained in over-the-counter cough and cold medicines.
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Ecstasy and Amphetamines - Global Survey 2003, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, September 2003. The purpose of this survey is to review the size and nature of the amphetamine-type stimulants threat, with the view of exploring what society can do to overcome the problem.
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Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program: A Compendium of Resources, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2001. This Compendium was developed as a tool to assist States and localities in addressing underage drinking.
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Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse Advance Report and Highlights/Executive Summary: Abuse of Stimulants and Other Drugs, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2005. This report is a synthesis of findings presented at the 57th semiannual meeting of the Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG). A highlight of the meeting was a series of presentations by NIDA-supported researchers in a panel on methamphetamine abuse.
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Esteroides Anabolicos Abuso, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2007. The Spanish version of the Anabolic Steroid Abuse Research Report.
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Estimate of the Incidence of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault in the U.S., Final Report, NIJ-Sponsored, November 2005. This research was designed to better estimate the rate of drug-facilitated sexual assault and to examine the social aspects surrounding it.
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Estimating the Flow of Illegal Drugs Through Ukraine, Final Conference Paper, NIJ-sponsored, September 2001. This report explains the current state of drug trafficking and production in the Ukraine, especially as it relates heroin.
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Evaluation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, BJA-Sponsored, September 2006. This report examines the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs on the supply and abuse of prescription drugs.
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Evaluation of the COPS Office Methamphetamine Initiative, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, May 2003. This report provides a summary of efforts to combat methamphetamine in six U.S. cities.
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An evaluation of the Standardised Field Sobriety Tests for the detection of impairment associated with cannabis with and without alcohol, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2006. This study examines standardized field sobriety tests in relation to the presence of cannabis and alcohol.
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Exploring the Drugs-Crime Connection within the Electronic Dance Music and Hip-Hop Nightclub Scenes, NIJ-Sponsored, 2007. This study examined how the cultural ethos, behavioral norms, activities, and individual and group identities (subcultural features) inherent in the electronic dance music (EDM) and hip hop/rap (HH) nightclubs in Philadelphia, PA, impacted the relationship between alcohol/drugs and crime, with additional attention to victimization.
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Fact Sheet on Environmental Assessment for the Methamphetamine Initiative, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, July 2004. This fact sheet provides an overview of the Environmental Assessment, which evaluated the environmental impacts related to activities funded under the Methamphetamine Initiative and identified a variety of possible risks to the human environment as a result of the illicit production of methamphetamine.
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Fentanyl: Situation Report, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2006. This report provides information on the availability, abuse, production, and distribution of clandestinely produced fentanyl. This drug has been linked to hundreds of fatal and nonfatal overdoses across the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the United States since late 2005.
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Foxy Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2003. This brochure provides information on, a synthetic drug with the chemical name 5-methoxy-N, N-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT).
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Fry Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2004. This brochure answers common questions asked about Fry, which is a street term for marijuana or tobacco cigarettes that are dipped in PCP (phencyclidine) and/or embalming fluid, and then dried.
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GHB Analogs: GBL, BD, GHV, and GVL, National Drug Intelligence Center, August 2002. This information bulletin provides an update on the availability of, demand for, production, transportation, and distribution of GHB analogs.
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GHB and Analogs Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2003. This brochure alerts the public to the mind-altering risks and the short- and long-term effects to physical and mental health caused by GHB and similar drugs.
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GHB: A Club Drug To Watch, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, November 2002. This fact sheet discusses the increasing popularity of the illicit use of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and tells treatment providers how they can respond to those who abuse this drug.
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The Governance of illicit synthetic drugs, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, January 2005. This project aims to identify the various ways in which law enforcement have engaged with external institutions in attempting to reduce the supply of illicit synthetic drugs.
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Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs: Research Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, March 2001. An overview of drugs that distort the way a user perceives time, motion, colors, sounds, and self.
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Hallucinogens Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides information and data on substances such as LSD, PCP, psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline, DMT, AMT, Foxy, and DXM with links to source materials.
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Heroin Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2005. An overview of the use, effects, and treatment of heroin.
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Heroin Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on heroin with links to source materials.
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Heroin Fast Facts , National Drug Intelligence Center, March 2003. This brochure provides a brief overview of heroin.
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Heroin in the Caribbean Region, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, 2002. This fact sheet provides an overview of data on heroin use in the Caribbean Region.
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Heroin in the Northeast: A Regional Report, National Drug Intelligence Center, August 2003. This strategic assessment addresses the heroin situation in the Northeast region and contains findings derived through detailed analysis of the most recently available reporting from law enforcement, intelligence, and public health agencies.
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Huffing: The Abuse of Inhalants - Information Bulletin, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2001. Provides information about inhalant use in the United States.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Afghanistan and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Central Asia, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Central Asia and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Pakistan, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Pakistan and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Russian Federation and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Impact of the heroin shortage: Additional research, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2006. The aims of this study were to: assess what impact the heroin shortage had on initiation to heroin use; examine whether the associated increase in cocaine use led to an increase in violent crime and/or prostitution; provide a more detailed and analytical analysis of fatal and non-fatal drug overdose; and provide a closer examination of the impact of law enforcement operations.
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InfoFacts: Club Drugs (GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol), National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This resource provides information on the use and effects of the club drugs GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol.
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InfoFacts: Crack and Cocaine, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This resource provides information on the use and effects of powder and crack cocaine.
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InfoFacts: Drugged Driving, National Institute on Drug Abuse, April 2008. This report provides information on the negative consequences of driving under the influence of narcotics, as well as the scope of the problem.
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InfoFacts: Heroin, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2008. This resource provides information on the use, effects, and treatment options for heroin.
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InfoFacts: Inhalants, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This resource provides information about the use and health effects of inhalants.
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InfoFacts: Khat, National Institute on Drug Abuse, December 2007. This resource provides information on the use and effects of khat, a stimulant drug derived from a shrub that is native to East Africa and southern Arabia.
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InfoFacts: LSD, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2007. This resource provides information on the use and effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
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InfoFacts: Marijuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This resource presents information on the use and effects of marijuana.
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InfoFacts: MDMA (Ecstasy), National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This resource provides information on the effects and use of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA/ecstasy).
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InfoFacts: Methamphetamine, National Institute on Drug Abuse, March 2007. This resource provides information on the use and health hazards of methamphetamine.
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InfoFacts: PCP (Phencyclidine), National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2006. This resource provides information on the use and health hazards associated with PCP.
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InfoFacts: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This resource presents information on the non-medical use of prescription and over-the-counter substances.
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InfoFacts: Rohypnol and GHB, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2006. This resource provides information about the use and effects of Rohypnol (flunitrazepam) and GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate).
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InfoFacts: Salvia, National Institute on Drug Abuse, October 2007. This resource presents information on the use and effects of Salvia divinorum.
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InfoFacts: Steroids (Anabolic-Androgenic), National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This resource provides information on the use and health hazards of steroid abuse.
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Information Bulletin: Methadone Abuse Increasing, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2003. This Information Bulletin addresses a rise in methadone abuse and examines the methods by which abusers acquire this drug.
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Inhalant Abuse: Research Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, March 2005. This report provides information on the effects of inhalants, the scope of inhalant use, and the medical consequences of inhalant abuse.
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Inhalant/Solvent Use in the Caribbean Region, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, 2002. This fact sheet provides information about inhalant use in the Caribbean Region.
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Inhalants Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on inhalants with links to source materials.
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Inhalants: Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, March 2003. This fact sheet provides information on inhalant abuse and treatment options for inhalant users.
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Initiation of Marijuana Use: Trends, Patterns and Implications, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2002. This report contains an analysis of the initiation of marijuana use and presents in-depth analyses of the consequences of early use.
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Intelligence Bulletin: GHB Trafficking and Abuse, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2004. This report provides an assessment of GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) trafficking and abuse in the United States.
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Intelligence Bulletin: Khat (Catha edulis), National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2003. This bulletin indicates that the availability of khat, a plant containing stimulants regulated under the Controlled Substances Act, is increasing in the United States.
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Intelligence Bulletin: OxyContin Diversion, Availability, and Abuse, National Drug Intelligence Center, August 2004. This report provides an assessment of OxyContin diversion and abuse in the United States.
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Interrelationship Between the Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs: Summary Overview for Drug Court Practitioners, Bureau of Justice Assistance, John N. Marr, August 1999. The purpose of this report is to address the underlying physiological, sociological and psychological foundation for prohibiting persons addicted to controlled substances from using alcohol.
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Ketamine Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2003. This brochure provides information on Ketamine, which is an anesthetic that is abused for its hallucinogenic properties.
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Ketamine Intelligence Bulletin, National Drug Intelligence Center, July 2004. This bulletin discusses the trafficking and abuse of ketamine hydrochloride. It presents background information, smuggling from Mexico, abuse, effects, and its use in drug-facilitated sexual assault.
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Khat Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2008. This brochure answers the common questions about khat and includes a description of the drug, the risks of abuse and a profile of the typical abuser.
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Laos Opium Survey 2005, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2005. The survey collects and analyzes information on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, on the potential production of opium, as well as other socioeconomic dimensions of the problem.
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Le Trafic de Drogue comme Menace á la Sécurité en Afrique de l´Ouest, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This is the French language version of a report which provides an analysis of the threat posed by drug trafficking to West African nations, with particular focus on cocaine trafficking.
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Les Raves-Bulletin Informatif, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2002. Ce bulletin parle spécifiquement des raves et drogues de club aux États-Unis.
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Life of a Cell: Managerial Practice and Strategy in Colombian Cocaine Distribution in the United States, National Institute of Justice, J. Fuentes, January 1998. This report examines cell structuring, worker recruitment, establishment of customer lines, price-setting, enforcement of customer agreements, and organizational and behavioral responses to law enforcement pressures.
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LSD Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2003. This fact sheet provides general information on LSD.
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Marijuana Abuse Research Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2005. This report provides information on marijuana use, effects, treatment, and more.
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Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base, Institute of Medicine, 1999. Provides a review of the scientific evidence assessing potential health benefits and risks of marijuana and its constituent cannabinoids.
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Marijuana and Methamphetamine Trafficking on Federal Lands Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, February 2005. This report provides an assessment of marijuana cultivation and methamphetamine production occurring on and transportation through public federal lands.
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Marijuana Availability in the United States and Its Associated Territories, Library of Congress – Federal Research Division, December 2003. This report attempts to determine the annual amount of marijuana available in the U.S., the major avenues through which marijuana from foreign sources is smuggled into the U.S. and how much of the total production actually gets seized by law enforcement authorities.
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Marijuana Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on marijuana with links to source materials.
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Marijuana Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, March 2003. This brochure provides a brief overview of marijuana.
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Marijuana Use Among Students at Institutions of Higher Education, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, February 2002. This fact sheet provides information on marijuana use by college students.
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Marijuana: Facts for Teens, National Institute on Drug Abuse, November 1998. Provides information for teens on the dangers of marijuana use.
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Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know, National Institute on Drug Abuse, November 1998. A guide for parents to talk to their children about the dangers of marijuana.
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Maroc Enquête sur le Cannabis 2005, (French language version of the Morocco Cannabis Survey 2005) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, November 2006. This report provides data on cannabis crop cultivation in Morocco.
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MDMA (Ecstasy) Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, March 2003. This brochure provides a brief overview of the club drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy.
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Medicamentos de Prescripcion: Abuso y Adiccion, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2001. Spanish version of Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction.
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La Metanfetamina Abuse y Adiccion (Methamphetamine Abuse and Addiction), National Institute on Drug Abuse, April 1998. Spanish version of Methamphetamine: Abuse and Addiction.
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The Meth Epidemic: The Changing Demographics of Methamphetamine, National Association of Counties, August 2007. This report surveyed 500 county law enforcement officials in 43 states on the extent of the methamphetamine and other drug threats to their counties.
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Meth Matters: Report on Methamphetamine Users in Five Western Cities, National Institute of Justice, Susan Pennell, Joe Ellett, Cynthia Rienick, and Jackie Grimes, April 1999. Uses the ADAM program to document and compare methamphetamine use and its consequences among arrestees in five Western cities.
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Methadone Diversion, Abuse, and Misuse: Deaths Increasing at Alarming Rate, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2007. This assessment analyzes the increase in methadone-related deaths since the late 1990s, the increase in legitimately prescribed and disbursed methadone, and the thefts and increased availability of diverted methadone.
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Methadone Fact Sheet, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse, Erin Steiner Broekhuysen, April 2000. An overview of issues dealing with methadone treatment.
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Methamphetamine and Related Crime: The Impacts of Methamphetamine Abuse, Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, March 2006. This assessment outlines the current methamphetamine threat and the public impact the drug is having in Washington State.
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Methamphetamine Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on methamphetamine with links to source materials.
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Methamphetamine Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2003. This fact sheet provides an overview of methamphetamine.
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Methamphetamine Initiative, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, September 2004. This fact sheet provides an overview of the COPS Methamphetamine Initiative, which supports enforcement, training, and lab cleanup activities nationwide.
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Methamphetamine Initiative: Final Environmental Assessment, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, May 2003. This report provides information on the impact clandestine laboratories have on the environment.
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Methamphetamine Interagency Task Force: Final Report, Office of National Drug Control Policy, National Institute of Justice, January 2000. Presents the findings of a collaborative effort by Federal and non-Federal experts in law enforcement, prevention, education, and treatment on methamphetamine.
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Methamphetamine Laboratory Identification and Hazards Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, December 2003. This fact sheets provides information on methamphetamine labs and the dangers associated with them.
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The Methamphetamine Menace, National Conference of State Legislatures, B. Harrison and D. Sanchez, January 2004. This fact sheet highlights the problems associated with methamphetamine and discusses how some States are responding.
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Methamphetamine Use Among Arrestees: Findings From the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) Program, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, Gabrielle M. Kyle and Thomas E. Feucht. November 1996. This report provides trends in methamphetamine use, based on data from the Drug Use Forecasting program.
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Methamphetamine Use: Lessons Learned, NIJ-Sponsored, D. Hunt, L. Truitt, and S. Kuck. May 2005. This report provides an overview of the methamphetamine problem in the United States. It looks at the history of the problem, trends in use, characteristics of users, adverse effects, trafficking and production and treatment issues.
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Methamphetamine-Related Identity Theft, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2007. This Intelligence Bulletin documents the relationship between the trafficking and distribution of methamphetamine and the crime of identity theft.
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Methamphetamine: A New Tiger to Tame, NIJ-Sponsored, June 2006. This article provides an overview of the multifaceted and complex techniques that are necessary to oppose the new concerns that are presented by methamphetamine.
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Methamphetamine Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2006. This Research Report provides an overview of methamphetamine use, effects, and treatment.
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Methamphetamine: An Update on an Emerging Problem, National Institute of Justice, NIJ Journal, October 2000. Provides an overview of the Methamphetamine Interagency Task Force.
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Methamphetamine: Community Drug Alert Bulletin, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1998. Provides succinct information on methamphetamine and gives resources for more information.
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Methamphetamine: Final Report, United States Sentencing Commission, November 1999. This is the final report of the Methamphetamine Policy Team regarding implementation of the Methamphetamine Trafficking Penalty Enhancement Act of 1998.
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Methcathinone "Cat" Laboratories: A Collaborative Effort to Eliminate Illicit Production, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 1997. This bulletin provides information on how the Indiana State Police dealt with numerous methcathinone laboratories.
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Misuse of Prescription Drugs: Data from the 2002, 2003, and 2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2006. This report covers the non-medical use of four broad classes of prescription psychotherapeutics including pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives, as well as the specific drugs OxyContin and methamphetamine.
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Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings, 2007, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report presents trends in the use of licit and illicit drugs, as well as trends in the levels of perceived risk and personal disapproval associated with each drug.
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Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2007. Volume I: Secondary School Students, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report provides data on the prevalence and frequency of drug use among American secondary school students as well as historical trends in use by students in this population.
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Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2007. Volume II: College Students and Adults Ages 19-45, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report provides findings on the substance use and related behaviors of several segments of the adult population. It also contains findings on attitudes and beliefs about drugs, as well as on several particularly salient dimensions of their social environments.
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Monitoring the Marijuana Upsurge With DUF/ADAM Arrestees, Final Report, National Institute of Justice, A. Golub and B. Johnson, July 2001. This report examines the dynamics of trends in marijuana use detected at 23 locations across the nation served by the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program from 1987 through 1998.
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Morocco Cannabis Survey 2005: Executive Summary, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, November 2006. This report provides data on cannabis crop cultivation in Morocco.
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Myanmar Opium Survey 2005, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, November 2005. The survey collects and analyzes information on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, on the potential production of opium, as well as other socioeconomic dimensions of the problem.
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National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy 2008-2011, National Drug Strategy, Australia, September 2008. This strategy outlines the Australian government's strategy to reduce the use of amphetamine-type substances through prevention, supply reduction, and treatment.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) 2007 Annual Report, Drug Enforcement Administration, June 2008. This report presents the results of drug cases analyzed by forensic laboratories in 2007 from the NFLIS.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) Special Report Synthetic Drugs, 2001-2004, Drug Enforcement Administration, September 2005. This NFLIS Special Report presents findings on synthetic drugs including methamphetamine, amphetamine, PCP, MDMA and MDA. From 2001 to 2004, nearly 1 million of these selected synthetic drug items were analyzed by state and local forensic laboratories in the U.S., representing about 13% of all items analyzed.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) Special Report: Fentanyl, 2003-2006, Drug Enforcement Administration, September 2008. This report presents findings on fentanyl drug items reported to NFLIS between 2003 and 2006.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) Special Report: Narcotics Analgesics, 2001-2003, Drug Enforcement Administration, June 2004. Narcotic analgesics, derived from natural or synthetic opiates, are a category of pain medications that has emerged as a major drug problem in the United States. This special report presents findings on narcotic analgesics reported to NFLIS between 2001 and 2003.
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National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, December 2007. This assessment provides a strategic overview and outlook of the threat to the United States from the illicit trafficking and abuse of methamphetamine.
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National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIII: Teens and Parents, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, August 2008. This report provides the findings of a survey that measures attitudes towards drug abuse.
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National Symposium on Alcohol Abuse and Crime: Recommendations to the Office of Justice Programs, Office of Justice Programs, April 1998. The purposes of the symposium were to convene recognized leaders in the field of alcohol abuse, provide a forum for discussion, and provide advice to OJP.
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The New DAWN Report: Emergency Department Visits Involving Dextromethorphan, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2006. This issue of The DAWN Report examines the characteristics of emergency department visits that involve dextromethorphan (DXM) and products containing DXM.
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The New DAWN Report: Emergency Department Visits Involving Nonmedical Use of Selected Pharmaceuticals, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2006. This DAWN report examines drug-related Emergency Department visits associated with nonmedical use involving three pharmaceuticals that are often used nonmedically: opiates/opioid analgesics (pain relievers), benzodiazepines, and muscle relaxants.
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The NHSDA Report: Marijuana Use and Drug Dependence, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2002. This fact sheet provides data on marijuana use and addiction in the United States.
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The NHSDA Report: Alcohol Use by Persons Under the Legal Drinking Age of 21 , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2003. This fact sheet presents State and other data on underage drinking.
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The NHSDA Report: Characteristics of New Marijuana Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2003. This fact sheet provides data on patterns and trends in marijuana initiation, or first time use.
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The NHSDA Report: Ecstasy Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2001. This report focuses on the use of 3–4 methylenedioxymethamephetamine (MDMA), commonly known as Ecstasy.
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The NHSDA Report: Heavy Alcohol Use Among Young Adults, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2001. An overview of data on alcohol use by 18-25 year olds.
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The NHSDA Report: Low Rates of Alcohol Use among Asian Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2002. This report provides information on alcohol use among Asian youth.
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The NHSDA Report: Marijuana Use Among Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2002. This fact sheet provides data on marijuana use among youth, including information on demographics and academic performance.
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The NHSDA Report: Neighborhood Characteristics and Youth Marijuana Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2002. This report explores the links between the perceptions of neighborhood characteristics and marijuana use among youths.
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The NHSDA Report: Nonmedical Use of Prescription-Type Drugs among Youths and Young Adults , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2003. This fact sheet provides information on the nonmedical use of prescription–type drugs among persons aged 12 to 25.
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The NHSDA Report: Obtaining Marijuana Easy for Youth, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2001. This report reviews data on the availability of marijuana to youth.
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The NHSDA Report: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Youth Hallucinogen Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2003. This fact sheet provides data on the use of hallucinogens including LSD, PCP, Ecstasy, peyote, mescaline, and mushrooms.
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Non-Medical Marijuana III: Rite Of Passage Or Russian Roulette?, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, June 2008. This report provides information on marijuana use and its consequences.
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Nonpharmaceutical Fentanyl-Related Deaths — Multiple States, April 2005–March 2007, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2008. This report summarizes the results of an ad hoc case-finding and surveillance system implemented in May 2006 to identify deaths related to illicitly manufactured nonpharmaceutical fentanyl.
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The NSDUH Report: Age at First Use of Marijuana and Past Year Serious Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2005. This report focuses on the association between age at first use of marijuana and past year serious mental illness.
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The NSDUH Report: Binge Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12 to 20: 2002 and 2003 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2005. This report provides information on binge drinking by underage youth (ages 12-20).
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The NSDUH Report: Characteristics of Recent Adolescent Inhalant Initiates, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2006. This report focuses on youths aged 12 to 17 who initiated the use of inhalants in the 12 months prior to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
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The NSDUH Report: Cocaine Use: 2002 and 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2005. This report examines past year cocaine and crack cocaine use among persons aged 12 or older, as well as cocaine abuse or dependence.
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The NSDUH Report: Daily Marijuana Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2004. This report examines the associations between daily marijuana use and other substance use, as well as dependence on or abuse of marijuana.
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The NSDUH Report: Demographic and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2007. This report examines variation in the rates of past year injection drug use among persons aged 12 or older by gender, age, race/ethnicity, county type and region, using 2002 through 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Graduated Driver Licensing and Drinking Among Young Drivers, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This report examines the associations among binge drinking, heavy drinking, and DUI for drivers aged 15 to 17 by the restrictiveness of State GDL laws.
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The NSDUH Report: How and Where Young Adults Obtain Marijuana , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2006. This report focuses on how and where past year marijuana users aged 18 to 25 obtained their most recently used marijuana.
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The NSDUH Report: How Young Adults Obtain Prescription Pain Relievers for Nonmedical Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2006. This report presents data on the source of prescription pain relievers that were used nonmedically by young adults (aged 18 to 25).
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The NSDUH Report: How Youth Obtain Marijuana , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This report focuses on how youths aged 12 to 17 obtained marijuana the last time they used it, from whom they obtained it, and where they were when they obtained it.
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The NSDUH Report: Illicit Drug Use Among Lifetime NonDrinkers and Lifetime Alcohol Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report uses data from the 2002 and 2003 NSDUH to compare the patterns of illicit drug use among persons who have used alcohol in their lifetime with the patterns of illicit drug use among persons who have never used alcohol in their lifetime.
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The NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use across the Adolescent Years, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2008. This report focuses on variations in inhalant use among adolescents aged 12 to 17, by detailed age categories, based on combined 2002 through 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use Among Youths: 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This report focuses on past year inhalant use, but also presents information on the lifetime use of specific inhalants.
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The NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use and Delinquent Behaviors among Young Adolescents, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This report presents the prevalence of inhalant use among young adolescents aged 12 or 13, the association between inhalant use and delinquent behaviors within this age group, and the association between early onset of inhalant use and problems later in life.
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The NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use and Major Depressive Episode among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2004 to 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2008. This report examines the co-occurrence of inhalant use and major depressive episodes in the past year, based on combined 2004 through 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Injection Drug Use Update: 2002 and 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2005. This report provides data on injection drug use, including information on the sharing of needles.
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The NSDUH Report: Marijuana Use and Delinquent Behaviors Among Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This fact sheet provides data on problem behaviors among marijuana using youth aged 12 to 17.
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The NSDUH Report: Marijuana Use and Perceived Risk of Use among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2009. This report examines trends in past month marijuana use and perceptions of its risk among adolescents aged 12 to 17 between 2002 and 2007.
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The NSDUH Report: Methamphetamine Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2007. This report provides data on methamphetamine use during 2002-2005 as recorded by SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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The NSDUH Report: Misuse of Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications among Persons Aged 12 to 25, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2008. This report examines the prevalence and patterns of the use of over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medications to get high among persons aged 12 to 25, using data from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Oxycodone Users: A Comparison with Heroin Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report focuses on the characteristics of NSDUH respondents reporting nonmedical oxycodone use and respondents reporting heroin use.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Stimulant Use, Other Drug Use, Delinquent Behaviors, and Depression Among Adolescents, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2008. This report examines past year nonmedical use of stimulants among youths aged 12 to 17 and its association with other illicit drug use, delinquent activity, and major depressive episodes. Findings presented in this report are annual averages based on combined 2005 and 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Use of Adderall® among Full-Time College Students, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2009. This report examines the rates of nonmedical use of Adderall® in the past year among full-time college students aged 18 to 22 and comparably aged persons who were not full-time college students.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Substate Regions: 2004 to 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2008. This report presents data from the 2004 to 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on rates of nonmedical use of pain relievers in each of the 345 substate regions of the U.S.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2004. This report focuses on the nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Users of Pain Relievers, Characteristics of Recent Initiates, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2006. This report focuses on persons aged 12 or older who initiated nonmedical use of pain relievers and OxyContin® in the 12 months prior to the survey.
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The NSDUH Report: Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2008. This report uses data from a sample of parents and their children to examine overall rates of youth cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in the past year, as well as parent awareness of their child's use of these substances.
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The NSDUH Report: Patterns and Trends in Inhalant Use by Adolescent Males and Females, 2002-2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2007. This report focuses on lifetime and past year inhalant abuse among male and female juveniles, based on 2002-2005 National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Patterns and Trends in Nonmedical Prescription Pain Reliever Use: 2002 to 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2007. This report examines patterns and trends in the nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers among persons aged 12 or older based on 2002-2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Patterns of Hallucinogen Use and Initiation: 2004 and 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2007. This report examines patterns in the use of hallucinogens among persons aged 12 or older using 2004 and 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Seasonality of Youth's First Time Use of Marijuana, Cigarettes, or Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2004. This report focuses on respondents who recently initiated the use of marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes at an age that was younger than 18.
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The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Past Year Methamphetamine Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2006. This report is based on data combined from the last four years of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, providing a more detailed picture of who is using methamphetamine.
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The NSDUH Report: Stimulant Use, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2005. This report focuses on lifetime and past month nonmedical use of stimulants, as well as dependence on or abuse of stimulants.
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The NSDUH Report: Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2009. This resource examines use of inhalants by young people (ages 12-17) from 2002 through 2007.
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The NSDUH Report: Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers: 2002 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2009. This report presents data from the 2002 to 2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health to show trends in nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers (hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine) among the general population aged 12 and older.
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The NSDUH Report: Use of Marijuana and Blunts among Adolescents, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2007. This report focuses on past month marijuana and blunt use among youths aged 12 to 17. All findings are based on data from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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The NSDUH Report: Use of Specific Hallucinogens: 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2008. This report examines the prevalence and patterns of the use of various hallucinogenic drugs among persons aged 12 or older, based on 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The OAS Report: A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2007. This report presents facts about adolescent substance use, including initiation, and receipt of treatment for substance use "on an average day."
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Opium Economy in Afghanistan: An International Problem, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, February 2003. This report examines Afghanistan’s opium economy in order to understand its dynamics, the reasons for its success, its beneficiaries and victims, and the problems it has caused domestically and abroad.
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Opium Poppy Cultivation in South East Asia: Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2007. The survey collects and analyzes information on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, on the potential production of opium, well as other socioeconomic dimensions of the problem.
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OxyContin Diversion and Abuse, Drug Enforcement Administration, October 2003. This report provides an overview of OxyContin use, diversion, and efforts to combat the problem.
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OxyContin Diversion and Abuse, National Drug Intelligence Center, January 2001. Provides information on the abuse, related criminal activity, and legislation of the prescription drug OxyContin.
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OxyContin Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, August 2003. This fact sheet provides information on OxyContin, a trade name for a painkiller available in the United States only by prescription.
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OxyContin: Prescription Drug Abuse – 2006 Revision, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, April 2006. An overview of information on OxyContin abuse and treatment.
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Parental Influences on Adolescent Marijuana Use and the Baby Boom Generation: Findings from the 1979-1996 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, C. Schaffran, D. Kandel, G. Lee, M. Davies, and P. Griesler. June 2001. This report investigates the association of marijuana use between parents and children, the differences among parental birth cohorts, and the determinants of child marijuana use.
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A Parents' Guide to Preventing Inhalant Abuse, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1999. A guide to educate parents about the dangers of inhalant abuse.
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The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS): Teens 2008 Report, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, February 2009. This annual study tracks the elaborate and complex attitudes people have about illegal drugs.
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Patterns of Club Drug Use in the U.S., 2004, The Gulf Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center, J. Maxwell, February 2004. This report provides information on the trends in ecstasy, GHB, ketamine, LSD, methamphetamine, and Rohypnol use.
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PCP Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2003. This brochure provides a brief overview of PCP and its effects.
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PCP Tablets Sold as MDMA - Information Bulletin, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2001. Informs the law enforcement and treatment communities of the nontraditional distribution of the hallucinogen PCP.
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Peru Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Peru.
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Pharmaceuticals Drug Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2004. This report provides an assessment of prescription drug availability, diversion, and abuse. Also discussed are the threats posed by doctor shopping, prescription fraud, unscrupulous physicians, theft, and internet pharmacies.
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Prescription Drugs Facts & Figures , Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on prescription drugs with links to source materials.
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Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2005. Provides information about commonly abused prescription drugs, their effects, detection, and treatment.
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Prescription Fraud, Office of Community Oriented Police Services, J. Wartell and N. La Vigne, May 2004. This guide describes the problem of prescription fraud and reviews responses to the problem.
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The Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2008. This report extends, improves, and augments previous estimates of trends in the price and purity of five major illicit drugs: powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana.
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Qualitative Study of Ecstasy Sellers in the San Francisco Bay Area, NIJ-Sponsored, S. Murphy, P. Sales, M. Duterte, and C. Jacinto. March 2005. This report provides the findings from a study on the San Francisco Bay Area's Ecstasy drug market.
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Rave Parties, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Michael S. Scott, August 2004. This guide addresses problems associated with rave parties and provides effective strategies for response.
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Recreational Use of Ritalin on College Campuses, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, July 2003. This fact sheet describes Ritalin use on college campuses, outlines possible effects of its abuse, and recommends policies for institutions of higher education.
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Relationship between State Methamphetamine Precursor Laws and Trends in Small Toxic Lab (STL) Seizures, NIJ-Sponsored, 2008. This report provides a multi-state scientific analysis of the relationships between state methamphetamine precursor policies and trends in STL seizures after the implementation of various precursor control laws.
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Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2005, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, March 2006. This report analyzes crop substitution programs which seek to replace opium poppy and coca leaf crops with legal cash crops.
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Report to Congress: Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy, U.S. Sentencing Commission, May 2007. This report provides recommendations to Congress for modifications to the statutory penalty structure for Federal cocaine offenses.
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Reportes de Investigación - Abuso de la Marihuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, November 2002. This report provides information on marijuana abuse, effects, and treatment in Spanish.
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Research Report: MDMA (Ecstasy) Abuse, National Institute on Drug Abuse, February 2006. This report provides information on MDMA abuse, history, and effects.
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Rise of Hallucinogen Use, National Institute of Justice, Dana Hunt, October 1997. This report provides an overview of data from various sources on hallucinogen use in the United States.
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Rise of Marijuana as the Drug of Choice Among Youthful Adult Arrestees, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, Andrew Golub and Bruce D. Johnson, June 2001. Discusses trends in marijuana use among booked young adult arrestees from 1987 through 1999.
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Rohypnol (Flunitrazepam), Drug Enforcement Administration, July 1995. This fact sheet provides information on rohypnol use, effects, trafficking, and scheduling.
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Serie de Reportes, La Heroina: Abuso y Adiccion, National Institute on Drug Abuse, January 2003. The Spanish language version of Heroin: Abuse and Addiction.
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Sniffer - L'Abus de Substances Inhalées--Bulletin Informatif, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2002. Ce bulletin parle de l'abus de substances inhalées dans les États-Unis.
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Soma Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2004. This report provides information on Soma, a trade name for prescription drug carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant legitimately prescribed to relieve pain from muscle injuries and spasms.
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Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization, Drug Enforcement Administration, November 2002. This booklet provides factual assertions that presents an accurate picture of America’s experience with drug use and what might happen if a more permissive policy on drug abuse is adopted.
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Steroid Abuse By Law Enforcement Personnel, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This guide helps police officers understand why anabolic steroids are being abused, and how they can educate law enforcement personnel and others about the dangers of these drugs.
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Steroid Abuse By School Age Children, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This guide helps parents and educators understand why steroids are being misused, and how they can provide counseling and implement procedures to educate youth about the dangers of these drugs.
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Steroid Abuse in Today's Society, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This guide will help you understand why steroids are being abused, and how you can educate athletes and others about the dangers of these drugs.
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Steroids Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, June 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on steroids with links to source materials.
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Strategic Approaches to Clandestine Drug Laboratory Enforcement, Bureau of Justice Assistance, September 1999. This report provides an overview of the Clandestine Laboratory Model Enforcement Program.
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Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse, May 2006. The Street Terms database contains over 2,000 street terms that refer to specific drug types or drug activity.
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Survey of State Prescription Monitoring Programs, BJA-Sponsored, January 2007. This research report provides data on state prescription monitoring programs (PMP) and addresses critical issues, such as PMP data sharing.
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Technical Report for the Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2008. The purpose of this technical report is to provide detailed documentation of all programming and statistical activities involved in the construction of the price and purity series presented in Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007.
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The Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This report provides an overview of the production, trafficking, and consumption of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamine-type-substances in North America.
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Tips for Parents: The Truth About Club Drugs, Office of Justice Programs, 2001. This brochure describes club drugs, their effects and gives important tips and resources about how to identify, prevent and treat drug abuse.
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2000. Contains facts about the dangers of alcohol abuse.
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Club Drugs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2000. This brochure provides facts about ecstasy, GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol.
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Cocaine, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2000. This brochure provides facts about cocaine.
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Hallucinogens, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2001. This brochure provides facts on hallucinogens like LSD or PCP.
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Inhalants, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2000. This brochure provides facts about inhalants.
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2000. This brochure provides facts about marijuana.
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Methamphetamine, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2001. This brochure provides facts on methamphetamine.
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Steroids, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2001. This brochure provides facts on steroids.
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Toxicological Investigations of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assaults , Federal Bureau of Investigation, M. LeBeau, April 1999. This report addresses common problems encountered by toxicologists in cases of drug-facilitated sexual assault and provides suggestions to overcome some of these obstacles.
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U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan, U.S. State Department, August 2007. This paper evaluates the current counternarcotics strategy for Afghanistan, examines issues, obstacles, and lessons learned and presents a way forward on key elements of the strategy, including public information, alternative development, poppy elimination/eradication, interdiction and justice reform.
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U.S. Sentencing Commission Preliminary Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Data Report, U.S. Sentencing Commission, October 2008. This report provides data on recent court decisions that have considered motions to reduce the length of imprisonment for certain offenders convicted of offenses involving crack cocaine prior to November 1, 2007, the date when an amendment to the Federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses became effective.
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Underage Drinking, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, K. Johnson, September 2004. This guide describes the problem of underage drinking, identifies a series of questions to help you analyze your local problem, and reviews responses to the problem.
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Volatile Substance Abuse, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, January 1997. This report provides information on "glue sniffing", inhalant abuse, solvent abuse or volatile substance abuse (VSA).
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The War on Meth in Indian Country, Community Capacity Development Office, April 2007. This article describes recent Federal efforts to fight methamphetamine abuse on tribal reservations.
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Winning At Any Cost: Doping in Olympic Sports, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, September 2000. This report provides information on the use of performance-enhancing substances by Olympic athletes and recommends a series of steps to eliminate doping in the Olympics.
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Wyoming Methamphetamine Treatment Initiative, National Institute of Justice, April 2002. This report provides an overview of Wyoming's methamphetamine treatment initiative.
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Wyoming's Methamphetamine Initiative: The Power of Informed Process, Bureau of Justice Assistance, David Singh, May 2001. Wyoming's response to the methamphetamine crisis marks a shift in priorities from enforcement to treatment.
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Yaba Fast Facts , National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2003. This brochure provides information on Yaba, a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine.
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"You’ve Got Drugs!" V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, July 2008. This annual white paper examined the online availability of controlled prescription drugs over the Internet.
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