Drug Abuse
Articles
- Elements of Effective Substance Abuse Education Programs
- Health Care Response to Youth Substance Abuse
- Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation Tools
- Substance Abuse Surveillance Data Sources
- Substance Abuse Surveillance Data Sources
- Teen Substance Abuse and Violence Facts
- Youth Substance Abuse - Risk and Protective Factors Research
Fact Sheets
External Resources
- Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools administers national and state Drug-Violence Prevention Programs, which fund educational agencies and other public and private nonprofit organizations.
Federal Partner: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This site provides information about the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services available to reduce illness, death, disability and cost to society resulting from substance abuse. It also offers an online locator for drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs.
Federal Partner: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents
This guide is designed to provide important research-based concepts and information, in a question-and-answer format, to further efforts to develop and carry out effective drug abuse prevention programs.
Federal Partner: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA has a number of resources including publications, reports and an organization listing. It also has an infants, children and adolescents workgroup that has more specific links on substance abuse among youth.
Federal Partner: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health - Office of National Drug Control Policy
Through this office, the White House offers a Drug-Free Communities Support Program, an Internet School Zone, and special Internet sections for parents, teens, and kids.
Federal Partner: Office of National Drug Control Policy - The D.A.R.E. Program
This web site is a collaborative effort by certified law enforcement officers, educators, students, parents and community to offer an educational program in the classroom to prevent or reduce drug abuse and violence among children and youth.
National Organization: The D.A.R.E. Program - Drugs and Crime
Publications
This page from NCJRS lists links to a variety of documents drugs and crime. It also contains information about drug abuse, treatment, and drug policy.
Federal Partner: National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS), U.S. Department of Justice
see also Alcohol Abuse