Resource Highlights

Alliance of States with Prescription Monitoring Programs
The Alliance of States with Prescription Monitoring Programs is a national organization of representatives from states that have established or are interested in establishing programs to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of prescription drugs.

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Diversion Control Program
The DEA Diversion Control Program is responsible for addressing two distinct problems: the diversion of controlled pharmaceuticals and the diversion of controlled chemicals.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research promotes and protects the health of Americans by ensuring that all prescription and over-the-counter drugs are safe and effective.

National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI)
NADDI is a membership organization whose members are responsible for investigating and prosecuting pharmaceutical drug diversion.

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
The purpose of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is to enhance the capacity of regulatory and law enforcement agencies to collect and analyze controlled substance prescription data.

Prescription Drug Monitoring Project
This section of the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws Web site provides information about state prescription drug monitoring programs.

Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind pilot program for providing point-of-sale substance abuse prevention information sheets to the consumers of highly abused prescription drugs.

Publications and Additional Resources

The Abuse of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs (PDF)
This brochure outlines the growing prescription drug problem and offers prevention tips for parents.

An Evaluation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDF)
This Bureau of Justice Assistance-sponsored resource examines the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs on the supply and abuse of prescription drugs.

Interim Report from the Interagency Working Group on Synthetic Drugs (PDF)
The Interim Report from ONDCP directs particular actions against methamphetamine and the diversion and abuse of prescription substances.

National Synthetic Drugs Action Plan: The Federal Government Response to Production, Trafficking, and Abuse of Synthetic Drugs and Diverted Pharmaceutical Products
This report from ONDCP and the U.S. Department of Justice provides a blueprint for action under the President's National Drug Control Strategy that brings together the various strands of domestic and international efforts into a coherent plan for attacking and disrupting the trade in these drugs.

Prescription Drugs Facts & Figures
This online resource provides comprehensive data on the misuse of prescription drugs.

Prescription Fraud
This guide from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) describes the problem of prescription fraud and reviews responses to the problem.

Prescription for Danger: A Report on Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse Among the Nation’s Teens (PDF)
This resource provides an overview of trends in the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs among youth aged 12-17 in the United States.

Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs

Resources from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA):

• A Pharmacist's Guide to Prescription Fraud
• Pharmacy Theft Warning Poster
• Working to Prevent the Diversion and Abuse of OxyContin

Resources from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA):

• InfoFacts: Prescription Pain and Other Medications
• Prescription Drugs Abuse and Addiction
• Selected Prescription Drugs with Potential for Abuse (PDF)
• More from NIDA

Resources from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):

• Emergency Department Visits Involving Nonmedical Use of Selected Pharmaceuticals (link to )
• How Young Adults Obtain Prescription Pain Relievers for Nonmedical Use
• Misuse of Prescription Drugs: Data from the 2002, 2003, and 2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health
• More from SAMHSA

Synthetic Drug Control Strategy: A Focus on Methamphetamine and Prescription Drug Abuse
This ONDCP report presents the Bush Administration's strategy for responding to the illicit use, or non-medical use, of controlled substance prescription drugs.

Teens and Prescription Drugs: An Analysis of Recent Trends on the Emerging Drug Threat (PDF)

Trends in the Abuse of Prescription Drugs (PDF)
This report from the Gulf Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) provides information and data from multiple data sources regarding the abuse of prescription drugs and patterns of prescription drug use.

Women and Prescription Drugs Fact Sheet
Data reveal that females are at particular risk for prescription drug abuse, with higher rates of abuse among teen girls, more emergency room visits among young women, and higher rates of treatment admissions for dependence on some prescription drugs among females.

"You've Got Drugs!" V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet: 2008 Update (PDF)
This report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University contains information about Web sites that sell prescription drugs.