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Facts and implications about alcohol, tobacco and other drug use
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This site includes general information, statistics, and grant opportunities
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Information about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs assembled from a variety of sources
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A national nonprofit membership organization working on behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents
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National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
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Provides hands-on information about community collaboration to establish a diversion program for youth whose court involvement is associated with AOD abuse
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Harm Reduction philosophy and interventions
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Facts For Families from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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From the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information |
A major national and global network including parents, educators, students, lawyers, health care professionals, academics, and others working for drug policy reform from a variety of perspectives, including harm reduction, reform of sentencing and forfeiture laws, medicalization of currently schedule I drugs, and promotion of an open debate on drug prohibition
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A collection of references on drugs and children - what causes drug problems among children, and how to deal with them when they happen
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A self assessment checklist suitable for teens and young adults
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Information about drugs relating to any of the following topics: About, Origins, Effects, The Law, Composition, Emergency and Risks, and you can search by these topics from one drug to another
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Offers a large and diverse online library of full-text drug and drug policy-related documents
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The most complete and accurate compilation of information about drugs on the Web. The more you know about drugs, the more you can do to help the people you care about. Turn to us for the slang names of drugs, information on different drugs and tips on how to talk to your kids about drugs
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Previous research has linked insomnia with the subsequent onset of alcohol abuse, nicotine dependence, and drug abuse/dependence in some adults. A study in the April issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research is the first longitudinal study to examine and find an association between sleep problems during early childhood and substance abuse during adolescence
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Links to excerpts from selected Federal government publications, which contain information on juveniles and drugs. They include data on prevalence of drug use, consequences of use, and adjudication
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The database contains over 2,000 street terms that refer to specific drug types or drug activity
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Color photographs of drugs, drug paraphernalia, and drug-related topics
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This monograph highlights the trends in minority drug use and draws attention to particular factors that influence drug use by minority youth. The report offers important and constructive data that will influence and aid in the development of prevention programs for minority youth
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The survey, commissioned by the Department of Health, was carried out by the National Centre for Social Research and the National Foundation for Educational Research among more than 7,000 pupils in 225 schools in England during Autumn 2000
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The purpose of this web site is to provide basic information about the Self-Medication Hypothesis -- one of the most influential theories of the causation of drug abuse and addictions
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A list of comprehensive data bases from the Australian National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
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As a nation we have tried prohibition legislation twice in the past for controlling irresponsible drinking problems. These laws were finally repealed because they were unenforceable and because the backlash towards them caused other social problems. Today we are repeating history and making the same mistakes that occurred in the past
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Online training for working with youth in the juvenile justice system who have co-occurring disorders of substance abuse and mental illness/serious emotional disorders
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Includes statistics on substance use and information on recognition and treatment options
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General information about a variety of drugs
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Since 1975, the MTF has annually studied the extent of drug abuse among high school 12th-graders. The survey was expanded in 1991 to include 8th- and 10th-graders. It is funded by NIDA and is conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The goal of the survey is to collect data on past month, past year, and lifetime drug use among students in these grade levels. This, the 29th annual study, was conducted during 2003
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Summary of the results of the 2003 Monitoring the Future survey
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Committed to providing education on harms caused by the War on Drugs, working to involve youth in the political process, and promoting an open, honest, and rational discussion of alternative solutions to our nation's drug problems
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Jeanette Friedman, C. S. W., Director of the Impact Program at Phoenix House, discussed aspects of adolescent drug and alcohol use of particular relevance to school personnel at a meeting of the NYU Child Study Center Education Advisory Committee
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Information about various drugs, statistics, warning signs. Designed mainly for parents
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Monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth. Reducing high rates of underage alcohol consumption and the suffering caused by alcohol-related injuries and deaths among young people requires using the public health strategies of limiting the access to and the appeal of alcohol to underage persons
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The personal and social damage that substance abuse inflicts on young people compels the school, the family, and the nation to develop new strategies for treatment and prevention
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Predicting Heavy Drug Use Results of a Longitudinal Study, Youth Characteristics Describing and Predicting Heavy Drug Use by Adults This study’s main aims are to describe the movement of adolescents and young adults
into and out of drug use and to predict heavy drug use. The data source is the
Department of Labor’s National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, which began in 1979
with a sample of 12,686 adolescents aged 14–21. After 17 rounds and 19 years, the
response rate in 1998 was 87 percent.
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Find information on alcohol treatment, help with drug abuse, and more
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Substance Use and Abuse
