Drug Abuse Prevention

 

  • Drug Abuse Prevention

Drug Abuse Prevention

Web Sites:

 

National Institute of Drug Abuse

www.nida.nih.gov and www.drugabuse.gov

 

National Institutes of Health

www.medlineplus.gov

(click on "Health Topics" and "D" for Drug Abuse)

 

National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

www.theantidrug.com

 

Office of National Drug Control Policy

www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact

 

United States Drug Enforcement Administration

www.usdoj.gov/dea/

(on the left-hand side of the page, click on "Drug Information")

 

Teen Health

www.teenshealth.org/

 

Stop Drugs sponsored by the CA Narcotic Officers' Association and CA Department of Justice

www.stopdrugs.org (click on "Drugs and Youth")

 

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Teen Health Site

www.pamf.org/teen/risk/drugs/index.html

 

Dr. Eric Chudler, Dept. of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html#drug

(scroll down until you find the section entitled The Effects of Drugs)

 

Library Media Center Databases:

 

Ebsco Research Databases: Consumer Health Complete

Use the Consumer Health Complete database to search for articles from magazines, newspapers, reference books, etc.

 

Newsbank Newsfile

Search here for current newspaper articles about drugs.