God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

If you are concerned that a person has an addiction to any drug please take them to a doctor immediately for a medical evaluation.
 Websites specifically for teens are in green and parents are in blue.

Educate Before you Medicate- excellent website for community education

 National Institute on Drug Abuse
    Glossary    2006 College Stats     
    Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction
    Your Brain on Drugs...  NIDA for teens
    Brain’s Response to Opiates   
    Comorbidity: Addiction and other Mental Illnesses
    Monitoring the Future- an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American            secondary school students, college students, and young adults.
    Addiction Science: From Molecules to Managed Care

 SAMHSA
  What is OxyContin?
  Top 50 items of the week
  Addiction and Craving
  Theories of Addiction
  Scholastic for teachers, parents, teens, kids
     Meet your incredible brain
     Central Control Problem- good diagram
  Join the Voices of Recovery
  Co-occurring Center for Excellence
  Silence hurts: Alcohol abuse and Violence against women
  Treatment Episode Data Set - The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of the 1.8 million annual admissions to treatment for abuse of alcohol and drugs in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems
   Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
For those who desire detailed information about Substance abuse from the adolescence to older Adults... TIP programs and/or  TAP series are excellent. NEW

U. S. DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)(homepage)
   Drug Information
   Drug Prevention...additional information
   Center for Drug Evaluation and Research NEW
   Stats and facts
   Prescription Medicine News Release
   Painkillers-Oxycontin (effect...overdose effects)
   Federal Trafficking Penalties
   Help a Friend ...     
   State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
   Just think Twice Street Smart Prevention
   Think Twice DEA Street Smart Prevention

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University CASA
   
CESAR (Center for Substance Abuse Research (homepage)
   Profile Oxycodone 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
   Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (homepage)
   OxyContin
  
Mayo Clinic

Hope Today- Edward G. Callister Foundation
 University of Utah- The New Science of Addiction: Genetics and the Brain

Office of National Drug Control Policy
   Prescription Drugs
   Teens and Prescription Drugs
   Street Names
   Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs
   Pushing Back...making the drug problem smaller

Drug Free American:
     Prescription Medicine Abuse
     Parent Tool kit     
     Not in my House- Video
     National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance
     Create a Memorial

Not My Kid
SADD Students Against Destructive Decisions

Medicine Safety: A Toolkit for Families new

American Council for Drug Education
   Drug fact sheet    Oxycontin  college and high school students

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults
College Drinking- Changing the culture
Pushing Back...making the drug dealer smaller
National Families in Action
D.A.R.E. Drug Abuse Resistance Education

National Alcohol & Drug Addiction..U.S. Dept. of Health

Science and Management of Addiction
   Youth Substance Addiction

The Research Project- Research and Advocacy for Reform
CADCA Building drug free communities
Underaged Drinking Enforcement Training Center

Workplace Substance Use: Quick Facts to inform Managers

Five years from Now

Addiction Helpful links

Recovery  Facilities and helpful links

Just Say No to Drug Reps !!! Find help care providers who do not accept gifts