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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.

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This list of recommended websites are government and research based information. I have tried to avoid using subjective and/or “for profit” websites.
 

Disposal of Prescription Drugs
  
Question concerning proper disposal of prescription drugs

 Drug Information:
   
Drug Information

   Street Names
   What is OxyContin?
   OxyContin
   Top 50 items of the week
   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
   Profile Oxycodone
   Drug fact sheet  
   Weekly report on Substance Abuse issues and trends
     
 Educational Programs:
  Scholastic for teachers, parents, teens, kids
   American Council for Drug Education

Parents
   Parenting Advice
   Crisis Information
   Parenting Newsletter
   Not My Kid
   Drug & Alcohol Assessment
   Medicine Safety: A Toolkit for Families
   Knowledge Application Programs (KAP)
  
What is substance abuse treatment? A booklet for families.
  Pushing Back...making the drug dealer smaller
   National Families in Action
   Teen Drug Abuse
   D.A.R.E. Drug Abuse Resistance Education

 

College (see also college link)
   2006 College Stats

   The Generation X initiative at Ohio State- Excellent - Students get involved
   College and high school students
   College Drinking- Changing the culture

  
Teen
   Above the Influence
   Just think Twice Street Smart Prevention
   SADD Students Against Destructive Decisions
   
Underaged Drinking Enforcement Training Center
 

Science of addiction & the brain
    Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction
    Your Brain on Drugs...  NIDA for teens 
    Brain’s Response to Opiates
    Addiction and Craving
    Theories of Addiction
    University of Utah- The New Science of Addiction: Genetics and the Brain
   
Meet your incredible brain
    Central Control Problem- good diagram

Additional Information:
  Comorbidity: Addiction and other Mental Illnesses
  Co-occurring Center for Excellence
   Screening and Assessment
  
Silence hurts: Alcohol abuse and Violence against women
  
Workplace Substance Use: Quick Facts to inform Managers
  Resilience
 

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) Detailed information about Drug abuse emergency room visits and medical examiners reports
Monitoring the Future- an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults.
State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
 

National Drug Court Institute- Webinars

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Crimeseen.com- a crime solving social network
Five years from Now

Major Government websites: (homepage of above referenced links)
Office of National Drug Control Policy
National Institute on Drug Abuse
SAMHSA

U. S. DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University CASA
National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
American Society of Addiction Medicine
CESAR (Center for Substance Abuse Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Mayo Clinic 
Hope Today-
Edward G. Callister Foundation- Answers for families, comorbidity, chemical addiction

LEGAL INFORMATION
The Research Project- Research and Advocacy for Reform

Recovery (other helpful links)

The websites listed above are mostly government and research based programs. If you google for more information be careful... drug companies are often linked to a group, facility or other programs i.e. Partnership for a Drug Free American (now called “The Partnership at Drugfree) is partnered with King Pharmaceutials). Remember the warning on cigarette boxes... Do you really think those companies don’t want a person to smoke? The same is true for drug companies.  (Read interesting facts about drug company spending.)
                      (Websites sponsored by drug companies.)

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