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this page. We encourage you to explore each site.
Alcohol
- Alcohol – VATTC
- Alcohol – CESAR
- Alcohol2 – CESAR
- Alcohol – ARF
- Alcohol – NFIA
- Alcohol Doses, Measurements, and Blood Alcohol Levels – IPRC
- Very Low Potency Alcoholic Beverages – IPRC
- Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving – ARF
- Effects of Alcohol Intoxication – IUADIC
- Tips
For Controlling Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) – IUADIC - Personal Checklist Around The Use Of Alcohol –
IUADIC - Alcohol Binge – Alice
- Blood Alcohol Concentration – BAC – UMH
- Responsible Drinking Notes – UMH
- Alcohol Pharmacology – MoDADA
- Naltrexone (REVIA-®) for the Treatment of Alcoholism –
NIAAA - Naltrexone DATNet
- Naltrexone (REVIA-®) – ARF
- Responding to Alcohol Problems – IUADIC
- Children of Alcoholics – FF/AACAP
- Adult Children of Alcoholics – UICC
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects Information Homepage
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome – MoDADA
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome – CESAR
Other Drugs
- Searchable On-Line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang –
IPRC - Drug Slang – CESAR
- A – Cl
- Co – Ha
- Hc – Mi
- Mo – R
- Drug Slang by Drug Type
- Amphetamines – MoDADA
- Amphetamines – CESAR
- Amphetamine2 – CESAR
- Amphetamines – ARF
- Amphetamines – IPRC
- Amyl Nitrite – MoDADA
- Barbiturates – MoDADA
- Barbiturates – ARF
- Benzodiazepines – ARF
- Butyl Nitrite – MoDADA
- Caffeine – MoDADA
- Caffeine – ARF
- Cocaine – MoDADA
- Cocaine – CESAR
- Cocaine – IPRC
- Cocaine – CESAR
- Cocaine – VATTC
- Cocaine – ARF
- Cocaine – NFIA
- Codeine – MoDADA
- Crystal Meth – Alice
- Designer Drugs – CESAR
- Ecstasy – NFIA
- DMT – MoDADA
- Glue – MoDADA
- Hallucinogens – MoDADA
- Hallucinogens – CESAR
- Hallucinogens – ARF
- Heroin – MoDADA
- Heroin – CESAR
- Heroin – NFIA
- Ice – NFIA
- Inhalants – MoDADA
- Inhalants – CESAR
- Inhalants2 – CESAR
- Inhalants – ARF
- Inhalants – IPRC
- Inhalants – NFIA
- LSD – MoDADA
- LSD – ARF
- LSD – NFIA
- Magic mushrooms – Psilocybin – Alice
- Marijuana – MoDADA
- Marijuana – CESAR
- Marijuana 2 – CESAR
- Marijuana 3 – CESAR
- Marijuana – VATTC
- Marijuana – IPRC
- Marijuana – NFIA
- Cannabis – ARF
- Marijuana and Cancer – Alice
- Mescaline – MoDADA
- Methcathinone – IPRC
- Ritalin – methylphenidate – IPRC
- Nitrous Oxide – Alice
- Opiates – MoDADA
- Opiates – ARF
- PCP – MoDADA
- PCP – CESAR
- PCP2 – CESAR
- PCP – ARF
- PCP – NFIA
- Psilocybin – MoDADA
- Rohypnol – Rophies – WOA
- Rohyphol – CESAR
- Rohypnol – DATNet
- Rohypnol – NIDA
- Rohypnol – NFIA
- Sedative-Hypnotics – MoDADA
- Sedative-Hypnotics – CESAR
- Special K and X – Ketamine and MDMA – Alice
- Steroids – MoDADA
- Steroids – CESAR
- Steroids – CESAR
- Steroids – NFIA
- Stimulants – MoDADA
- Tramadol/Ultram – MSB
- Tranquilizers – MoDADA
- Tranquilizers – ARF
- Valerian – CESAR
- Vivarin – Caffeine – Alice
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General Substance Abuse
General Information on Addiction – CESAR
Teens: Alcohol and Other Drugs – FF/AACAP
How to Help Your Friend – IUIDIC
Making Decisions About Substance Abuse Treatment – FF/AACAP
What is your Risk for Substance Abuse – UMH
Alcohol, Drugs and Violence – Alice
Treatment Benefits – MoDADA
Women and Substance Abuse – MoDADA
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Tobacco
Tobacco – IPRC
Smokeless Tobacco – MoDADA
Quitting Smokeless Tobacco – Alice
Cigarette Smoking – MODADA
Cigarette Smoking and Adults – Oncolink
Health Facts about Tobacco – WHO
Tobacco – NFIA
Costs of Tobacco Use – WHO
The Public Health Implications of the Economics of Tobacco – WHO
Smoking and Cancer – Oncolink
Environmental Tobacco Smoke – Oncolink
Second Hand Smoke: Mothers and Their Children – Oncolink
Second Hand Smoke and Cancer – Oncolink
CDC Smoking Information Page – CDC
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Fact Sheet Citations Alice Go Ask Alice, Columbia University Health
Sciences
ARF Addiction Research Foundation
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CESAR Center for Substance Abuse Research , University of Maryland
DATNet DATNet
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
FF/AACAP Facts for Families. American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
IPRC Indiana Prevention Resource Center
IUDIC Indiana University Alcohol and Drug Information Center
MoDADA Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
MSB Medical Sciences Bulletin
NCI National Cancer Institute
NFIA National Families in Action
NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse
Oncolink Oncolink at the University of Pennsylvania
UICC University of Illinois Counseling Center
UMH University of Montana HEALTHLINE
VATTC Virginia Addiction Technology Transfer Center
WHO World Health Organization
WOA Web of Addictions