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Fact Sheets

The fact sheets below were developed by many different authors. In
some cases, the fact sheets were placed on the web by a different
organization than the one that wrote the document. However, all of the
fact sheets are in the public domain to encourage wide distribution. You
are free to copy and use these fact sheets.

The following list of abbreviations was used to indicate the source of
the document in the links provided on this page. Many of the sites listed
contain additional information beyond the fact sheets that are listed on
this page. We encourage you to explore each site.

Alcohol

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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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The Web of Addictions pages Copyright © 1997 by Andrew L.
Homer Ph.D and Dick Dillon . All rights reserved. If you have comments or
suggestions for the fact sheets – write us. If you would like to develop
additional fact sheets, send us a copy.

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

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