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Books
Balkin, Karen F. Tobacco and Smoking. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2005.
Beers, Mark H., and others. The Merck Manual of Medical Information, 2nd ed. New York: Pocket Books, 2003.
Brecher, Edward M., and others. The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs. Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1972. http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/lib rary/studies/cu/cumenu.htm (accessed September 12, 2005).
Connelly, Elizabeth Russell. Psychological Disorders Related to Designer Drugs. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House, 2000.
Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice. Drugs of Abuse: 2005 Edition. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2005. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/abuse/ind ex.htm (accessed September 12, 2005).
Drummond, Edward H. The Complete Guide to Psychiatric Drugs: Straight Talk for Best Results. New York: Wiley, 2000.
Fenster, Julie M. Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
Gahlinger, Paul M. Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use and Abuse. Las Vegas, NV: Sagebrush Press, 2001.
Gorman, Jack M. The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs, 3rd ed. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1997.
Hyde, Margaret O., and John F. Setaro. Drugs 101: An Overview for Teens. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-first Century Books, 2003.
Keltner, Norman L., and David G. Folks. Psychotropic Drugs. Philadelphia: Mosby, 2001.
Kuhn, Cynthia, Scott Swartzwelder, and Wilkie Wilson. Buzzed: The Straight Facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003.
McCay, William. The Truth about Smoking. New York: Facts on File, 2005.
Olive, M. Foster. Designer Drugs. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.
Physicians' Desk Reference, 59th ed. Montvale, NJ: Thomson PDR, 2004.
Physicians' Desk Reference for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements, 25th ed. Montvale, NJ: Thomson Healthcare, 2004.
Preston, John D., John H. O'Neal, and Mary C. Talaga. Consumer's Guide to Psychiatric Drugs. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 1998.
Silverman, Harold M. The Pill Book, 11th ed. New York: Bantam Books, 2004.
Sonder, Ben. All about Heroin. New York: Franklin Watts, 2002.
Wagner, Heather Lehr. Cocaine. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2003.
Weatherly, Myra. Ecstasy and Other Designer Drug Dangers. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2000.
Weil, Andrew, and Winifred Rosen. From Chocolate to Morphine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993, rev. 2004.
Wolfe, Sidney M. Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness. New York: Pocket Books, 2005.
Periodicals
Hargreaves, Guy. "Clandestine Drug Labs: Chemical Time Bombs." FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (April, 2000): pp. 1-9. http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/200 0/apr00leb.pdf (accessed September 13, 2005).
Jefferson, David J. "America's Most Dangerous Drug." Newsweek (August 8, 2005).
Reid, T.R. "Caffeine." National Geographic (January, 2005): pp. 3-33.
Web Sites
"2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)." Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.g ov (accessed September 13, 2005).
"A to Z of Drugs." British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/drugs (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Cigarette Smoking among American Teens Continues to Decline, but More Slowly than in the Past." National Institute of Drug Abuse. http://www.nida.nih.gov/Newsroom/04/200 4MTFTobacco.pdf (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Club Drugs—An Update: Drug Intelligence Brief" (September 2001). U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Intelligence Division. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/intel/010 26 (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Consumer Education: Over-the-Counter Medicine." Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/ot c_text.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
"DEA Briefs & Background: Drug Descriptions." U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. http://www.dea.gov/concern/concern.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2003: Interim National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. http://dawninfo.samhsa.gov/files/DAWN_E D_Interim2003.pdf (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Drug Facts." Office of National Drug Control Policy. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/dru gfact/ (accessed September 13, 2005).
Drug Free AZ. http://www.drugfreeaz.com/ (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Drug Guide by Name." Partnership for a Drug-Free America. http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/Drug_Gui de (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Drug Information." CESAR: Center for Substance Abuse Research at the University of Maryland. http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/drug_inf o.asp (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Drug Information." MedlinePlus. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drug information.html (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Drugs and Chemicals of Concern." U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugs _concern (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets." National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ research/job185drugs/technical-page.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Drugs of Abuse: Uses and Effects Chart." U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/abuse/cha rt.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Eating Disorders Information Index." National Eating Disorders Association. http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ p.asp?WebPage_ID=294. (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Educating Students about Drug Use and Mental Health." Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. http://www.camh.net/education/curriculu m_gr1to8intro.html (accessed September 13, 2005).
"The Faces of Meth." Multnomah County Sheriff's Office. http://www.facesofmeth.us/main.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Generation Rx: National Study Reveals New Category of Substance Abuse Emerging: Teens Abusing Rx and OTC Medications Intentionally to Get High" (April 21, 2005). Partnership for a Drug-Free America. http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/About/Ne wsReleases/Generation_Rx_Teens_Abusing_ Rx_and_OTC_Medications (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Health Channel—Drugs." How Stuff Works. http://health.howstuffworks.com/drugs-c hannel.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Health Information from the Office of Dietary Supplements." National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. http://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Informatio n/Health_Information.aspx (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Herbal Supplements: Consider Safety, Too." National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/supplement- safety/ (accessed September 13, 2005).
"In the Spotlight: Club Drugs" (updated September 1, 2005). National Criminal Justice Reference Service. http://www.ncjrs.gov/spotlight/club_dru gs/summary.html (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Index to Drug-Specific Information." Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/DrugSafety /DrugIndex.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
Kyle, Angelo D., and Bill Hansell. "The Meth Epidemic in America—Two Surveys of U.S. Counties: The Criminal Effect of Meth on Communities and The Impact of Meth on Children" (July 5, 2005). National Association of Counties (NACo). http://www.naco.org/Content/ContentGrou ps/Publications1/Press_Releases/Documen ts/NACoMethSurvey.pdf (accessed September 13, 2005).
Monitoring the Future. http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/ and http://www.nida.nih.gov/Newsroom/04/200 4MTFDrug.pdf (both accessed September 13, 2005).
"National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) Fast Facts Page." National Drug Intelligence Center. http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/topics/ffacts .htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
"National Drug Threat Assessment: 2005" (February 2005). U.S. Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center. http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs11/12620/ index.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
National Institute on Drug Abuse. http://www.nida.nih.gov/ and http://www.drugabuse.gov/ (both accessed September 13, 2005).
Neuroscience for Kids. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/n eurok.html (accessed September 13, 2005).
"NIDA for Teens: The Science behind Drug Abuse: Mind over Matter." National Institute on Drug Abuse. http://teens.drugabuse.gov/mom/ (accessed September 13, 2005).
"NIDA InfoFacts: Science-Based Facts on Drug Abuse and Addiction." National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse. http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/ (accessed September 13, 2005).
"NIDA Research Reports Index." National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse. http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS): Teens, 2004." Partnership for a Drug-Free America. http://www.drugfree.org/Files/Full_Repo rt_PATS_TEENS_7th-12th_grades_2004 (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Pulse Check: Drug Markets and Chronic Users in 25 of America's Largest Cities." Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/pub lications/drugfact/pulsechk/january04/j anuary2004.pdf (accessed on September 13, 2005).
"Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)." Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/issue.htm (accessed September 13, 2005).
"Under the Counter: The Diversion and Abuse of Controlled Prescription Drugs in the U.S." (July 2005). National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. http://www.casacolumbia.org/Absolutenm/ articlefiles/380-final_report.pdf (accessed September 13, 2005).
Organizations
Al-Anon/Alateen (Canada)
Capital Corporate Centre, 9 Antares Dr., Suite 245
Ottawa, ON K2E 7V5
Canada
(613) 723-8484
(613) 723-0151 (fax)
wso@al-anon.org
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/
Al-Anon/Alateen (United States)
1600 Corporate Landing Pkwy.
Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617
USA
(757) 563-1600
(757) 563-1655 (fax)
wso@al-anon.org
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
475 Riverside Dr., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10115
USA
In the U.S./Canada: Look for "Alcoholics Anonymous" in any telephone directory.
http://www.aa.org/
American Botanical Council
6200 Manor Rd.
Austin, TX 78723
USA
(512) 926-4900
(800) 373-7105
(512) 926-2345 (fax)
abc@herbalgram.org
http://www.herbalgram.org
American Council for Drug Education (ACDE; a Phoenix House agency)
164 West 74th St.
New York, NY 10023
USA
(800) 488-DRUG
acde@phoenixhouse.org
http://www.acde.org
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
4601 N. Park Ave., Upper Arcade #101
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
USA
(301) 656-3920
(301) 656-3815 (fax)
email@asam.org
http://www.asam.org/
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464
USA
(484) 945-2101
(610) 970-7520 (fax)
http://www.add.org/
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)
75 Albert St., Suite 300
Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7
Canada
(613) 235-4048
(613) 235-8101 (fax)
info@ccsa.ca
www.ccsa.ca
Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR)
4321 Hartwick Rd., Suite 501
College Park, MD 20740
USA
(301) 405-9770
(301) 403-8342 (fax)
CESAR@cesar.umd.edu
www.cesar.umd.edu
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT; a division of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
1 Choke Cherry Rd., Room 8-1036
Rockville, MD 20857
USA
(800) 662-HELP(4357) or (877) 767-8432 (Spanish)
http://csat.samhsa.gov or http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333
USA
(404) 639-3311
(800) 311-3435
http://www.cdc.gov/
Cocaine Anonymous World Services (CAWS)
3740 Overland Ave., Suite C
Los Angeles, CA 90034
USA
(310) 559-5833
(310) 559-2554 (fax)
cawso@ca.org
http://www.ca.org/
DARE America
P.O. Box 512090
Los Angeles, CA 90051-0090
USA
(800) 223-DARE
webmaster@dare.com
http://www.dare.com
Do It Now Foundation
Box 27568
Tempe, AZ 85285-7568
USA
(480) 736-0599
(480) 736-0771 (fax)
e-mail@doitnow
http://www.doitnow.org
Europe Against Drugs (EURAD)
8 Waltersland Rd.
Stillorgan, Dublin Ireland 01-2756766/7
01-2756768 (fax)
eurad@iol.ie
www.eurad.net
Institute for Traditional Medicine (ITM)
2017 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214
USA
(503) 233-4907
(503) 233-1017 (fax)
itm@itmonline.org
http://www.itmonline.org
Join Together (a project of the Boston University School of Public Health)
One Appleton St., 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02116-5223
USA
(617) 437-1500
(617) 437-9394 (fax)
info@jointogether.org
http://www.jointogether.org
Marijuana Anonymous World Services
P.O. Box 2912
Van Nuys, CA 91404
USA
(800) 766-6779
office@marijuana-anonymous.org
http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org
Methamphetamine Treatment Project, University of California at Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP)
11050 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025
USA
(310) 312-0500
(310) 312-0538 (fax)
http://www.methamphetamine.org/mtcc.htm or www.uclaisap.org
Narconon International
7060 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 220
Hollywood, CA 90028
USA
(323) 962-2404
(323) 962-6872 (fax)
info@narconon.org or rehab@narconon.org
http://www.narconon.org
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
P.O. Box 9999
Van Nuys, CA 91409
USA
(818) 773-9999
(818) 700-0700 (fax)
www.na.org
Narcotics Anonymous World Services Office (WSO)—Europe
48 Rue de l'Été/Zomerstraat
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
32-2-646-6012
32-2-649-9239 (fax)
http://www.na.org
National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA)
11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 100
Rockville, MD 20852
USA
(301) 468-0985
(888) 55-4COAS
(301) 468-0987 (fax)
nacoa@nacoa.org
http://www.nacoa.org/
National Cancer Institute, Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB)
Executive Plaza North, Room 4039B
6130 Executive Blvd. MSC 7337
Rockville, MD 20852
USA
(301) 594-6776
(301) 594-6787 (fax)
blakek@mail.nih.gov
www.tobaccocontrol.cancer.gov or http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/tcrb
National Capital Poison Center—Poison Help
3201 New Mexico Ave., NW Suite 310
Washington, DC 20016
USA
(202) 362-3867
(800) 222-1222
(202) 362-8377 (fax)
pc@poison.org
www.poison.org or www.1-800-222-1222.info
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearing-house (NCCAM; a division of the National Institutes of Health)
P.O. Box 7923
Gaithersburg, MD 20898
USA
(888) 644-6226
info@nccam.nih.gov
http://nccam.nih.gov/
National Center for Drug Free Sport, Inc.
810 Baltimore
Kansas City, MO 64105
USA
(816) 474-8655
(816) 474-7329 (fax)
info@drugfreesport.com
http://www.drugfreesport.com
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA)
633 Third Ave., 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017-6706
USA
(212) 841-5200
(212) 956-8020 (fax)
www.casacolumbia.org
National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD)
22 Cortlandt St., Suite 801
New York, NY 10007-3128
USA
(212) 269-7797
(800) 622-2255
(212) 269-7510 (fax)
national@ncadd.org
http://www.ncadd.org
National Eating Disorders Association
603 Stewart St., Suite 803
Seattle, WA 98101
USA
(206) 382-3587
(800) 931-2237
info@NationalEatingDisorders.org
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
National Families in Action
2957 Clairmont Road NE, Suite 150
Atlanta, GA 30329
USA
(404) 248-9676
(404) 248-1312 (fax)
nfia@nationalfamilies.org
http://www.nationalfamilies.org/
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition (NIPC)
332 - A Thompson St.
Chattanooga, TN 37405
USA
(423) 265-4662
(800) 269-4237
nipc@io.com
http://www.inhalants.org
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH; a division of the National Institutes of Health)
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
USA
(301) 443-4513
(866) 615-6464
(301) 443-4279 (fax)
nimhinfo@nih.gov
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA; a division of the National Institutes of Health)
6001 Executive Blvd., Room 5213
Bethesda, MD 20892-9561
USA
(301) 443-1124
(888) 644-6432
information@nida.nih.gov
http://www.drugabuse.gov or http://www.nida.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
USA
(301) 496-4000
NIHinfo@od.nih.gov
http://www.nih.gov/
Nicotine Anonymous
419 Main St., PMB #370
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
USA
(415) 750-0328
info@nicotine-anonymous.org
http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS; a division of the National Institutes of Health)
6100 Executive Blvd., Room 3B01, MSC 7517
Bethesda, MD 20892-7517
USA
(301) 435-2920
(301) 480-1845 (fax)
ods@nih.gov
http://ods.od.nih.gov/
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP; a division of the Executive Office of the President of the United States)
c/o Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
USA
(800) 666-3332
(301) 519-5212 (fax)
ondcp@ncjrs.gov
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Sports Medicine
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., CR110
Portland, OR 97239-3098
USA
(503) 494-8051
(503) 494-1310 (fax)
hpsm@ohsu.edu
http://www.ohsu.edu/hpsm
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
P.O. Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20847-2345
USA
(301) 468-2600
(800) 729-6686
http://www.health.org
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) National
Box 800
Marlborough, MA 01752
USA
(877) SADD-INC
(508) 481-5759 (fax)
info@sadd.org
http://www.sadd.org/
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
1 Choke Cherry Rd., Room 8-1036
Rockville, MD 20857
USA
(301) 443-8956
info@samsha.hhs.gov
http://www.samhsa.gov
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
1330 Quail Lake Loop., Suite 260
Colorado Springs, CO 80906-4651
USA
(719) 785-2000
(866) 601-2632; (800) 233-0393 (drug reference line); or (877) PLAY-CLEAN (877-752-9253)
(719) 785-2001 (fax)
drugreference@usantidoping.org
http://www.usantidoping.org/
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Mailstop: AXS, 2401 Jefferson Davis Hwy.
Alexandria, VA 22301
USA
(202) 307-1000
http://www.dea.gov
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
5600 Fishers Ln.
Rockville, MD 20857
USA
(888) INFO-FDA (888-463-6332)
http://www.fda.gov
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Stock Exchange Tower, 800 Place Victoria, Suite 1700
P.O. Box 120
Montreal, PQ H4Z 1B7
Canada
(514) 904-9232
(514) 904-8650 (fax)
info@wada-ama.org
www.wada-ama.org/
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