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Resource for current and comprehensive information about substance abuse prevention and treatment.
http://www.health.org/
CSAP is the sole Federal organization with responsibility for improving accessibility and quality of substance abuse prevention services.
http://prevention.samhsa.gov/about
Information on the use and abuse of illegal drugs in the United States. Provided by the National Center for Health Statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/druguse.htm
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration presents national and state prevalence and trends in illegal drug use, the non-medical use of prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
http://www.DrugAbuseStatistics.samhsa.gov
Articles on all of the major categories of drugs from alcohol and nicotine to crack cocaine and heroin.
http://www.drugstv.com
Resource that provides links to a wide range of substance abuse resources. Provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugabuse.html
Simple explanation of alcohol abuse written for teens. Site includes similar pages about other drugs.
http://www.puberty101.com/d_alcohol.shtml
Defines many alcohol and substance abuse words and phrases from "absolute alcohol" to "zoopsia." Published by World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/terminology/who_lexicon/en/
Recent headlines and articles about alchol, alcoholism, and illegal drugs. Updated regularly.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=50