A Parent's Guide to Preventing Inhalant Abuse
This brochure gives parents a general overview of inhalant abuse among young people, including which household products are commonly abused, the health effects of inhalant abuse, how to recognize symp details...
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Are you Cool or Clueless?
Parents are invited to take this online quiz to test their knowledge of the drug-related slang names currently in use. There are 6 categories of drugs of abuse and 30 slang terms that change constan details...
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information |
Club Drugs Facts and Figures
This document is an overview of certain drugs that have emerged and become popular among teens and young adults at dance clubs and "raves." These drugs, collectively termed "club drugs," include MDMA/ details...
Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House |
Cocaine Facts and Figures
Pure cocaine was first used in the 1880s as a local anesthetic in eye, nose, and throat surgeries because of its ability to provide anesthesia as well as to constrict blood vessels and limit bleeding. details...
Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House |
Does Your Friend Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?: A Guide For Teens
This brochure advises young people on how to help a friend who may have a substance abuse problem. It answers questions such as: How can I tell if my friend has a drinking or other drug problem? What details...
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information |
Drug Abuse Prevention and Education
Parents, health professionals and community workers can find information about effective strategies for preventing drug use, and keeping drugs out of neighborhoods and schools. Includes also a link t details...
Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House |
Drugs of Abuse
The focus of this publication is the physiological effects of drug abuse. It discusses a variety of both controlled and illegal drugs including narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, stero details...
U.S. Department of Justice |
Growing Up Drug-Free - A Parent's Guide to Prevention
Schools, churches, synagogues, community groups, law enforcement--all can help to turn the tide on drug and alcohol abuse, but none can take a parent's place. This brochure explains to parents how to details...
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information |
Heroin Facts and Figures
This document is about Heroin, a highly addictive drug. It is the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted f details...
Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House |
Infant, Child, & Adolescent Workgroup - National Institute On Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA is the lead Federal agency for the conduct of basic, clinical, and epidemiological research designed to improve the understanding, treatment, and prevention of drug abuse and addiction and the he details...
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health |