Substance Use / Abuse

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Al-Anon / Alateen
Al-Anon for adults and Alateen for youth are programs that offer self-help recovery programs for families and friends of alcoholics. This site provides a directory of national and regional Al-Anon/Alateen groups and resources in the United States and Canada together with contact information; a description of the AA 12 step program on which all related self-help programs are based; questions for prospective members to ask to determine whether they are ready to join; and patient/client referral information for professionals.

Monitoring the Future Study
The MFS, conducted by the Institute for Social Research of the Univ. of Michigan, is an annual nationwide survey covering licit and illicit substance use/abuse among 8th and 10th grade students and a subset of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial participation. Data tables and figures for the most recent survey are available on line.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
A service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin., this site provides a wide range of online resources on drugs and alcohol including reports on the annual Household Survey on Drug Abuse; a database (ERIC, Medline, others) and web search engines; research information; grants information; online courses for professionals; publications for parents and teens; a kids area; and related links.

National Institute on Drug Abuse
This site contains a wide range of reports and information (both professional and lay) on drugs of abuse including steroids, club drugs, and tobacco; project funding and grants; research; advisories; and the like. Access to NIDA Notes (a bimonthly newsletter), NIDA InfoFax (fact sheets on drug abuse in both English and Spanish), teaching support materials for grades 5-9, and the latest Monitoring the Future Study report on adolescent substance use/abuse are also on-line.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This site provides both professional and public information on substance abuse and a substance abuse treatment facility locator. A number of reports are available online or for downloading including The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Statistics on Drug Abuse, Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Associations with Emotional and Behavioral Problems, and The Relationship between Mental Health and Substance Abuse among Adolescents.

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