Academic Links for Class Papers & Projects

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General Stats

• National Institute on Alcoholism & Alcohol Abuse
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Department of Substance Abuse Prevention
• The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - (NCADI) newsroom site; main website (PREVLINE) is being updated but was located at http://www.health.org
• Monitoring the Future - conducts yearly drug use surveys sponsored by the NIAAA
• Indiana Prevention Resource Center - great source for recent articles and stats
• Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
• Brown University Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Studies
• Center for Substance Abuse Research
• Alcohol Epidemiology Program
• NIAAA's Alcohol Problems Science Database

College Stats

• The Core Institute - one of the two primary sources of stats on college drinking
• Facts on Tap - great information and brochures aimed at the college student
• Harvard College Alcohol Study (CAS) - Weschler's studies; one of the two primary sources of college stats on drinking
• The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention - US Department of Education's site; worth your time
• Cost of Underage Drinking - product of Pacific Institute of Research & Evaluation with a grant from OJJDP
• College Drinking: Changing the Culture - sponsored by NIAAA

Legal & Governmental Issues

• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Office for National Drug Control Policy
• Drug Enforcement Agency
• Alcoholism as a Disease - National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
• Alcoholics Anonymous - the 12 step program for people who desire quitting
• Al-Anon/Alateen - a 12 step program for family and teens
• Adult Children of Alcoholic - a 12 step program
• Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others

Medical Sources

• American Medical Association's STOP College Bingeing
• Highlights from the Tenth Special Report to Congress, Alcohol Research & Health
• Trauma Foundation - has good articles on solid alcohol research
• Quackwatch - interesting site with information on GHB as well as "urban legends, rumors and hoaxes"
• Center for Disease Control - current information and stats on health topics
• Snapshots of Medicine and Health
• Society for Neuroscience Education Program
• National Institutes of Health
• Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
• Sara's Quest - Sara Bellum, shows you around the brain and drug effects
• The Reconstructors - an interactive game for younger students, which teaches about drugs and their consequences
• Neuroscience for Kids
• Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
• Society for Neuroscience Brain Briefings
• MedWeb
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• Neurosciences on the Internet
• Wisconsin/Michigan State Brain Collections
• Brain Anatomy
• Society for Neuroscience Brain Backgrounders

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Party Planning Guide

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Effects of Date Rape Drugs

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