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Substance Use, Other (See also Alcohol Use/Abuse, Tobacco)

FAST FACTS > Facts on Substance Use, Other
As your kids move from elementary school through middle school and on to high school, it's important to keep talking to them about the harm that drugs, tobacco and underage drinking can do to their young lives. *

American Medical Association.
The Parent Package. Facts, Tips, and Resources. 2001.
www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/39/parentinfo.pdf

PTA.
Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free: A how-to guide for parents and caregivers.
www.pta.org/archive_article_details_1117723295171.html

PTA.
Teens and Alcohol: Preventing that lethal combination.
www.pta.org/archive_article_details_1117659187328.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Research Reports Index. Marijuana Abuse, Therapeutic Community, Anabolic Steroid Abuse, Cocaine: Abuse and Addiction,
Heroin: Abuse and Addiction, Inhalant Abuse, Methamphetamine: Abuse and Addiction, Nicotine Addiction, Prescription Drugs Abuse and Addiction.
www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/ResearchIndex.html

Anabolic Steroids

American Academy of Pediatrics.
Steroids – Dangerous Side Effects.
www.medem.com/search/article_display.cfm?path=n:
&mstr=/ZZZT6QV5M7C.html&soc=AAP&srch_typ=NAV_SERCH

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institute for Drug Abuse.
Anabolic Steroid Abuse. 2000.
www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Steroids/AnabolicSteroids.html

Substance Abuse Prevention at School

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institute of Drug Abuse.
NIDA Goes to School. Science-based Drug Abuse Prevention Programs. 2003.
www.drugabuse.gov/GoestoSchool/NIDAg2s.html

More Info

University of Michigan and others.
Research Papers and Chart Books on Substance Use and Teens. Includes analyses of effective laws and policies to reduce drug use.
www.impacteen.org/imp_respap.htm

University of Michigan.
Monitoring the Future: Trends in Adolescent Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Use.
www.monitoringthefuture.org


*Fact Box Reference

National PTA. Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free: A how-to guide for parents and caregivers.
Accessed on the web at
www.pta.org/archive_article_details_1117723295171.html