This resource provides links to information, programs, help and treatment resources, news groups, and professional resources involved in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.

The Excel Addict offers free tips, tutorials, newsletters, and more relating to the spreadsheet and database program, Microsoft Excel.

Students interested in a career in counseling will find a good overview to the certification requirements for the state of Oregon, along with lots of related information.

Gather basic facts about tobacco addiction, including cigarette ingredients, physical effects, tobacco advertising and how to quit. Present a clear and logical written argument based on the facts learned.

In this video segment from New York Voices, two people talk about their addiction to smoking.

Substance use disorders are a class of psychological disorder in which a person continues to use a substance, despite having significant health, social, and other negative consequences as a result of their substance use.

This article explains the concepts of drug use and dependence.

This informative article looks into the concern that some teens spend excessive time using the internet and have become addicted to it. Online video and gaming concerns and tips for parents are included.

Organized into question/answer format, this website on methamphetamine abuse provides information on how this drug affects the body and how the drug is made and obtained. Learn about the health hazards associated with methamphetamine use...

This extensive resource provides facts about tobacco addiction. Covers topics such as nicotine addicion, how and why tobacco is used and the adverse health effects of tobacco use.

Did you know that there are 76 million people who have a family member with an addiction to alcohol? If you are one of these individuals, don't feel alone. This article from Family Doctor explains reasons why a parent may drink and...

Learn street names for heroin, how the drug is used, what its short-term and long-term effects are, and how addiction is treated.

A description of the factors (biological risks, psychological risks, socio-cultural risks, and environmental risks) that relate to each other in complicated ways that can lead to drug abuse or drug addiction.

An physiologically and chemically illustrated presentation of pleasurable stimuli and the reward pathways followed in the brain. Also explained are studies of addiction that seem to take over a rational mind.

As a psychological disease, drug addiction is a medical problem with psychological and physiological components. Pharmacological treatments and therapy such as AAA are examined.

During the Civil War, military hospitals considered opioids to be essential medicine. Doctors and nurses used opium and morphine to treat soldiers' pain, stop internal bleeding and mitigate vomiting and diarrhea caused by infectious...

Opioid use has been declared a national health emergency as overdose deaths from abusing opioids such as oxycodone, morphine and heroin, have skyrocketed in recent years. This class of drugs was once used only to treat severe pain...

In this game, students need to reconstruct lost knowledge about pain relieving drugs. They learn about concepts such as neurotransmission, the neurobiology and history underlying drug addiction, pain management, and analgesia.

Online adventure game consisting of three consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. These virtual experiments cover concepts such as history of...

Online adventure game consisting of five consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. Episodes should be played in order; however, they can be...

This lesson will help students understand the short and long term effects of using tobacco as well as why it is addictive.

Presents a short history of illegal drugs and discusses how societal mores and public policy have changed over time based on how people have used or abused addictive drugs.

This site from NFIA has a wide variety of information on drugs, their effects, prevention, treatment and much more!

Lots of news and information on drug abuse and what it can do to YOUR body! You can click on each individual drug to find out more about it, read questions and answers, test your knowledge, and finally find out the truth about harmful...