Indiana University
Indiana Prevention Resource Center: Drug Information
Specific drugs and drug related issues are defined and discussed on this page, which also contains several downloadable publications.
Other
Global Youth Network: School Based Education for Drug Abuse Prevention [Pdf]
This resource provides a conceptual basis upon which teachers, policy makers, and school administrators can make decisions about school-based drug prevention programs in order to achieve greater success in educational settings.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Drug Facts
This resource provides statistics and facts about the health effects of specific drugs, prevention and treatment, and survey data.
The White House
The White House: Office of National Drug Control Policy
Official website of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Drug Abuse Brochure
Explore facts about drug abuse, and use the information to plan an informational brochure to be distributed to all students in the school.
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National Families in Action (Nfia): Home Page
This site from NFIA has a wide variety of information on drugs, their effects, prevention, treatment and much more!
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Drug Free America Foundation
This resource covers all illegal drugs and provides information on health risks, drugs in the workplace, case stories, moral and spiritual issues, state drug initiatives, and a kids section.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Drug Use Prevention: School Programming and Protective Factors?
Drug abuse prevention by way of the government and the ineffectiveness of programs aimed at stopping drug use in schools such as D.A.R.E. and Just Say No. Discussed are factors in families, schools, and communities that lead to stopping...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Drugs Affect the Brain?
Sara Garofalo explains how some drugs can alter the communication between cells in the brain.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Antiviral Drugs for the Flu
An explanation of the antiviral drugs, Oseltamivir and Zanamivir, which can be use to treat and help prevent the flu.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Preventing Malaria
An overview of how to prevent getting malaria including insecticides, repellents, eliminating mosquito breeding areas, malaria prophylactic drugs.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Drugonyms
Research factual information about drugs, and work as a team to convey that information to the class.
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National Crime Prevention Council: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Site provides great information for parents wanting to talk with their children about drugs and alcohol. Provides realistic and reasonable tips.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Treating, Curing and Preventing Disease
This lesson focuses on developing and testing new drugs including their safety, effectiveness, and dosage; and the three main stages of testing. A link to a test is provided.
WELL
People.well.com: Web of Addiction: Links to Other Web Sites Related to Addiction
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.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University: Keepin' It Real
This resource describes an organization dedicated to informing young people how to say no to drugs. It includes several articles, curriculum, and links for more information.
USA Today
Usa Today: Survey Reveals Teen Use of Ecstasy Declined in '02
This article from a 2002 study that examined drug-use trends among teens. Includes statistics about ecstasy use, as well as the use of other illicit drugs, discussion questions, and an activity for small groups.
Other
Do Bugs Need Drugs?: Antibiotics Guide
This non-profit organization provides information for healthcare professionals, the public, teachers, parents, children, daycares and assisted living sites.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Modern Medicines
An interactive, self-guided lesson on how medicine prevents and cures disease. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well diagrams to help with understanding. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Current information on substance abuse with regard to many issues: military families, health, trauma and justice, public awareness and support and housing and homelessness. Also, find information on prevention of substance abuse. Many...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Hospitals Have Particle Accelerators?
Doctors are using injected radioactive drugs that circulate through the body and act as a beacon for PET scanners. These diagnostic tools can detect the spread of diseases before they can be spotted with other types of imaging. Pedro...
Other
Pni: Insomnia in the Psychiatric Context
This site discusses the benefits of psychopharmacology and its relationship to the prevention of insomnia. Mentions types of sleeping disorders.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Ibuprofen Overdose
MEDLINEplus tells you what to do to prevent and treat ibuprofen overdose.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Vitamin B6
A detailed overview of vitamin B6. Content includes a focus on how this vitamin was discovered, its other names, its uses as a supplement, proper dosage, and the like.
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