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Alcohol, Drug and Tobacco Resources

Organizations and Agencies

Alcohol Research Group

"ARG (located in Berkeley) has been engaged in epidemiological studies of alcohol and health services research since 1959. ARG is the home of one of sixteen National Alcohol Research Centers funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Current research focuses on alcohol and drug use and related problems, health services research, policy analysis, and the study of community responses and interventions." Their site includes grants information, pre- and postdoctoral fellowship information, available publications, and more.

The ARG Library and Information Center is one of the oldest and largest alcohol and other drug (AOD) libraries in the United States.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

EMCDDA provides the EU and its Member States with information on drug use and the responses to drug use. The site features news and an extensive collection of publications. There are several databases, including databases of laws, treatment tools, and more.

Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway

Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention

The Higher Education Center has more than 100 annotated online publications available, including fact sheets, articles, newsletters, and guides and has a listing of recently published research. This website also provides links to lots of information and resources on a wide variety of evaluation topics.

Marin Institute: Preventing Alcohol Problems

"The Marin Institute works to reduce alcohol problems through environmental prevention - improving our physical and social environment to advance public health and safety."

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (PREVLINE) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

"NCADI is the Nation's one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment. We staff both English- and Spanish-speaking information specialists who are skilled at recommending appropriate publications, posters, and videocassettes; conducting customized searches; providing grant and funding information; and referring people to appropriate organizations." Site also contains links to many other resources including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

NIAAA's mission is "to discover the causes and develop prevention measures and treatments for alcohol-related problems." Their web site includes many publications, databases, and other resources. An archival copy of ETOH: Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Database, with 130,000 citations (late 1960's-2003), is also available here.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIDA supports and conducts interdisciplinary drug and addiction related research, and disseminates and uses the results of that research to improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy. The web site has information on grants and funding, as well as publications and statistics.

The Economics of Drug Treatment: Bibliography, (February, 2004) an extensive bibliography that is subdivided into sections on financing drug treatment, alternative delivery systems, cost-benefit, costs of drug abuse, methodological research, and drug policy.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS)

"SAMHSA is charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses."

Office of Applied Studies

OAS provides the latest national data on drug abuse, drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and the US substance abuse treatment system. Their site includes downloadable data sets.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the "primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older," Findings are published periodically in the NSDUH Report.

The Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) is the the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment, and numerous other data sources and publications. Findings are published in the DASIS Report.

Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (University of California)

"The mission of TRDRP is to support research that focuses on the prevention, causes, and treatment of tobacco-related disease and the reduction of the human and economic costs of tobacco use in California." TRDRP provides funding for basic and applied research in several research areas.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) page

Has good statistical information for the United States. Also available are citations of recently published tobacco-related articles (updated weekly) from behavioral, scientific, and technical literature compiled by the Office on Smoking and Health.

Global Youth Tobacco Survey

"WHO and CDC developed the Global Youth Tobacco Survey to track tobacco use among youth across countries using a common methodology and core questionnaire." The Country Reports provide detailed findings of the survey in over 20 countries.

State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System

STATE "is an electronic data warehouse containing up-to-date and historical state-level data on tobacco use prevention and control. The STATE System is designed to integrate many data sources to provide comprehensive summary data and facilitate research and consistent interpretation of the data."

Office of Public Health and Science

Office of the U.S. Surgeon General

Full-text Surgeon General reports from 1994 to present are available.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (Electronic Orange Book)

Search by active ingredient, applicant holder, proprietary name, application number, or patent.

Drug Information page

Has information about new and generic drug approvals as well as warning and violation letters.

Drugs@FDA

"A Catalog of FDA Approved Drug Products: Approved and tentatively approved prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs, and Drug approval letters, labels, and review packages." Searchable by drug name, active ingredient, application number, action dates of application approvals and supplements.

World Health Organization. Essential Drugs and Medicines

"Essential medicines are intended to be available within the context of functioning health systems at all times in adequate amounts, in the appropriate dosage forms, with assured quality and adequate information, and at a price the individual and the community can afford." Web site includes a large number of documents on all aspects of essential drugs and medicines: access, quality, medicinal plants, traditional medicines, policy, marketing and more.

The Model List of Essential Medicines presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions (updated every 2 years).

Publications and Databases

To search for journal articles on this topic, use the Online Indexes and Databases. To locate journals, use the Melvyl catalog, or the UC-eLinks Electronic Journals Search.

The Alcohol and Other Drug Thesaurus: A Guide to Concepts and Terminology in Substance Abuse and Addiction (Third edition, 2000)

"The AOD Thesaurus provides a conceptual map of the multidisciplinary field of AOD research and practice, as well as standard terminology, which, over time, will result in consistent indexing and major improvements in searching and retrieval across many databases." From the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH.

Alcohol: Problems and Solutions

This site is authored by D.J. Hanson, Ph.D., State University of New York at Potsdam. Topics include Alcohol Issues in the News; Advertising Impact on Alcohol Abuse; Alcohol, Law, & Policy; and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Questions and discusses many current opinions regarding alcohol.

Alcohol Studies Database (Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies)

Database contains over 70,000 citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and audio-visual materials from 1987 to present.

Chemical Dependency/Other Addictions: Searchable Databases and Data Archives

An international compilation of databases and data archives covering such topics as drug policy, drug effects, treatment and recovery, tobacco control, and library catalogs. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists

College Alcohol Study (Harvard School of Public Health)

Ongoing survey that examines high risk behaviors among college students, such as binge drinking, smoking, illicit drug use, and violence.

CORK: A Database of Substance Abuse Information (Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, Vermont Department of Health)

The CORK database is an interdiscipliary collection of selected journal articles, books, book chapters, and "grey" literature on alcoholism and substance abuse of interest to health care professionals and health educators. Basic and advanced search modes are available.

Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies (DATOS)

DATOS were initiated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to evaluate drug abuse treatment outcomes and emerging treatment issues in the United States using longitudinal studies. Data are freely available via the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive.

Drug Digest

Consumer health information about drugs, herbs, and supplements. Includes drug interactions, a glossary, drug comparisons, and a treatment options page. Searchable.

Drug Information

Information on over 10,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications. Coverage includes common drug uses, proper use of medicines, and possible drug side effects. From Healthtouch Online.

Drug Information Portal (National Library of Medicine)

Searches many resources such as Summary of Drug Information Sources, the Summary of Reviewed Biological and Physiological Data, PubMed, Toxline and ClinicalTrials.gov. Site was last updated Feb 2008.

Economics of Tobacco Control

Background papers presented in an online publication called Tobacco Control in Developing Countries. Includes links to power point slides, country data and profiles, and a peer-reviewed Economics Of Tobacco Control toolkit which provides clear step-by-step guidance on what analysis to do, how to do it, and how to report and present the results.

Guide to Drug Abuse Epidemiology (WHO)

This document describes prevalance, trends, patterns of drug use, and related problems worldwide. It "seeks to provide technical guidance to countries and communities in all aspects of drug abuse epidemiology in order to address emerging and changing problems associated with drug use. The Guide provides practical guidance on internationally comparable, yet locally appropriate and culturally adaptable measures and methods." Downloadable PDF files, in three parts: Chapters 1-4, Chapters 5-7, and Chapters 8-10.

InteliHealth Drug Database

The InteliHealth Drug Database contains information on brand-name and generic drug entries based on USP DI Volume I, USP DI Volume II, USP DI Patient Education Leaflets, and the Medicine Chart.

Medlineplus: Drug Information

Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI and Advice for the Patient.

MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series
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Search across multiple databases "for summaries and detailed monographs for drugs, disease, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and emergency care." Can also search by category (adverse reactions, teratogenicity, therapeutic uses, etc.) or by individual database(s).

Monitoring the Future Study (MTF)

Conducted by the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, MTF is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults, particularly in regard to alcohol and drugs. The data are based on annual surveys to high school and middle school students.

National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)

NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. The information for each intervention includes studies used and contact information.

On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang (Indiana Prevention Resource Center)

Pharma-Lexicon: A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Medical and pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations. Also has a daily news feature.

Pharmaceutical Substances

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A complete reference guide to every pharmaceutical compound of significance. It provides a compendium of some 2300 active pharmaceutical ingredients (API's) of interest to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The description of each compound includes: Chemical structure, graphical representation of synthetic route including intermediates, nomenclature, ATC codes, medical applications/Therapeutic category, toxicological data, patent number, commercial information, and bibliographic information including CASSI codes.

Surgeons General's Reports on the Web (U S National Library of Medicine)

Full text (PDF) of all Surgeon General's Reports from 1964 to present. This site also includes relevant articles, bibliographies, proceedings, and photographs.

Tobacco BBS

News, documents, historical and cultural information and more on tobacco-related subjects.

Tobacco Control Archives (UCSF)

Search, view, and download more than 7 million documents concerning scientific research, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, and sales of cigarettes, including the Brown and Williamson Collection, a full-text digital archive of British American Tobacco Company documents, tobacco industry documents that provide insight into industry plans to weaken enforcement of and support for California's 1995 smoke-free workplace legislation, and to undermine the California tobacco control program, and much more.

Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups - African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics: A Report of the Surgeon General. (1998, updated 2000)

World Drug Report

This report, from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime includes chapters on production, consumption, demand reduction, epidemiology, treatment, and the development of alternatives to drug production. Previous years' reports are also available.

Guides

TobaccoPedia

"The online tobacco encyclopedia" is a directory of publications and information on various tobacco-related topics, including health effects, smoking cessation, addiction, environmental issues, and litigation.

Web of Addictions

"The Web of Addictions is dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol and other drug addictions."

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