TO CREATE (Options in Health Care and Education)  
     
     
Patient Education
& STUDENT AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION RESOURCES
2009 GW SPHHS "Topics" course - Substance Abuse: Prevention, Intervention & Public Health /  WebLink

2Create Blog by Dr. Alan Trachtenberg (http://2createyourmd.blogspot.com/) /  WebLink

Newest Items
I've just discovered my cousin Stanly Glogover's autobiographical website, including our family's experience at Auschwitz (http://www.survivinghitler.com/) /  WebLink

Visiting A Mother's Grave at Auschwitz, by Stanley Glogover (http://www.jstandard.com/index.php/content/item/visiting_a_mothers_grave_at_auschwitz/6513#) /  WebLink

Visiting A Mother's Grave at Auschwitz /  Stanley Glogover (local pdf)

Institute for Objective Measurement (http://www.rasch.org/) Objective measurement is the repetition of a unit amount that maintains its size, within an allowable range of error, no matter which instrument... /  WebLink

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, a unique free textbook and website, consisting of short chapters relating to many aspects of the interface (http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/contents_complete.htm) /  WebLink

Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention: Evidence and Implications: A White Paper from SAMHSA (http://www.samhsa.gov//matrix2/508SuicidePreventionpaperfinal.pdf) /  WebLink

Leaked documents, including Congressional Research Service Comprehensive collection (http://www.wikileaks.org/) /  WebLink

Policy Data Tool (http://www.policyagendas.org/) /  WebLink

?Know Your Rights? ? Legal Rights of People with Alcohol and Drug Histories and Criminal Records-from the Legal Action Center (LAC) (http://lac.org/index.php/lac/149) /  WebLink

NIDA Information for Medical and Health Professionals - Screening Tools (http://drugabuse.gov/nidamed/screening/) /  WebLink

Children Living with Substance-Dependent or Substance-Abusing Parents: 2002 to 2007 (http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k9/SAparents/SAparents.cfm) /  WebLink

Teen Pregnancy & Related Data by State (http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/state-data/state-profile.aspx?state=maryland) /  WebLink

Resources from Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems, a project of the GWU Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Policy (http://www.ensuringsolutions.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=335590) /  WebLink

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: The Most Effective and Integrated Housing for People with Mental Disabilities (http://www.bazelon.org/pdf/Supportive_Housing3-09.pdf) /  WebLink

Human Rights Abuses in the Name of Drug Treatment: Reports From the Field (www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/ihrd/articles_publications/publications/treatmentabuse_20090318/treatmentabuse_20090309.pdf) /  WebLink

Mental Health, Resilience and Inequalities by Dr Lynne Friedli of the World Health Organization (WHO) (http://www.euro.who.int/document/e92227.pdf) /  WebLink

Mental Health, Resilience and Inequalities  /  Dr Lynne Friedli (WHO) LOCAL PDF

Prevention of Accidental drug overdose Deaths-A report from DPF (http://www.drugpolicy.org/reducingharm/overdose/) /  WebLink

NYC Health Dept. on Harm Reduction (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/chi/chi28-3.pdf) /  WebLink

Selected Publications from Alan Trachtenberg
Alternative Health Practices In Mental Health / (Plain Text) Kiresuk TJ, Trachtenberg AI.

Alternative Health Practices In Mental Health /  (PDF file) Kiresuk TJ, Trachtenberg AI.

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES IN ADDICTION TREATMNT /  Boucher, Kiresuk, & Trachtenberg

Medicolegal Death Investigation System: IOM Workshop-8/22/03: Toxicology Issues and Infrastructure (http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4937/6360.aspx) /  WebLink

National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) Local 286 Website (maintained as a public service by Dr. Trachtenberg at http://www.nteu286.medem.com/) /  WebLink

Skin Lesions of Injection Drug Users /  Cagle et al, Implemented as Govt. Pub by Dr. T

Methadone-Associated Mortality: Report of a National Assessment and Background Briefing Paper by A. Trachtenberg & S. Leavitt (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/medications/methreports.htm) /  WebLink

Methadone Associated Mortality (SAMHSA publication, Local Copy)  /  WebLink

Bibliography prepared for the NIH Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture, in Bethesda, MD, November 3-5, 1997 (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20040823/pubs/cbm/acupuncture.html) /  WebLink

Acupuncture. NIH Consensus Statement 1997 Nov 3-5; 15(5):1-34 (http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm) /  WebLink

Hepatitis in Opioid Addiction Treatment: Medical Management of Hepatitis Infection and Pharmacologic Therapy for Substance Abuse (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/pdf/HepC_draft_monograph_5-8-2006.pdf) /  WebLink

Hepatitis in Opioid Addiction Treatment:  /  (Local Copy) Trachtenberg, Leavitt, et al

Acupuncture, Ch 49 in Lowinson Addiction Text 2004 /  Han, Trachtenberg & Lowinson

Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Model Policy Guidelines for Opioid Addiction Treatment in the Medical Office (http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/model.html) /  WebLink

American Acupuncture: Primary Care, Public Health and Policy-Text of Speech from 1997 NIH Consensus Conference on Acupuncture, Published in American Acupuncturist (http://www.aaaomonline.info/ameracu/vol45.pdf) /  WebLink

Selected Publications by Duchy Trachtenberg
Am J Pub Health: Alternative Health Practices /  Crisis OR Opportunity? by Duchy Trachtenberg, MSW

Role of CAM in Public Health Practice & Training /  BURKE, GINZBURG, COLLIE, TRACHTENBERG & MUHAMMAD

Alternative Therapies and Public Health: Crisis or Opportunity? by Duchy Trachtenberg-AJPH 2002 October; 92(10):1566-67 (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1447279) /  WebLink

Opioid Agonist Treatment (Methadone/LAAM/Bup)
42CFR8 (OTP or "Methadone" Regulations - http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/05dec20031700/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/octqtr/42cfr8.12.htm) /  WebLink

FOR CREDIT: AAAP 8 Hour Buprenorphine Course for Qualification under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000 /  WebLink

New in Annals of Int Med from Krantz et al: Torsade de Pointes [a dangerous ventricular (heart) arhythmia] Associated with Very-High-Dose Methadone. Note: This is probably a very rare, dose-related complication /  WebLink

Consent to Release of Information Under 42CFR2  /  Buprenorphine Patient

Facilities Providing Methadone/LAAM Treatment /  SAMHSA Office of Applied Studies (12/06/2002)

42CFR2 Release Consent for Suboxone Rx /  FDA Approved Information for MD's (Product Label)

Methadone Overdoses, Deaths on Rise in U.S. /  NY Times 2/2/2003

2/9/2003 NY Times on Methadone /  NY Times

AJE article on NM opioid OD Deaths /  Nolte et al.

Methadone, QTp & Torsades de Pointes /  Krantz et al

ARCOS: the DEA's Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System /  WebLink

LAAM: Gone but not Forgotten /  Roxane Laboratories

Methadone Mortality Final Report (local copy) /  SAMHSA Consensus Group (Trachtenberg et al)

Methadone Mortality Final Report - SAMHSA 2004 (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/medications/methreports.htm) /  WebLink

Excellent & FREE Web-based CME for Primary Care Providers on Addiction Treatment (http://www.addictioncme.com) /  WebLink

Confusion between methylphenidate and methadone /  FDA

Hepatitis C infection and injection drug use:  /  Thomas F. Kresina, Leonard B Seeff, Henry Francis

New, useful Methadone label (http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2006/006134s028lbl.pdf) /  WebLink

Fatal Heroin 'Overdose': A Review by Darke, S and Zador, Deborah - Addiction. 1996; 91(12): pp. 1765-1772. (http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/darke2.cfm) /  WebLink

Methadone Mortality ? A Reassessment - Friday, July 20, 2007 ? Washington, DC (http://www.dcprovidersonline.com/catalog.php?event_id=SAMHSA1 ; key= sdfh8h) /  WebLink

Detailed Historical Timline for Opioids (http://opioids.com/timeline/index.html) /  WebLink

FDA: Avoiding Accidental Overdoses when Methadone is Prescribed for Pain (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/psn/transcript.cfm?show=72#3) /  WebLink

The Report of the Methadone Maintenance Treatment Practices Task Force (Canada) (http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/ministry_reports/methadone_taskforce/methadone_taskforce.pdf) /  WebLink

he Report of the Methadone Maintenance Treatment /  Policy Task Force (Canada) local pdf

METHADONE-ASSOCIATED OVERDOSE DEATHS-GAO Report March, 2009 (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09341.pdf) /  WebLink

METHADONE-ASSOCIATED OVERDOSE DEATHS-2009 /  GAO, March, 2009; LOCAL PDF

General Addiction Medicine
Drug & Alcohol Problem Assessment Screening System (Danya International) /  WebLink

Other Drug & Alcohol Screening Instruments /  WebLink

Table of Commonly Abused Drugs /  NIDA

New Ibogaine Program in Mexico /  WebLink

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Ontario, CA) Resources /  WebLink

Website of Elizabeth F. Howell, MD, President-Elect , ASAM /  WebLink

A CONVERSATION WITH | NORA VOLKOW (NIDA Director): NY Tmes 8/19/ 2003 Science Section /  WebLink

UN Report on Terminology and Definitions of Drugs & Abuse: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/report_1998-10-01_1.html /  WebLink

Controlled Substance Schedules & DEA info (http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/index.html) /  WebLink

AAFP/NIDA Monograph on Diagnosis & Treatment of Drug Abuse in Family Practice (http://www.nida.nih.gov/Diagnosis-Treatment/diagnosis.html) - by Trachtenberg & Fleming  /  WebLink

(LOCAL COPY) /  WebLink

World Health Organization > (WHO) sites > Substance abuse home (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/en/) /  WebLink

WHO > Substance abuse home > Publications (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/psychoactives/en/) /  WebLink

NIDA Meeting Summary: Psychoactive Botanical Products Workshop: (http://www.drugabuse.gov/whatsnew/meetings/psychoactivemtgsumm.html) /  WebLink

Research on Anti-Drug Advertisements (http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2004/anti_drug_ads.html) /  WebLink

Legal Issues for Outpatient Drug Treatment (TIP 8; Ch 7 - http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/bkd139/8i.aspx) /  WebLink

Skin Lesions of Drug Injection /  CSAT (local Copy)

Nicotine Dependence: Treatment / NIH

Prescription Drug Addiction ( from the Primary care Network at: http://www.primarycarenet.org/issues/04-July2004%20PI.pdf) /  WebLink

MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE /  Stein, MD. Psych Clin Nor Amer 1999. 22; 351-70.

SAMHSA/CSAP Medical Review Officer Manual (http://dwp.samhsa.gov/DrugTesting/Level_1_Pages/HHS%20MRO%20Manual%20(Effective%20November%201,%202004).aspx) /  WebLink

Special Issue on Syringe Access Internationally /  Substance Use & Misuse, 2006, Vol. 41, Issue 6-7,

Excellent Free CME on Addictions and on Mental Health (http://www1.addictioncme.com/) /  WebLink

TIP 45. Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment w/Comments on Acupuncture (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat5.chapter.85279) /  WebLink

Increasing Cultural Sensitivity Of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) An Example With Native Americans in North Dakota (http://www.tresearch.org/resources/pubs/01_ASI-ND_Paper.pdf) /  WebLink

Drug Policy Lib rary online collections of journal articles, reports, books, testimonies and fact sheets that focus on drugs and drug policy (http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/) /  WebLink

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Alcohol Policies webpage (http://www.cspinet.org/alcohol/) /  WebLink

CSAT Advisory on Alcohol Biomarkers (http://kap.samhsa.gov/products/manuals/advisory/pdfs/0609_biomarkers.pdf) /  WebLink

Adverse Reactions to Hallucinogenic Drugs /  NIMH Conference 9/29/1967 in Chevy Chase, MD

Evidence-Based Consensus Stds: Rx of Substance Use /  National Quality Forum-2007 (local copy)

Evidence-Based Consensus Stds: Rx of Substance Use (http://www.qualityforum.org/pdf/reports/sud/sudexesummary.pdf) /  WebLink

http://www.moderation.org/ /  WebLink

Maryland Community Services Locator (MDCSL): a tool to find local Maryland programs and resources (http://www.mdcsl.org/) /  WebLink

SAMHSA: Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults (http://pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/aaap/aaap_intro.htm) /  WebLink

Antiquated Drug Ads and drug packaging photos (http://www.bonkersinstitute.org/medicineshow.html) /  WebLink

Resources to Help Parents Deal with Teen Stress (http://www.cadca.org/CoalitionsOnline/article.asp?id=2133) /  WebLink

Effects of Beverage Alcohol Price and Tax Levels on Drinking: A Meta-Analysis by RWJ of 1,003 Estimates from 112 Studies (http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=37409) /  WebLink

Controlled Substance Scheduling Actions in Chronological Order, 1970-present, from DEA (http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/actions/chronlogical.htm) /  WebLink

Columbia U. Video Symposium on Drug Addiction Treatment (http://cait.cpmc.columbia.edu:88/dept/video/topics.html) /  WebLink

The National Drug Evidence Centre (NDEC) carries out epidemiological, evaluative and policy related research in the field of drug misuse (http://www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/healthmethodology/research/ndec/) /  WebLink

Other GWU SPHHS Drug Abuse Course Resources
Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade Online Dictionary (http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/drug-slang.aspx) /  WebLink

Kathleen Sciacca's DUAL DIAGNOSIS WEBSITE: Mental Illness, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism, MIDAA(R), MICA /  WebLink

Joint letter on syringe distribution /  Washington State Health Dept& Pharmacy Board et al

Virtual Library on Drug Abuse: A collection of links to more than 1000 papers (full-text) /  WebLink

Joint Statement on Syringe Disposal /  AMA, ASTHO, APhA, et al.

Addiction Screening  /  AHRQ/US Preventive Services Taskforce

Heroin in the 21st Century /  Caron Foundation

Opioid Analgesic Regulation /  PharmD CE

Florida Drug Deaths: Final Report 2002 /  State of Florida

World Health Organization (WHO) > Health topics > Substance abuse (http://www.who.int/health_topics/substance_abuse/en/) /  WebLink

Neurocience of Addiction /  WHO 2004

Maintenance therapy of opioid Addiction 2004 /  WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS

Pictorial on Skin Lesions of Drug Injection (http://kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/pdfs/SkinLesionchart.pdf) /  WebLink

'Web Research Guide' to help students, faculty members, authors and research scientists find the information they need on the Web (http://www.webresearch.sciencedirect.com/) /  WebLink

MICROGRAM JOURNAL from the DEA: (http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/journals_index.html) /  WebLink

Addiction Severity Index (ASI) (http://www.tresearch.org/resources/instruments.htm) /  WebLink

Recovery Month Webcast Series from CSAT/NCADI (http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2005/multimedia/webcastmenu.aspx)  /  WebLink

Federal Drug Data Sources (http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/sources.html) /  WebLink

Prevention Program Evaluation Cycle (CSAP) /  WebLink

CSAP Early Intervention Video (http://preventionpathways.samhsa.gov/res_videos.htm) /  WebLink

Medical Review Officer Manual (Urine Testing) /  WebLink

Congressional Hearing on Harm Reduction, 2/16/2005 (http://reform.house.gov/CJDPHR/Hearings/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=22570) /  WebLink

Comprehensive Compilation of American Drug Laws (by Mark Eddy) (http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Domestic%20Drug%20Law%20Compilation.pdf) /  WebLink

Drug Prevention Programs and the Fiscal Year 2006 Drug Control Budget: Is the Federal Government Neglecting Illegal Drug Use Prevention? Congressional Hearing Apr 26, 2005  /  WebLink

Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility (IOM-2004)(http://www.nap.edu/books/0309089352/html/) /  WebLink

WISQARSTM (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System from) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data. (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm) /  WebLink

NIDA Research Report on Inhalant abuse (http://www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/Inhalants/Inhalants.html) /  WebLink

TIP 32: Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders (from CSAT)
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat5.section.56219)
 /  WebLink

TIP 31: Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders (from CSAT) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat5.section.55052) /  WebLink

the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (http://www.acudetox.com/faq.htm) /  WebLink

What is the evidence of the Effectiveness for Acupuncture in Drug Abuse? (http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/content/Library/pdf/addiction_bp7.pdf) /  WebLink

Alanon/Alateen (http://www.al-anon.org/) /  WebLink

GW Writing Center (http://www.gwu.edu/~gwriter/) /  WebLink

UW/ADAI Bibliographies on Substance Abuse (http://lib.adai.washington.edu/biblist.htm) /  WebLink

IOM: NEW TREATMENTS FOR ADDICTION-Behavioral, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions- 2004 (http://newton.nap.edu/catalog/10876.html) /  WebLink

IOM: Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance Use-2006 (http://newton.nap.edu/catalog/11470.html) /  WebLink

SAMHSA Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (http://www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov/) /  WebLink

The relative risks and etiologic fractions of different causes of death and disease attributable to alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use in Canada (http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/162/12/1669)  /  WebLink

Overdose Prevention/Harm Reduction /  Drug Policy Alliance

Examining Drug Use Surveys and Statistics, Sources & Problems (Erowid: http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/statistics/statistics_article1.shtml) /  WebLink

New bill introduced to reduce deaths from overdose /  Durbin

AddictionCME: Free Medical Tutorials on Addictions (but have to pay if CME credit is Desired) (http://www1.addictioncme.com/TopicReq?id=637) /  WebLink

Medscape Addiction Resource Center (http://www.medscape.com/resource/addiction) /  WebLink

Table of Psychoactive Substances Classes & Effects /  WHO

12-Step Recovery Program for Dual-Diagnosed Patients (http://www.doubletroubleinrecovery.org/professionals.htm) /  WebLink

Medical Consequences of Alcohol (http://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/onlinefacts/medconseq.html) /  WebLink

WHO Terminology & classification of Drug Abuse (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/terminology/en/) /  WebLink

Senate Hearing on Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion: The Role of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs 9/23/04 (http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2004_09_23/2004_09_23.html) /  WebLink

DEA Photo-Library of Drugs of Abuse (http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/multimedia.html) /  WebLink

Project Cork Powerpoint Presentations on Drug Abuse (http://www.projectcork.org/powerpoint_presentations/) /  WebLink

The Drug Approval and Scheduling Process /  FDA

Selected Federal Agency Drug Information Sources /  Vicki L. Tate

Sensitive Search of All DHHS Websites for Drug Abuse Statistics & Data-HHS Data Council Gateway (http://www.hhs-stat.net/scripts/topic.cfm?id=335) /  WebLink

Specific Search of All DHHS Websites for Drug Abuse Information (http://www.hhs-stat.net/scripts/searchresult.cfm?search=Drug+Abuse&image.x=13&image.y=13) /  WebLink

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/) /  WebLink

CDC's BRFSS: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm) /  WebLink

CDC's YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm) /  WebLink

NIJ (National Institute of Justice: Drug Courts:The Second Decade (http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/211081.pdf) /  WebLink

2000 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM/DUF): Annual Report (http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/193013.pdf) /  WebLink

NIMH's NCS: National Comorbidity Survey (http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ncs/index.php) /  WebLink

From NIMH: Questions and Answers about the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/qanda_ncs-r.cfm) /  WebLink

Petrakis et al: Comorbidity of alcoholism and psychiatric disorders: an overview (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CXH/is_2_26/ai_95148608) /  WebLink

"Web of Addictions" Resources (http://www.well.com/user/woa/sitesadi.htm) /  WebLink

Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Survey of Mental Disorders (http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08993.xml) /  WebLink

Resources for Co-occurring Addiction and Personality Disorders (http://www.toad.net/~arcturus/dd/ddhome.htm) /  WebLink

Dual Diagnosis Factoids and Resources (http://www.nyu.edu/odae/dualdiagnosis.html) /  WebLink

Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance (http://www.dot.gov/ost/dapc/) /  WebLink

NEW July, 2006: Special Issue on Syringe Access & International Perspectives, in Substance Use & Misuse, 2006, Vol. 41, Issue 6-7, p. 771 - 776  /  WebLink

Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction: A Phase-2 NIDA Clinical Trial (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00318383) /  WebLink

The Lycaeum: Where the academic community and the drug using community compare notes-Very specific information on psychoactive drugs and plants (http://www.lycaeum.org/) /  WebLink

See also: Erowid (http://www.erowid.org/) /  WebLink

Alcohol Surveillance Reports/Epidemiologic Data from NIAAA (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Publications/EpidemiologicManuals/default.htm) /  WebLink

National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) (http://niaaa.census.gov/) /  WebLink

International Harm Reduction Association (http://www.ihra.net/) /  WebLink

Comprehensive List of Drug Abuse Resources from NIDA (http://www.drugabuse.gov/OtherResources.html) /  WebLink

NEW from NIDA: Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for CRIMINAL JUSTICE POPULATIONS: A Research Based Guide (http://www.nida.nih.gov/drugpages/cj.html) /  WebLink

SAFETY FIRST: reality-based drug education by Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD (http://www.safety1st.org/) /  WebLink

SAFETY FIRST:reality-based drug education (local)  /  Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD

NIDA Evidence-Based Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling (http://www.nida.nih.gov/ADAC/ADAC1.html) /  WebLink

DOT-National Center for Statistics & Analysis (http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/) /  WebLink

Medscape on Using Motivational Interviewing to Promote Patient Behavior Change and Enhance Health (http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/5757?sssdmh=dm1.209176&src=0_tp_nl_0#) /  WebLink

GAO on ONDCP MEDIA CAMPAIGN: Contractor?s National Evaluation Did Not Find That the Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Was Effective in Reducing Youth Drug Use (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06818.pdf) /  WebLink

Partnership for a Drug Free America (PDFA) responds to GAO (http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/News/campaign_effectiveness) /  WebLink

The Psychonaut 2002 is a Project for searching the Internet for drug-related websites (http://www.p2002.sgul.ac.uk/contents.html) /  WebLink

Addiction 9/2006 - Vol. 101 Issue s1 Page 1-173 Diagnostic Issues & Comorbidity (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/add/101/s1?cookieSet=1) /  WebLink

Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics (http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/curriculum/index2.htm) /  WebLink

The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program (http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/arrests/index.html) /  WebLink

Publications on Alcohol from NIAAA (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Publications/) /  WebLink

NHTSA Impaired Driving (Drugs & Alcohol) Safety Program /  WebLink

2007 NIDA booklet for the public on drug addiction (http://www.nida.nih.gov/scienceofaddiction/) /  WebLink

Local PDF: The Science of Addiction /  NIDA 2007

What?s in a Word? Addiction Versus Dependence in DSM-V by O'Brien, Volkow & Li - Am J Psych 163:764-765, May 2006 (http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/163/5/764) /  WebLink

United Nations World Drug Report 2006 (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report.html) /  WebLink

UN International Narcotics Control Board & the International Conventions on Drugs (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/incb.html) /  WebLink

UN Technical Report on VOLATILE SUBSTANCE ABUSE (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/technical_series_1997-01-01_1.html) /  WebLink

Local Copy: VOLATILE SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Pages 1-15) /  UN Technical Report

NIAAA: Craving Research: Implications for Treatment (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa54.htm) /  WebLink

www.substanceabuseprevention.org - A virtual Community for Drug Prevention /  WebLink

Alcohol and Sexual Assault (http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/ceduc/alc_assault.html) /  WebLink

Alcohol and Sexual Assault (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh25-1/43-51.htm) /  WebLink

Violence and Alcohol and Other Drug Use on Campus (http://www.higheredcenter.org/pubs/factsheets/fact_sheet1.html) /  WebLink

FACT SHEET ON FAMILY VIOLENCE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence/html/fvsubstance_e.html) /  WebLink

ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY Sexual Abuse and Addiction (http://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/library/sexualabuse.html) /  WebLink

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh25-1/toc25-1.htm (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh25-1/3-4.htm) /  WebLink

Predictive factors for illicit drug use among young people: a literature review (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/rdsolr0507.pdf) /  WebLink

RAND Drug Policy Research Center (http://www.rand.org/multi/dprc/) /  WebLink

Substance Abuse Policy Research Program?s "Knowledge Assets" website (http://www.saprp.org/KnowledgeAssets/Knowledge.cfm) /  WebLink

Moderation Management (http://www.doctordeluca.com/Library/AbstinenceHR/AnalysisMmControversy03.htm) /  WebLink

Dr. Alexander DeLuca's Slide Library: Addiction, Pain, & Public Health (http://www.doctordeluca.com/slides.htm) /  WebLink

SAMHSA Guide To Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) on The Web (http://www.samhsa.gov/ebpwebguide/index.asp) /  WebLink

Treatment of tobacco dependence: integrating recent progress into practice by Le Foll et a;l (http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/177/11/1373) /  WebLink

Drug and Alcohol Findings (UK): bridges the divide between research on the effectiveness of responses to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions (http://findings.org.uk) /  WebLink

Assessing Drug Abuse Within and Across Communities: Community Epidemiology Surveillance Networks on Drug Abuse (http://www.drugabuse.gov/pubs/assessing/) /  WebLink

Animal Experiments In Addiction Science (http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes/NNvol20N5/Reference.html ) /  WebLink

Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission (http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes/NNvol21N4/Impacts.html) /  WebLink

Substance Use Screening & Assessment Instruments Database (http://lib.adai.washington.edu/instruments/) /  WebLink

Urban Institute Report on Drug Courts:Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders (http://www.urban.org/publications/411645.html) /  WebLink

Child Welfare Information Gateway Page on Substance Abuse (http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/substance/overview/) /  WebLink

Alcohol and Other Drug Problems among Hospitalized Trauma Patients: Controlling Complications, Mortality, and Trauma Recidivism-Conference Proceedings (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/Spotlight/JrnTraumaSupl.htm) /  WebLink

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study (http://www.acestudy.org/) /  WebLink

CSAP's National Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies Resources for Evidence-Based Prevention Programs (http://captus.samhsa.gov/national/resources/evidence_based.cfm) /  WebLink

Consumers Union Classic 1972 Report - Licit and Illicit Drugs (http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cumenu.htm) /  WebLink

National Conference of State Legislators Audioconference Series: Exploring Recovery-Based Care for Addiction (http://www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/ncslwebinars.htm) /  WebLink

The Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) project was designed to bring science-based, community, group, & individual-level HIV prevention interventions (http://www.effectiveinterventions.org/) /  WebLink

Gulf Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center (http://www.utexas.edu/research/cswr/gcattc/) /  WebLink

UN World Drug Report 2007 (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report.html) scroll down to bottom for table of contents and links /  WebLink

WHO's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence most recent report (2006)Index of drugs of interest is on page 5 (http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_942_eng.pdf) /  WebLink

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Trauma Patients (http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/prevline/pdfs/SMA07-4266.pdf) /  WebLink

Index to Street Drugs (http://www.streetdrugs.org/) /  WebLink

Reducing Wait Time Improves Treatment Access, Retention (SAMHSA News, Sept/Oct 2007) (http://www.samhsa.gov/SAMHSA_News/VolumeXV_5/article1.htm) /  WebLink

Drugs of Abuse and the Aging Brain; Neuropsychopharmacology (2008) 33, 209?218. (http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v33/n2/full/1301412a.html) /  WebLink

Drugs of Abuse & the Aging Brain; Neuropsychopharm /  NIDA (local pdf)

Alcohol and other Drugs in a Public Health Context. by ROBIN ROOM /  WebLink

CSAP courses including evaluation and substance abuse in elders (http://pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/courses.htm#eval201) /  WebLink

Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap Initiative (http://www.soros.org/initiatives/treatmentgap) /  WebLink

The Next Drug Czar & the War on Outdated Rhetoric; by Victor Capoccia, PhD, Director, Closing the Tx Gap (http://www.soros.org/initiatives/treatmentgap/articles_publications/articles/capoccia_20090302) /  WebLink

Responding to Substance Exposed Newborns-Policies & Practices (http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/rwj_report.pdf) /  WebLink

Responding to Substance Exposed Newborns-Policies  /  National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Ctr

Literature Review: Effects of Prenatal Substance E /  National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Ctr

EFFECTS OF PRENATAL SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE ON INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD OUTCOMES (http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/prenatal_substance_exposure_review.pdf) /  WebLink

Assessing and Supporting Parenting in Families Affected by Substance Abuse or HIV-2007 (http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/parenting_guide.pdf) /  WebLink

The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (https://www.niatx.net) /  WebLink

One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections, a 2009 Pew Center Report (http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=49382) /  WebLink

The Pew Public Safety Performance Project (http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=31336) /  WebLink

One in 100: Behind Bars in America: A 2008 Pew Report (http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/8015PCTS_Prison08_FINAL_2-1-1_FORWEB.pdf) /  WebLink

Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence from BU (http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/index.html) /  WebLink

Drug Slang Dictionary (http://www.noslang.com/drugs/dictionary.php) /  WebLink

How Do We know We Are Making a Difference? Indicator Reporting Methods for Community Drug Programs (http://www.indicatorshandbook.org/index.html) /  WebLink

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update includes new, effective treatments for tobacco dependence and the latest information to help people QUIT (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/default.htm) /  WebLink

Kaiser Family Foundation Online Tool Providing Easy Access to the Latest Health Policy Facts and Data (http://facts.kff.org/) /  WebLink

The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA70/AA70.htm) /  WebLink

NIAAA on ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA71/AA71.htm) /  WebLink

Child Welfare Information Gateway on Substance Abuse (http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/substance/) /  WebLink

Alcohol and Other Drug Problems among Hospitalized Trauma Patients: Controlling Complications, Mortality, and Trauma Recidivism (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/Spotlight/JrnTraumaSupl.htm) /  WebLink

The Impact of Street Drugs on Trauma Care by Charles E. Lucas, MD, FACS (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/Spotlight/section2S43-75.pdf#page=15) /  WebLink

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/Ndacan/Useful_Links.html) /  WebLink

Underage Alcohol Use: Findings from the 2002-2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) (http://oas.samhsa.gov/underage2k8/toc.htm) /  WebLink

Strong Sanctions on Fake IDs Limit Drunk Driving Deaths among Teens (http://www.saprp.org/m_press_fell070108.cfm) /  WebLink

Policy Brief: DUI Policy (http://www.saprp.org/KnowledgeAssets/knowledge_brief.cfm?KAID=8) /  WebLink

Abstinence following Alcohol Drinking Produces Depression-Like Behavior and Reduced Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Mice ( http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/npp200890a.html) /  WebLink

SAMHSA's new Homelessness Resource Center (HRC) Web site (http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Default.aspx) /  WebLink

expert presentations are available as resources on co-occurring disorders (COD) (http://www.coce.samhsa.gov/products/cod_presentations.aspx) /  WebLink

Best biomarkers for underreported alcohol use (http://2createyourmd.blogspot.com/2009/03/best-biomarkers-for-underreported.html) /  WebLink

Development of a rational scale to assess the harm /  David Nutt, Leslie A King, William Sau (local pdf)

Addiction as a Chronic Disorder, White WL, McClellan, AT, July, 2008 (http://www.comproviders.com/files/Addiction-as-a-Chronic-Disorder.pdf) /  WebLink

Screening and Brief Intervention: Making a Public Health Difference, from Join Together (http://www.jointogether.org/resources/2009/screening-and-brief.html) /  WebLink

Co-occurring Disorders Partnership Program, Hazelden (http://www.cooccurring.org/public/index.page) /  WebLink

Substance Abuse Information from the Partnership For a Drugfree America (http://www.drugfree.org/#) /  WebLink

Thesis: Factors that influence youth use of tobacco and of preventive mechanisms; pecific aims included the relation between Tobacco Free Duo program (http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-21239) /  WebLink

Partners for Recovery (PFR) Resources & Webinars (http://pfr.samhsa.gov/resources.html) /  WebLink

Fixing a Failing System: 6 recommendations of a 1995 policy panel focusing on how the criminal justice system could better aid Drug abusers (http://www.jointogether.org/resources/fixing-a-failing-system.html) /  WebLink

Maryland Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 2005-2007 (http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/707B5FB5-9A0C-4A06-A741-92D16DC7B2E7/18502/2007_MD_YRBS_Report_Oct_1.pdf) /  WebLink

Washington, DC-Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 1997-2007 (http://www.k12.dc.us/offices/oss/hivaids/yrbs.htm) /  WebLink

Youth Online: Comprehensive Results of the YRBSS by state & year (http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/index.asp) /  WebLink

Full Social Costs of Substance Abuse: detailed spending data for most U.S. states (http://www.jointogether.org/resources/shovelingup/shoveling-up-ii.html) /  WebLink

TOBACCO CESSATION COUNSELING GUIDESHEET (http://www.ohiokepro.com/providers/hospital/telemats/Tobacco_Cessation_Counseling_Guidelines.pdf) /  WebLink

TOBACCO CESSATION COUNSELING GUIDESHEET /  Local PDF

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults, about drugs. (http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/) /  WebLink

Student Drug Testing: Constitutional Issues-CRS Report (http://www.wikileaks.org/leak/crs/RS21082.pdf) /  WebLink

Student Drug Testing: Constitutional Issues /  CRS Local PDF

The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program-CRS Report (http://www.wikileaks.org/leak/crs/RL30482.pdf) /  WebLink

Web-Based Help for Getting Grants
"ResearchAssistant" Grant Writing Tutorial for Drug Abuse Related Grants /  WebLink

Toolkit: National Library of Medicine Internet Connections for Health Institutions Grant Application /  WebLink

Developing and Writing Grant Proposals (from the CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE (CFDA Appendix VI) - http://aspe.hhs.gov/cfda/ia6.htm /  WebLink

Web-Based short course on Grant Proposal Writing (From the Foundation Center): http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html /  WebLink

Grants and Federal Domestic Assistance Page from Rep Chris Van Hollen (MD-Dist. 8): http://www.house.gov/vanhollen/GFDAssistance.shtml /  WebLink

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Program at NIH ( a set-aside program (2.5% of an agency's extramural budget) for domestic small business): http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm /  WebLink

Certificates of Confidentiality from NIH /  WebLink

NIDA SBIR page: http://www.drugabuse.gov/Funding/SBIR_STTR.html /  WebLink

DHHS GrantsNet (http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/) /  WebLink

Resources in Urban Health from the The Institute on Urban Health Research (http://www.iuhr.neu.edu/resources.html) /  WebLink

Meta-MetaSearch (http://tinyurl.com/27u8j) I never met a metasearch I didn't engine  /  WebLink

The Community Tool Box to support your work in promoting community health: Learn a skill; Plan the work; Solve a problem; Connect with others! (http://ctb.ku.edu/) /  WebLink

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH), a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions (http://www.ccph.info/) /  WebLink

Grantmakers In Health (http://www.gih.org/) /  WebLink

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a set-aside program (2.5% of an agency's extramural budget) for domestic small business concerns (http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm) /  WebLink

The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC - http://www.servicelearning.org/) /  WebLink

THE single access point for grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies: (http://www.grants.gov/) /  WebLink

Attention ALL Grant Applicants: The DUNS Number Requirement (Q&A at http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/1794/1/47/) /  WebLink

What is the US Public Health Service? (http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_basics/Basics_PHS.pdf) /  WebLink

Research Tools
Pharmacogenetic Knowledge Base: PharmGKB is an integrated resource about how variation in human genes leads to variation in our response to drugs.  /  WebLink

Glossary of Epidemiology Terms / CDC

Visual/Graphical Search Engine - "www.KartOO.com" /  WebLink

FDA Dockets Management (DM), NEW HOME PAGE: serves as the official repository for the administrative proceedings and rule-making documents for the Food and Drug

"Gopher Central": Email newsletters on a zillion topics, much humor (http://www.gophercentral.com/) /  WebLink

CIA World Fact Book (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html) /  WebLink

Combined Health Info Database (CHID) a cooperative effort among several Federal agencies, with Govt. Publications on TOPICS including Alternative Medicine, MCH & other hard-to-find areas (http://chid.nih.gov/) /  WebLink

WIKIPEDIA - Free Online Encyclopedia /  WebLink

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce helps the public health workforce find and use information effectively to improve and protect the public's health.(http://phpartners.org/) /  WebLink

*EPI*INFO* - tools from CDC for epidemiologists and other health professionals to rapidly develop questionnaires, forms, customize data entry and run statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/) /  WebLink

BIOETHICS Resources on the Web (from NIH): (http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/) /  WebLink

Looksmart's "Find Articles" Research Tools (http://www.findarticles.com/) /  WebLink

Pathology Library (http://pathweb.uchc.edu/) /  WebLink

Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Guidance on Research Involving Coded Private Information or Biological Specimens 8/10/2004 (http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/cdebiol.pdf) /  WebLink

Statistical Tools including P value Between Two Independent Percents (market research-http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/calculators/TwoIndPercents.asp) /  WebLink

Community-Based Participatory Research (http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/commbas.html) /  WebLink

Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations! and FREE statitical software (http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html) /  WebLink

Beckman Institute (City of Hope) Instruments for Pain Research (http://www.cityofhope.org/prc/res_inst.asp) /  WebLink

International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care: Pain and Palliative Care Instruments (http://www.hospicecare.com/resources/pain-research.htm) /  WebLink

Education Resources Information Center (www.eric.ed.gov)-searchable /  WebLink

PubMed Central, A free NIH archive of life sciences journals (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/) /  WebLink

NHLBI Clinical Research Guide (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/crg/index.php) /  WebLink

UCSF Training in Clinical Research (http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/courses/schedule/index.html) /  WebLink

Web Guide to Research for Undergraduates (WebGuru) (http://www.webguru.neu.edu/index.php) /  WebLink

California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale /  Gamst et al. local pdf

Federal R&D Project Summaries: Search across scientific databases of federal research and development project summaries. With a single query, discover what is happening (http://www.osti.gov/fedrnd/index) /  WebLink

Research Tools from KaiserEDU.org help connect you to a range of online resources in health policy(http://www.kaiseredu.org/research_index.asp) /  WebLink

Federal Interagency Forum on Child & Family Statistics- contact information for staff from federal agencies who have expertise with NATIONAL data sets. (http://childstats.gov/datasources/) /  WebLink

Public Health Tools and Training
The Legal Basis of Public Health & other CDC web-based training from CDC's Public Health Training Network (PHTN) (http://www2.cdc.gov/phtn/legal-basis/mainmenu.asp) /  WebLink

CDC Public Health Image Library (http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp) /  WebLink

CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online (http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtnonline/) /  WebLink

CDC self-study: Principles of Epidemiology /  WebLink

WISQARS-CDC's Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System): an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data. (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/) /  WebLink

The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (http://www.defendingscience.org/index.cfm) /  WebLink

Part1: Law as a Tool for Preventing Chronic Diseases: Expanding the Spectrum of Effective Public Health Strategies (http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/jan/03_0033.htm) /  WebLink

Part 2: Law as a Tool for Preventing Chronic Diseases: Expanding the Spectrum of Effective Public Health Strategies (http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/apr/04_0009.htm) /  WebLink

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Photo/Image Gallery: Photos and images provided on this site are in the public domain and cannot be copyrighted. (http://www.hhs.gov/news/imagelibrary/index.html) /  WebLink

CDC?s Public Health Law Program has developed this new, foundational course on public health law as a learning resource for public health practitioners, students, and others. (http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/phl101/) /  WebLink

NW Center for Public Health Practice: Online courses, learning modules, and exercises to meet the training needs of the public health workforce (http://www.nwcphp.org/training/courses-exercises/index_html) /  WebLink

Drug Product Tools
Drug Interactions via Cytochrome P450 /  WebLink

FDA ORANGE BOOK: What's in that drug product and what's it equivalent to? /  WebLink

Latest Info on Common Adverse Drug Events: http://www.worstpills.org/ /  WebLink

What's This Pill? (http://www.rxlist.com/) /  WebLink

Drugs@FDA, the first publicly available Internet resource to offer a comprehensive overview of a drug product's approval history. (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/) /  WebLink

FDA's National Drug Code Directory-Lists ALL Drug Products Marketed in US-Search by Proprietary Name, Active Ingredient, etc. - NDC (http://www.fda.gov/cder/ndc/database/default.htm) /  WebLink

Opioid Table of Equianalgesic Dosage (http://www.stronghealth.com/services/palliative/images/equianalgesictable.pdf) /  WebLink

Medication Errors (Sound-Alike or Look-Alike Medication Names) from the USP (http://www.usp.org/patientSafety/briefsArticlesReports/qualityReview/qr792004-04-01.html) /  WebLink

Medication Errors (LookAlike or Sound Alike Names) /  USP (LOCAL COPY)

Dosing Errors & Dangerous Abreviations from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP): (http://www.ismp.org/PDF/ErrorProne.pdf) /  WebLink

Dosing Errors & Dangerous Abreviations from the In /  Institute fr Safe Medication Practices-LOCAL COPY

Medscape Drug Interaction Checker (http://www.medscape.com/druginfo/druginterchecker?src=0_nl_wm_0) /  WebLink

Medscape Drug Information Bibliographic Search Engine (http://www.medscape.com/druginfo?src=0_nl_wm_0) /  WebLink

IOM Report: The Future of Drug Safety (http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/26341/37329.aspx) /  WebLink

Epocrates (drug database searchable by name or class) and other services from Wyeth /  WebLink

Prescription Drugs: FDA's Oversight of the Promotion of Drugs for Off-Label Uses (http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-835) /  WebLink

PharmedOut: Adriane Fugh-Berman's independent, publicly funded project that empowers physicians to identify and counter inappropriate pharmaceutical promotion practices (http://pharmedout.org/) /  WebLink

Other Clinical Tools
Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics (CERTs): A program by the AHRQ, in consultation w/the FDA, to conduct research & education to advance the optimal use of drugs, medical devices, etc. /  WebLink

Clinical Tools, Inc. (CTI),a physician-owned, multimedia company with headquarters in Chapel Hill, NC. Their health-related websites: www1.clinicaltools.com/about/cti/websites/ /  WebLink

Virtual Lecture Hall (VLH) More Web-based CME, by Specialty, at: http://www.vlh.com/shared/courses/specialty.cfm /  WebLink

Drug-Induced Psychiatric Symptoms: http://www.citizen.org/eletter/articles/psych2.htm /  WebLink

Drug Slang: http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html /  WebLink

Culture-Bound Syndromes (Culturally-specific disease entitities not yet recognized by Western medicine): http://weber.ucsd.edu/~thall/cbs_glos.html /  WebLink

MerckMedicus Library of Fulltext Medical References & Reserouces /  WebLink

NCI Pain & Palliative Care Textbook: /  WebLink

FULLTEXT MEDICAL LIBRARY AT: http://medicalstudent.com/ /  WebLink

Useful Medical Links /  WebLink

Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines from UCSF: http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/intro.html /  WebLink

CyberTherapy/CyberPsychology (http://www.ambientintelligence.org/) /  WebLink

Medscape Resource Centers, by Clinical Topic (http://www.medscape.com/pages/editorial/public/resourcecenters/index-resourcecenters?src=hdr) /  WebLink

Web Resources for Botanical Medicine & Research, including Translation (http://www.herbdatanz.com/research_resource.htm) /  WebLink

The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE),