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Why People Take Drugs

  1. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: SAMHSA. A Guide for Caring Adults Working with Young People Experiencing Addiction in the Family."
  2. NIDA. Monitoring the Future Report (MTF): 2007.
  3. NSDUH, Academic Performance and Substance Use among Students Aged 12 to 17: 2002, 2003, and 2004; 2006.
  4. ONDCP, Drugs in the Workplace: A Summary of Research and Survey Findings; 2003.
  5. Institute of Medicine. "Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base." (1999). Summary.  
  6. DEA, "The DEA Position on Marijuana." May 2006.
  7. AMA, "Featured Report:Medical Marijuana (A-01) Full Text." February 2007.
  8. AMA, "Featured Report:Medical Marijuana (A-01) Full Text." February 2007.
  9. National MS Society. "Information Sourcebook." National MS Society." September 2006.
  10. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "Inter-Agency Advisory Regarding Claims That Smoked Marijuana Is a Medicine." April 2006.
  11. Office of National Drug Control Policy. "Background: Marijuana Potency;" 2004.
  12. NIDA: InfoFacts: Marijuana; 2006
  13. Patton, GC et al. Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study. British Medical Journal, 325: 1195–1198, 2002.
  14. Brook, JS et al., "The effect of early marijuana use on later anxiety and depressive symptoms," NYS Psychologist, 35-40, 2001.
  15. Zammit, S et al., "Self-reported cannabis use as a risk factor for schizophrenia in Swedish conscripts of 1969: historical cohort study," British Medical Journal, 325:1199-1201, 2002.
  16. Arseneault L, et al., "Cannabis use in adolescence and risk for adult psychosis: longitudinal prospective study," British Medical Journal, 325:1212-1213, 2002.
  17. CDC. "Unintentional Poisoning Deaths --- United States, 1999—2004." 2007.
  18. NCADI/SAMHSA. "Drugs of Abuse."
  19. NCADI/SAMHSA. "Drugs of Abuse."
  20. DEA. "Drug Information: S." 2007.
  21. NCADI/SAMHSA. "Drugs of Abuse." 2007.
  22. DEA. "Drugs of Abuse: Chapter 4: Narcotics."
  23. NIDA. "NIDA InfoFacts: Prescription Pain and Other Medications, National Institute on Drug Abuse." 2006.
  24. Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). 2007. Treatment Episode Data Set, 1995 to 2005. National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
  25. Bryner, Wang, Hui, Bedodo, MacDougall & Anderson. 2006. "Dextromethorphan Abuse in Adolescence, An Increasing Trend: 1999-2004," Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
  26. PDFA. "Commonly Abused Prescription and OTC Medication."
  27. Better Health Channel. "Drug overdose." 2006.
  28. NIDA. "Anabolic Steroids:" 2005.
  29. NIDA. "Anabolic Steroids:" 2005.
  30. NIDA. "Anabolic Steroids:" 2005.
  31. NCCAM: NIH. "Consumer Advisory: Ephedra;" 2004.
  32. FDA. "Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids Final Rule Summary;" 2004.

Want to Learn More?

  1. NIDA. "Drugs and the Brain," 2007.
  2. NIDA, "Drug Abuse and Addiction," 2007.
  3. NIDA, "Addiction and Health," 2007.
  4. NIDA. "Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse," 2007.
  5. National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction:" NIH Pub. No. 00-4871.
  6. National Institute on Drug Abuse. "NIDA InfoFacts: Drug Addiction Treatment Methods." Bethesda, MD: NIDA, NIH, DHHS. Retrieved June 2003.
  7. SAMHSA. Treatment Episodes Data Set (TEDS) 1992-2002. 2006.
  8. Patton, GC et al. Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study. British Medical Journal, 325: 1195-1198, 2002.
  9. Patton, GC et al. Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study. British Medical Journal, 325: 1195-1198, 2002.
  10. Zammit, S et al., "Self-reported cannabis use as a risk factor for schizophrenia in Swedish conscripts of 1969: historical cohort study," British Medical Journal, 325:1199-1201, 2002.
  11. Bray JW et al. The relationship between marijuana initiation and dropping out of school. Health Economics.,9(1): 9-18, 2000.
  12. NIDA. "Marijuana: Facts for Teens." Revised September 2004.
  13. CDC. "Unintentional Poisoning Deaths — United States, 1999-2004," 2007.
  14. NCADI/SAMHSA. "Drugs of Abuse."
  15. NIDA: "Commonly Abused Drugs," 2008.
  16. NCADI/SAMHSA. "Drugs of Abuse."
  17. NIDA. "NIDA InfoFacts: Prescription Pain and Other Medications, National Institute on Drug Abuse." 2006.
  18. Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). 2007. Treatment Episode Data Set, 1995 to 2005. National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
  19. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. "Your Kidneys and How They Work;" November 2005.
  20. Bryner, Wang, Hui, Bedodo, MacDougall & Anderson. 2006. "Dextromethorphan Abuse in Adolescence, An Increasing Trend: 1999-2004." Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
  21. PDFA. "Commonly Abused Prescription and OTC Medication, Partnership for a Drug-Free America."
  22. Better Health Channel. "Drug overdose," 2006.

The Science Behind Addiction

  1. National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction: NIH Pub. No. 00-4871. 
  2. NIDA, "Drugs and the Brain"; 2007.

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