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Web Sites | Books |
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Web sites
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Statistics (SAMHSA)
United States Department of Health and Human Services
www.samhsa.gov /
www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov
SAMHSA’s Office of Applied
Studies provides extensive and current information on various forms of
substance abuse, trends, and the nation’s substance abuse treatment
system. Both national and state-level data are regularly featured.
Prevention Online,
PREVLINE
United States Department of Health and Human Services
and
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information
www.health.org This
website features a useful “Quick Facts” function that enables users
to
access information via an A – Z index of topics relating to substance
abuse.
Medline Plus – Substance Abuse Topics
A service of the U.S. National Library and the
National Institutes of Health
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/substanceabuse.html
An extremely comprehensive list of substance abuse links, including
topics not easily found elsewhere, such as “Club Drugs” and
“Smokeless
Tobacco”.
2-1-1- Infoline – Substance Abuse Resources and Information
(For Connecticut Residents) United Way of Connecticut
www.infoline.org/InformationLibrary/Documents/Substance%20resources.asp
Local information about support groups and treatment programs
statewide, as well
as links to other organizations, such as the
Connecticut
Clearinghouse,
which is Connecticut’s resource center for
information about alcohol,
tobacco, other drugs and related issues
affecting mental health and
wellness.
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Related Web Resources: Chat Rooms,
Forums and Message
Boards
For information on chat rooms relating primarily to
substance abuse
recovery, try
www.alexa.com , or
www.google.com and search under
"substance abuse chat”.
Books
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Periodicals
and Newspapers
iCONN - the Connecticut
digital library provides a
Health and Wellness Database.
Using a Connecticut library card from your home or office will
provide access to over 9000 articles. By typing the keywords "substance
abuse" in the search box.
You may read these online, print them or email them to yourself or a friend.
To find more articles, search at Google News (http://news.google.com/
) using the words “Substance Abuse”
Substance abuse is not OK
Miami Herald, FL - Mar
7, 2004
... Some kids are scared of sharks, some of lightning. Others are
scared of death, but what truly gives me shivers up my spine is
substance abuse…
UT launches substance abuse recovery center
News 8 Austin, TX - Mar
6, 2004
More than 600,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 are recovering
from alcohol and substance abuse. Many are college
students ...
Mental health problems, substance abuse often linked
Georgetown Times, SC - Mar
3, 2004... Mental health and substance abuse
professionals from around South Carolina gathered
at the Myrtle Beach
convention center last week to talk about how they
can …
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Government Documents
Drug and Alcohol Services Information System. DASIS Report
http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/dasis.htm#New Click on What's New for
statistics on substance abuse treatment
State Estimates of Substance
Use from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume I.
Findings
This provides statistics by state.
http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/clearinghouse/clearinghouses.html
Principles of HIV Prevention in Drug Using Populations:
A Research-Based Guide
This guide was produced by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/POHP.pdf
Tips for Teens: the Truth about Alcohol
These tips can be printed out from the web or sent to a family
member or friend. The brochure is written in clear, easy to
understand language.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/ph323/
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Local Resources
Substance Abuse Counseling:
Alcohol and Drug Recovery Centers—Outpatient Counseling Center
16 Coventry St.
Hartford, CT. 06112
(860)714-3704
Community Health Services—Chemical Dependency Program
500 Albany Avenue
Hartford, CT. 06120
(860)249-9625
(860)808-8784
Community Partners in Action (COVSSAP)
135 Walnut St.
Hartford, CT. 06120
(860)543-8933
Community Solutions—Greater Hartford Multi-Service Center
136 Collins St
Hartford, CT. 06105
(860)543-7157
Village for Families and Children
1680 Albany Avenue
Hartford, CT. 06105
(860)236-4511
Substance Abuse Education:
Infoline
Substance Abuse Resources
c/o United Way of Connecticut
1344 Silas Deane Hwy.
Rocky Hill, CT. 06067
(800)203-1234
(860)522-4636
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