Print Resources
The National Institute on Drug Abuse publishes a wealth of materials on substance abuse prevention. Listed below are selected publications from this source, as well as print materials on health and wellness from other sources.
NIDA PUBLICATIONS
All NIDA publications can be ordered by calling 1-800-729-6686 or by accessing the NIDA publications catalog at http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalogNIDA/
The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction
Curriculum for grades 9-12 that provides current, research-based information on various aspects of drug abuse and addiction, including neurobiology, behavioral components, and treatment.
Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2005, Volume I: Secondary School Students
This publication is one of a two-volume monograph that presents results from the National Survey on Drug Use. This volume communicates the attitudes and beliefs of secondary school students in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades concerning drug use.
Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders, Second Edition
Presents the 16 fundamental prevention principles, derived from research on effective prevention programs. Provides updated prevention principles, an overview of program planning, and critical first steps for those learning about prevention.
Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: Prevention Principles
Pocket version of the 16 fundamental prevention principles Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents.
NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletins
Club Drugs
Describes drugs often used at “raves” and other party events. Explains how and why the drugs are used and lists adverse effects and hazards, including criminal behavior.
Methamphetamine
Provides succinct information on methamphetamine and gives resources for more information.
Steroid Abuse
Alerts communities to the fact that steroid abuse is a growing problem among adolescents, and to the dangers of steroid abuse.
NIDA Research Report Series
Cocaine Abuse and Addiction
Compiles scientific information on cocaine and explains the harmful effects of cocaine abuse.
Inhalant Abuse
Based on research on the use and prevalence of inhalants, presents information on the types of inhalants, the consequences of their use, who is abusing inhalants, and how to recognize inhalant abuse.
Prescription Drugs Abuse and Addiction
Describes the dangers of prescription drug abuse and reviews recent research in this area. Offers approaches for patients and providers to help them avoid the misuse of prescription drugs. Discusses most commonly abused prescription drugs.
Tobacco Addiction
Describes what nicotine is, presents current research data regarding its use, and reports on the medical consequences of nicotine use. Emphasizes the effects on the brain as well as current research findings about use during pregnancy. Includes treatment approaches.
OTHER PRINT RESOURCES
Alcohol (Junior Drug Awareness)
Nancy Peacock, Barry R. McCaffrey Broomall, Chelsea House Publications (2000)
Describes the effect of alcohol on the body, the reasons why people use it, the dangers of abusing it, and methods of treatment and prevention of addiction.
Buzzed: The Straight Facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, Wilkie Wilson, Leigh Heather Wilson, W. W. Norton (1998; paperback 2003)
Covers the most often used and abused drugs, from alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine to heroin, ecstasy, and Special K. Information on how these drugs enter the body, how they manipulate the brain, their short-term and long-term effects, the kinds of “high” they produce, and the circumstances in which they can be deadly.
Cocaine: A New Epidemic (Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs, Series 1)
Chris Ellyn Johanson, Solomon H. Snyder, Broomall, Chelsea House Publications (1992)
Examines the history, dangers, and increasing appeal of cocaine abuse in America.
Crack and Cocaine (Junior Drug Awareness)
Linda N. Bayer, Steven L. Jaffe, Barry McCaffrey, Broomall, Chelsea House Publications
Describes the effects of crack and other forms of cocaine on the body, the dangers of abusing them, the reasons why people use them, and ways to prevent an addiction or get help.
Go Ask Alice
Anonymous, Aladdin Paperback (1994)
A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.
How to Get Help (Junior Drug Awareness)
Richard Kozar, Barry McCaffrey, Steven L. Jaffe, Broomall, Chelsea House Publications (2000)
Discusses the nature of drugs, both good and bad, the different kinds of drugs and their effects, why people use them, how to tell when someone has a drug problem, and how to get help.
Just Say Know: Talking with Kids about Drugs and Alcohol
Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, Wilkie Wilson, W. W. Norton (2002)
Provides tools to talk with kids about how alcohol and other drugs interact with their minds and bodies. For each type of drug it suggests conversations that help lead children to choose freedom from drug abuse.
Pain Relievers, Diet Pills, and Other Over-the-Counter Drugs (Junior Drug Awareness)
Stephen Bird, B. Joan McClure, Steven L. Jaffe, Barry McCaffrey, Broomall, Chelsea House Publications (2000)
Describes pain relievers, diet pills, and other over-the-counter drugs, their use in treating various health problems, their side effects, and their dangers if mis-used.
Prozac and Other Antidepressants (Junior Drug Awareness)
Stephen Bird, B. Joan McClure, Steven L. Jaffe, Barry R. McCaffrey, Broomall, Chelsea House Publications (2000)
Describes the symptoms of mental depression, and the effects of Prozac and other anti-depressants, which are used to treat this condition.
Steroid Drug Dangers (Drug Dangers)
Judy Monroe, Springfield, Enslow Publications (1999)
Discusses the short-term and long-term effects and dangers of steroid drug use, recounts the stories of various people who have abused them, and explains how to get help with this problem.
Valium and Other Downers (Junior Drug Awareness)
Cindy Dyson, Steven L. Jaffe, Barry L. McCaffrey, Broomall, Chelsea House Publications (2000)
Discusses the use and abuse of various “downer” drugs, examining why people take them, their effects on the body, and how to get help.