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Substance Abuse

Tips for Teens

Publisher: 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This series of brochures for teens provides facts and dispels myths about substance use. Topics include alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants, club drugs, hallucinogens, methamphetamines, cocaine, steroids, and HIV/AIDS. Information is provided on long- and short-term effects, physical and psychological risks, and legal implications.

Depression and the Initiation of Cigarette, Alcohol, and Other Drug Use among Young Adults

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report presents findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, specifically related to the association between depression and cigarette, alcohol, and other drug initiation among you

2007 Fact Sheet on Substance Use: Adolescents and Young Adults

Publisher: 
National Adolescent Health Information Center

This fact sheet contains recent data on substance use, including the use of alcohol, cigarettes, and illicit drugs, among adolescents and young adults (ages 12

A Day in the Life of American Adolescents

Publisher: 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This report highlights the substance abuse behavior and addiction treatment activities that occur among adolescents on an average day.

Tobacco: The Smoking Gun

Publisher: 
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

This white paper discusses the dangerous effects of nicotine on the developing adolescent brain.

Prevention Education in America's Schools: Findings and Recommendations from a Survey of Educators

Publisher: 
Join Together

This survey explores issues including how drug and alcohol education is taught in schools, what barriers teachers face in teaching prevention; and the types of training, support, and materials educ

Assessing Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescents: A Guide for Out-Of-School Time for Program Practitioners

Publisher: 
Child Trends

This brief guide provides background information on drug and alcohol use among adolescents in high school, including prevalence rates.

Guide to Action for Communities

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This companion piece to the Surgeon General

Monitoring the Future

Publisher: 
University of Michigan

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults.

Patterns and Trends in Inhalant Use by Adolescent Males & Females: 2002-2005

Publisher: 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This National Survey on Drug Use and Health report examines patterns and trends in rates of inhalant use among youths aged 12 to 17 based on data from the 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 NSDUHs.