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Noteworthy and Useful Links
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA)
An Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA, a $3.2 billion Agency, is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the Nation’s substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment and mental health service delivery systems.
Rise in Drug-Abuse Related Narcotic Pain Medications in ERs - SAMHSA Releases 2002 DAWN Survey
The DAWN Report: Major Drugs of Abuse in ED Visits, 2002 update
The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers
The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions in Urban and Rural Areas Involving Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers
SAMHSA report on Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers
- OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY (ONDCP)
An Office of the Executive Office of the President of the United States
National Drug Control Strategy
Federal Drug Data Sources
- FLORIDA MEDICAL EXAMINER'S 2003 REPORT OF DRUGS IDENTIFIED IN DECEASED PERSONS
Press Release Florida Medical Examiner’s 2003 Report
- THE COLLEGE ON PROBLEMS OF DRUG DEPENDENCE
The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), formerly the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, has been in existence since 1929 and is the longest standing group in the United States addressing problems of drug dependence and abuse. From 1929 until 1976, the CPDD was associated with the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. Since 1976, the organization has functioned as an independent body affiliated with other scientific and professional societies representing various disciplines concerned with problems of drug dependence and abuse. In 1991, the CPDD evolved into a membership organization with the new name of College on Problems of Drug Dependence.
Fact Sheet: Drug Abuse Research and the Health of the Nation
CPDD Task Force on Presecription Opioid Non-Medical Use and Abuse: Position Statement
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