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All About Drugs
From the thousands of sites on the Internet which present information on drugs, the Southwest Missouri Task Force on Drugs and Youth Violence has chosen the following for your use. Brief descriptions of what you'll find at each site were also provided by the Task Force.
If you want to teach your children about the impact of certain drugs the human brain, visit this site from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Cecil Greek's Page on Drugs
At this site you'll be led to many useful sites on such topics as Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, Cocaine, Drug Research, Prevention and Treatment, Drug-Related Crime, Drug Policy and Enforcement.Drugs of Concern
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency has prepared this page and offers a lot of useful information on such topics as Drug Use in the United States, Cocaine, Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol - the "date rape" drug),Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB - also used as a date rape drug), Heroin,Inhalants, Ketamine, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), Marijuana, MDMA (Ecstasy), Methamphetamine, Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Phencyclidine (PCP), Steroids, other Drugs of Abuse.The Drug Enforcement Administration Home Page
At this site you can access information on the agency itself, their programs and major operations, drug use/abuse statistics, drug traffickers, fugitives, publications, and a link to the DEA Museum.The Drug Awareness and Resistance Education Program (D.A.R.E.)
This in-school, police sponsored anti-drug program is one of the most popular in the United States. Visit their home page and learn more about what D.A.R.E. officers do and how to get a D.A.R.E. program into your child's school.
Does D.A.R.E. Work? (Drug Awareness and Resistance Education)
D.A.R.E. is a program offered to children in elementary school by specially trained law enforcement officers. See the results of such programs in several states in the Midwest by visiting this page.The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The NIDA home page allows you to access information on the National Institutes of Health, What's New, Information on Drugs of Abuse, Publications, Scientific Meeting Dates & Summaries, News Releases,Funding, International Research, Training, Legislation, the National Institute of Health Home Page, and to Other Links (including a dizzying array of drug-related publications, reviews of successful drug treatment programs, links to professional associations in the field of substance abuse, and other related organizations).
Join Together
Join Together Online is a resource center and meeting place for communities working to reduce the harms associated with the use of illicit drugs, excessive alcohol and tobacco. Join Together Online helps communities raise money to support prevention and treatment activities and stay on top of the latest substance abuse news, technical assistance and public policy developments. It also puts communities in direct contact with others seeking to develop comprehensive approaches to reducing the harm from substance abuse.