Union Mine High School Library

*Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drugs*

 

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Internet Resources

Illegal Drug Index - street names, trade names, drug classifications

Drug Abuse Overview

Teen Drug Abuse

Glossary

Alcohol Abuse and Binge Drinking

Dangers of Underage Drinking

Teen Binge Drinking: Common and Risky

What is Binge Drinking?

Teen Drinking

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Alcohol Abuse - WebMed Health Center

Anabolic Steroids

National Institute on Drug Abuse: For Teens

ESPN Special Section Article

National Institute on Drug Abuse

The Brain and Addiction

The Brain and Addiction

What Causes Addiction?

Why Some People Get Addicted

Club Drugs & Date Rape Drugs:
(drugs that can be used to facilitate sexual assault)

General

Club Drugs - from eMedicineHealth.com

Club Drugs - from The National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIDA InfoFacts: Club Drugs (GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol)

Date Rape Drugs

Teen Advise - Date Rape Drugs

Ecstasy (Adam, E, Roll, X, XTC, brownies, Mitsubishi's, Rolex's, Dolphins)

National Institute on Drug Abuse - fact sheet from

NIDA For Teens

Ecstasy

Rohypnol (R-2, Mexican Valium, rophies, roofies, circles)

Rohypnol (flunitrazepam) - from Drugs.com

Rohypnol

Ketamine (Cat, Special-K, Vitamin K)

Ketamine - from DanceSafe.org

GHB (Liquid Ecstasy, Scoop, Easy Lay, Georgia Home Boy, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid X, and Goop)

GHB - drug fact sheet

GHB, GBL and 1,4BD as Date Rape Drugs - Drug Guide

Hallucinogens - LSD, Peyote, Psilocybin, and PCP

(LSD:Acid,trips, hits,sugar cubes, boomers, yellow sunshines; Mushrooms: (Psilocybin and Psilocin) Shrooms, caps, divine flesh,magic mushrooms; PCP: (phencyclidine)Angel dust, peep, DOA,PeaCe Pi)

Hallucinogens: LSD, Peyote, Psilocybin, and PCP

Mind Over Matter: Hallucinogens

LSD Information Guide

Inhalants
(laughing gas (nitrous oxide), snappers (amyl nitrite), poppers (amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite), whippets (fluorinated hydrocarbons, found in whipped cream dispensers), bold (nitrites), rush (nitrites)

Inhalents - NIDA For Teens

Inhalents - NIDA

Inhalants and Huffing

Marijuana
(pot, grass, herb, weed, Mary Jane, reefer, skunk, boom, gangster, kif, chronic, and ganja)

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Marijuana

Is Marijuna Addictive?

Marijuana Use Among Teens - from TeenDrugAbuse.us

Marijuana Resource Guide

10 Signs of Marijuana Addiction

Spice (Synthetic Marijuana)

 

Methamphetamin and Crystal Meth.
(speed, meth, chalk, tina. In its smokable form, it's often called ice, crystal, crank, glass, fire, go fast)

Methamphetamine and Crystal Meth

Crystal Meth - from Partnership for a Drug Free America

Crystal Meth Facts

How is Methamphetamine Abused ?

Meth Mouth - what you can expect

Prescription Drug Abuse

Prescription Pain Relievers - Partnership for a Drug-Free America

Prescription Drug Abuse - from TeenHealth.org

Oxycontin (OCs, ox, oxy, blue, hillbilly heroin, kicker)

Oxycontin

Basic Facts About Oxycontin

Oxycontin Addiction, Abuse and Treatment

Oxycontin Information

Adderall Abuse

The Dangers of Snorting Adderall & Ritalin

Ritalin Abuse

Smoking and Tobacco Use
(Smoke, Joe's, Spit, Chew)

How Nicotine Works

Dangers of Tobacco

Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco

Smokeless Tobacco

Tobacco Facts

Stimulants *
(speed, bennies, black beauties, crosses, hearts, LA turnaround, truck drivers, uppers)

*Also see Methamphetamine and Crystal Meth.

National Institute on Drug Abuse - The Science Behind Drug Abuse

Stimulants

Dangers of Stimulant Abuse

Stimulants Directory - from Yahoo.com/Drugs & Medications

Bath Salts - what they are

Bath Salts: The Drug That Never Lets Go

What You Need To Know About Bath Salts

 

Resources

TALK TO SOMEONE!
(parents, school staff member, someone healthy)

*Emergency 911

*Marshall Hospital 622-1441

Alcoholics Anonymous 622-3500

New Morning Youth and Family Counseling 622-5551

Latino Council on Alcohol & Tobacco 202-265-8054

EDCA Lifeskills 530-622-8193

Progress House 626-9240