Additional Links/Resources:
Week 1: March 6 – Drug Use: An Overview
Monitoring the Future Project: http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/ , see their 2018 report here.
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): https://nsduhweb.rti.org/respweb/homepage.cfm , see their 2017 report here.
World Health Organization (WHO) Terminology (1997) : https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/terminology/who_ladt/en/
Drug History Timeline from University of Victoria (BC, Canada): http://drugtimeline.ca/
Week 2: March 13 – Drug Use Overview ; Understanding Research
Overview of Drugs, Chart by MIT MedLinks (Zak Fallows): http://web.mit.edu/zakf/www/drugchart/drugchart11.html
NYC Health Epi-Data Brief #104: Link: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/epi/databrief104.pdf
Citation: Nolan ML, Tuazon E, Blachman-Forshay J,Paone D. Unintentional Drug Poisoning (Overdose) Deaths in New YorkCity, 2000to2017. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Epi Data Brief (104); September 2018.
Week 3: March 20 – Drug Regulation and Policy ; The Nervous System
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 : original text here .
DEA Website Drug Policy Information (Current) : https://www.dea.gov/drug-policy-information
DEA Website, Drug Scheduling: https://www.dea.gov/drug-scheduling
Week 4: March 27 – The Action of Drugs
D.A.W.N. Website (2004-2011): https://www.datafiles.samhsa.gov/study-series/drug-abuse-warning-network-dawn-nid13516
Medicines By Design, NIH Full Text: available online at http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/medbydesign
Merck Manual Drug Names: https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/drugs/brand-name-and-generic-drugs/overview-of-generic-drugs-and-drug-naming
Rx Identification Tool: National Institutes of Health (NIH) via Drugabuse.gov : https://www.rxlist.com/pill-identification-tool/article.htm
Week 5: April 3 – Stimulants
SAMHSA Stimulant Chapter in Treatment, Improvement Protocols: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64328/
University of Arizona, MethOIDE Resource: https://methoide.fcm.arizona.edu/infocenter/index.cfm?stid=164
Drug Policy Alliance, Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Facts (*Other links on this website to fact sheets and additional information): http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/methamphetamine-facts
Dr. Carl Hart on Cocaine v. Crack Cocaine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iED6XLT6Yos
ACLU Report – “Cracks in the System: 20 Years of the Unjust Federal Crack Cocaine Law”: https://www.aclu.org/other/cracks-system-20-years-unjust-federal-crack-cocaine-law
Week 6: April 10 – Alcohol; Depressants & Inhalants
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/surveillance110/CONS16.pdf
Healthy People 2020 Website: https://www.healthypeople.gov/
Gallup Poll 2: https://news.gallup.com/poll/1582/alcohol-drinking.aspx
Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership @ Duke: https://sites.duke.edu/apep/
BAC Charts from UC Davis Safe Party: https://safeparty.ucdavis.edu/watch-your-bac
Week 7: April 17 – Medications for Mental Illness ; Tobacco
National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH): https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/mental-health-medications/index.shtml
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Medications for Mental Health- https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Treatment/Mental-Health-Medications
Week 8 – Spring Break – enjoy Spring!
Week 9: May 1 – Tobacco & Caffeine
CDC, 2014 Surgeon General’s Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/50th-anniversary/index.htm#report
“Little Lungs in a Great Big World” Ad Campaign: https://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/fcb-new-york-introduces-little-lungs-to-show-the-real-cost-of-smoking-for-the-fda/127638
Truth Initiative Article about Tobacco Regulations: https://truthinitiative.org/news/federal-court-orders-fda-quickly-implement-graphic-cigarette-warnings-mandated-law
Week 10: May 8 – Dietary Supplements/OTC ; Steroids ; Opioids, Part 1
FDA, Dietary Supplements: https://www.fda.gov/food/dietary-supplements
Week 11: May 15 – Opioids, Part 2 ; Hallucinogens
New York Times Article, “This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn from it?”, by Abby Goodnough: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/health/opioid-overdose-deaths-dayton.html
NIH on Hallucinogens: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/hallucinogens
Ketamine, “Ketamine for major depression: New tool, new questions”, by Dr. Robert C. Meisner: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/ketamine-for-major-depression-new-tool-new-questions-2019052216673
Week 12: May 22 – Hallucinogens ; Marijuana
Drug Policy Alliance, Marijuana : http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/10-facts-about-marijuana
NY State, Medical Marijuana: https://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/medical_marijuana/
CDC, Marijuana: https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/index.htm
WHO, Cannabis: https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/cannabis/en/
Week 13: May 29 – Prevention & Treatment
D.A.R.E: https://dare.org/
Harm Reduction: https://harmreduction.org/
NPR Piece, “Opioid Addiction Drug Going Mostly To Whites, Even As Black Death Rate Rises” by Martha Bebinger : https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/08/721447601/addiction-medicine-mostly-prescribed-to-whites-even-as-opioid-deaths-rose-in-bla
Dr. Carl Hart, “People are Dying Because of Ignorance, Not Because of Opioids” : https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-are-dying-because-of-ignorance-not-because-of-opioids/
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