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National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov
Comprehensive web-site with research and treatment reports and news. Includes a site for teachers and students with educational materials. Fact sheets on drug abuse, including the most recent economic costs report. |
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Addiction - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction
Information from Wikipedia on this condition which involves the excessive physical or psychological dependence on something. |
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The Drug Discrimination Bibliography - http://www.dd-database.org/
Drug Discrimination is widely recognised as one of the major methods for studying the behavioral and neuropharmacological effects of drugs and plays an important role in drug discovery and investigations of drug abuse. This page provides access to Dr. Ian Stolerman's ongoing Comprehensive Bibliography of Drug Discrimination Research. Search bibliography for combinations of training drug, pretreatment drug, methodology. |
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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Methamphetamine - http://www.nida.nih.gov/MOM/METH/MOMMETH1.html
An online magazine series exploring the brain's response to drugs. In this issue, it investigates many facts about the stimulant drug methamphetamine. |
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Society for Neuroscience Brain Briefings - http://www.sfn.org/briefings/
For the layperson interested in the science behind addiction: and in the brain in general. Current topics include: Nicotine and the brain, Addictions path, the brains stash, and the opiate receptor. |
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"Drugs, Brain & Behavior" online textbook. - http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lwh/drugs/
This is the entire content (text and figures) of a textbook that was entitled 'Principles of Behavioral Pharmacology'. The authors are professors at Rutgers and Drew Universities in New Jersey. |
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Journal of Psychopharmacology - http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdManSub.nav?prodId=Journal200774
Peer-reviewed, international journal that publishes original research and review articles on preclinical and clinical aspects of psychopharmacology, the study of the effects of substances on the brain. |
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Addiction Inbox - http://addiction-dirkh.blogspot.com/
Articles and health studies about addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings. |
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Addiction and Alcoholism Treatment - http://www.e-help.com/addiction_and_alcoholism_treatment.htm
Free online books, journals. The best collection on intervention techniques, substance abuse, recovery, relapse prevention, sobriety. |
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Alcohol and Adolescent Brain Development - http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/2563/1/Alcohol-and-Adolescent-Brain-Development/Page1.html
Article exploring recent scientific evidence that alcohol affects adolescents and adults differently, and discussing findings regarding adolescent brain development. |