Drug Prevention Specialists Meet Community Leaders in NIDA-Sponsored Virtual Town Hall Event

To celebrate recent advances in drug prevention science, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), sponsored its first virtual town hall meeting. This unique event on September 9, 2009 brought together representatives from key federal agencies involved in preventing and combating substance abuse in the United States.

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NIDA's Featured Publications

	NIDA InfoFacts: Lessons from Prevention Research. Outlines 16 principles that parents, schools, and communities can use as a foundation for drug abuse prevention programs. (Fact sheet). En Español
	Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents. Read the brief or full edition of this updated resource.
Principles of HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations: A Research Based Guide. Summarizes principles of HIV/AIDS prevention in drug-using populations, answers real-life prevention questions, and reviews major NIDA-supported research programs.
Community Monitoring Systems: Tracking and Improving the Well-Being of America's Children and Adolescents The information in this document will help States, regions, and communities to ascertain the nature and extent of problems and resources that affect the well-being of youth, and to assist in the selection of the best science-based approaches for addressing particular prevention needs.

Other NIDA Resources on Alcohol and Drug/Alcohol Interactions

• Marijuana: Facts For Teens
• Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know
• Evaluation of the Anti-Drug Media Campaigns of the Office on National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)

See Also:

Other Recommended Reading

• Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction
• NIDA InfoFacts: High School and Youth Trends
• Monitoring the Future Survey. Results from a yearly survey of teenagers.
• NIDA InfoFacts: Workplace Trends
• NIDA InfoFacts: Nationwide Trends
• Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities
• Commonly Abused Drugs. Chart showing street names, medical uses, health consequences, etc.

NIDA's Publication Series

• Research Reports
• InfoFacts (fact sheets)
• NIDA Notes (newsletter)
• Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (journal for researchers & health care providers)
• Mind Over Matter: Drug info for grades 5-9
• Topics in Brief

Other Web Sites

• NIDA for Teens: Anabolic Steroids
• clubdrugs.gov - a NIDA companion Web site
• Steroidabuse.gov - a NIDA companion web site
• MEDLINEplus Health Information on Substance Abuse - National Library of Medicine, NIH
• freevibe.com - Office of National Drug Control Policy