National Institutes of Drug Abuse
Visit the NIDA web site and click on "Information on the Drugs of Abuse." Scroll down to the section regarding trends and statistics and review the capsules listed. Based on these reports, summarize the state of drug use in the U.S.
Visit the NIDA web site
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Publications, Facts, and Multimedia by Drug Type
A major research site for looking up any one or more licit and illicit types of drugs. Visit this primary drug research site and select one drug that you are not familiar with. Write a report on this drug from the information provided.
Visit the Publications, Facts, and Multimedia by Drug Type web site
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Drug Facts - Specific Drugs and Their Effects
This is a website bursting with additional information on nealy all drugs of abuse including other topics such as, Jueniles and Drugs, Minorities and Drugs, Women and Drugs.
Look up some of the drugs you would like more information on in addition to the breakdown of the major drugs of abuse in Chapter 1.
Ask your instructor / professor if you can do an oral presentation on a specific drug that you found interesting or on a drug that is new. This would be a great extra credit assisnment whether you write this up or make a presentation.
Visit the Office of National Drug Control Policy - White House Drug Policy web site
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Latest Health News
For specific information on drug use go to this website then select Hanson: Drugs and Society.
In addition to the drug information, this is an excellent site for selecting drug topics especially for additional research and research papers.
Read through the current topics and select one topic for further exploration.
Visit the Jones and Bartlett Publishers web site
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Beer Advertising
Visit the Federal Trade Commission's site to access the speech entitled "Advertising Alcohol and the First Amendment." Read the speech carefully and write a response. Do you agree with the FTC's standing on alcohol advertising and the First Amendment?
Visit the Federal Trade Commission web site
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