Drug and Alcohol Abuse

This clearinghouse of government published information about drugs provides a good starting point for research.

Entryway to all kinds of medical information about drug abuse.

The US Drug Enforcement agency provides fact sheets about the most commonly abused illegal drugs in the United States.

Includes fact sheets on a number of illegal drugs.

This guide to alcoholism provides a good summary of the medical effects of alcoholism.

This website from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health about alcohol abuse.

A portal to information about club drugs from MedLine Plus.

General information about cocaine, its effects and how it is used in the United States.

General introduction to psychedelic and dissociative drugs.

General introduction to inhalant abuse.

On this page, MedlinePlus provides a variety of links to medical information about marijuana grouped by source type.

General introduction to marijuana.

Website for the nonprofit organization NORML with information about marijuana as well as efforts to legalize it.

This guide to methamphetamine resources provides access to overviews, medical information, news, research and journal articles about methamphetamine.

This article provides introductory information about opiate abuse.

A general introduction to heroin.