Web of Addictions - What's New

What's New - November 1, 1996

In Memoriam: Remembering Harold E. Hughes

No Smoking Policies and Teen Treatment

A recent study by Judith Kempf and Ava Stanley published in the Journal of AddictiveDiseases showed that there were no differences in dropout rate between adolescents in eithera strict tobacco free program or a program that allowed smoking in designated areas. This studyis important because many people have said that prohibitting children from smoking wouldincrease treatment dropout. Kempf and Stanley have shown that this is not true.
Kempf J., & Stanley, A. Impact of tobacco-free policy on recruitment and retention ofadolescents in residential substance abuse treatment. Journal of Addictive Diseases,15(2), 1-11, 1996.

Indiana Prevention Resource Center

Indiana Prevention Resource Center is aclearinghouse for prevention technical assistance and information about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. This is one of the best sites on the web foronline information. The site includes these excellent fact sheets:

Alcohol Doses,Measurements, and Blood Alcohol Levels (IPRC)
VeryLow Potency Alcoholic Beverages (IPRC)
Searchable On-LineDictionary of Street Drug Slang (IPRC)
Amphetamines(IPRC)
Cocaine (IPRC)
Inhalants (IPRC)
Marijuana(IPRC)
Methcathinone (IPRC)
Ritalin -methylphenidate (IPRC)
Tobacco(IPRC)

Drug Info

The Publishers Group has put up a Drug Infofor Dare Officers page which includes a wealth of valuable information for anyoneinterested in drugs of abuse. The page in notable for the inclusion of many photographs ofvarious drugs of abuse, and information on the legal status of various drugs.

New Rolodex Entries:

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment , National Treatment Hotline aids consumers inlinking to treatment within their communities.
1-800-662-HELP.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Workplace Helpline is a toll-free service whichprovides confidential consultations toemployers, unions, and community-based substance abuse prevention organizations on thedevelopment and implementation of workplace prevention programs and other relatedinitiatives.
1-800-WORKPLACE

European Treatment Hotline
+31-76-522-7288
We want to thank Iain Brown of the Department of Psychology University of Glasgow for givingus this information.

New Controlled Drinking E-mail List

CDis a list devoted to discussion of controlled drinking and controlled drug use. It wasgeared to researchers, clinicians and the lay public. To subscribe, send the following command in the BODY of mail to
LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU
SUBSCRIBE CD yourfirstname yourlastname

New Links

BACCHUS and GAMMA arestudent organizations for college level peer education and prevention.
MADD: Mothers Against DrunkDriving (National Office)
Elks Drug Awareness Program onlineresource collection contains a variety of materials related to the Elks program.
International PharmacistsAnonymous is a Fellowship of pharmacists in recovery who share their experience, strengthand hope with each other that they may solve their common problems and help others recoverfrom addictive disease. We want to thank Mitch F. for pointing us to this page.
SAVE an LDS (Mormon) self-helpgroup.
The Secular Organizations forSobriety , San Francisco chapter
Women For Sobriety is a self-helpprogram for women alcoholics.
Addiction Treatment Forum onlinenewsletter is oriented primarily troward methadone. It contains a wealth of information relatedto the use of methadone in the treatment of narcotic drug addiction.
The Drug Abuse ResearchCenter at UCLA is a diverse research organization that investigates psychosocial and epidemiological issues pertaining to drug use and conducts evaluations of interventions for drug dependence.
Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University is amultidisciplinary institute dedicated to acquisition and dissemination of knowledge onpsychoactive substance use and related phenomena with primary emphasis on alcohol use andconsequences.
The UCLA Drug AbuseResearch Center (DARC) is a diverse research organization that investigates psychosocialand epidemiological issues pertaining to drug use.
The Cancer Prevention Research Centerat the University of Rhode Island site presents the transtheoretical model of behaviorchange which has been applied to a variety of addictive behaviors including smoking, cocaine, &alcohol.
The University ofCalifornia, Irvine Health Promotion Center web site offers information on corporate andcommunity health promotion strategies, and links to approximately 300 other web sites thatprovide information on health promotion and disease prevention.
Journal ofStudies on Alcohol, is a refereed journal concerned with scientific research related toalcohol and drugs.

The New Jersey Council onAlcoholism and Drug Abuse continues to improve their web site. Check out their newsjournal and public policy sections.

The American Psychological Association put up some information about computer addictions. Those interested can check it out at http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun96/ onlinea.html

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