Health and Medical Guide to Substance Abuse Problems Marijuana Abuse Health information topics about Marijuana Abuse: Children 1. What You Need to Know about Drugs: Marijuana Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs_marijuana.html 2. Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Mar National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/MOM/MJ/MOMMJ1.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Marijuana Abuse National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D002189&recruiting... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade: Marijuana Office of National Drug Control Policy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/ByType.asp?intTypeID=1 Directories 1. Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/ National Institutes of Health 1. Marijuana National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html 2. Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/MarijBroch/MarijparentsN.html 3. Marijuana Abuse National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/marijuana/ Organizations 1. Partnership for a Drug-Free America http://www.drugfree.org/ 2. National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Inform http://www.health.org/ 3. Drug Enforcement Administration http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ 4. American Council for Drug Education http://www.acde.org/ 5. National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/ Overviews 1. Marijuana Office of National Drug Control Policy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/marijuana/index.html Related Issues 1. Marijuana as Medicine? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=GA00014 Research 1. Teens and the Risk of Marijuana Use Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/marijuana_teens.html 2. Cognitive Deficits in Marijuana Smokers Persist af National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol18N5/Cognitive.html 3. New Research Study in JAMA Shows Adult Marijuana A National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2004/nida-04.htm Specific Conditions 1. Marijuana: Myths & Facts: The Truth Behind White House http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/marijuana_myths_facts/mari... Statistics 1. Trends in Marijuana Treatment Admissions, By State Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k5/MJstateTrends/MJstateTrends.htm 2. Treatment Admissions Increase for Opiates, Marijua Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.samhsa.gov/news/newsreleases/040517nr_teds.htm 3. Teens' Drug Use Declines Dramatically, Accord National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes/NNvol19N1/tearoff.html 4. Marijuana-Related Emergency Department Visits by Y Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://dawninfo.samhsa.gov/old_dawn/pubs_94_02/shortreports/files/DAWN_mari... 5. Marijuana Use and Drug Dependence Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k2/MJ&dependence/MJ&dependence.htm 6. High School and Youth Trends National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/HSYouthtrends.html 7. Daily Marijuana Users Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k4/dailyMJ/dailyMJ.htm 8. Adult Marijuana Admissions by Race and Ethnicity: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k3/raceAdultMJtx/raceAdultMJtx.htm Teenagers 1. Marijuana: Facts for Teens National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/MarijBroch/Marijteens.html 2. Marijuana Use May Increase Risk of Stroke in Teens Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/marijuana_stroke.html 3. Driving toward Disaster? Steer Your Teen Away from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.family.samhsa.gov/teach/driving.aspx 4. Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information http://www.health.org/govpubs/PHD641/ Treatment 1. Types of Treatment (Drug Addiction) Office of National Drug Control Policy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/treat/treatment.html 2. Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/PODAT/PODATindex.html 3. Marijuana Use Secondary to Other Substances of Abu Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k3/MJ2TX/MJ2TX.htm 4. 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