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Catalyst (Winter 2006, Volume 7, Number 2)
U.S. Department of Educationís Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention .
This issue of Catalyst focuses on college students and other drugs. Articles address the use of both illegal and prescription drugs on college campuses, as well as how campuses can work to prevent and reduce use of other drugs.
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Fact Sheet: College Athletes and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention.
This fact sheet examines college athletesí use of alcohol, steroids and ergogenic drugs, and other drugs on college campuses.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/factsheets/fact_sheet3.html

Fact Sheet: Marijuana Use Among Students at Institutions of Higher Education
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention.
This pamphlet reports the frequency of marijuana use by college students according to various college alcohol and drug studies, consequences of use, and a variety of useful resources for addressing the issue on campuses.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/prev-updates/marijuana.html

Illegal Drugs on Campus
This article focuses on the recent rise in illicit drug use on college campuses, noting the corresponding increase in drug violations and arrests as well as negative consequences often resulting from substance abuse.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/catalyst15.html

Street Drugs Resources

Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR): Drug Information
This resource provides twenty-nine in-depth drug profiles, including those on GHB, LSD, marijuana, OxyContin and PCP.
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http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/drug_info.asp

Coach's Playbook Against Drugs
The US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquenc.
This document is designed to help coaches keep their teams drug free.
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http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/pdf/coach-a-thon.pdf

Cocaine
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
The evolution of the use of cocaine, consequences of its use, and statistics on the trend of use are discussed on this Web page.
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www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/cocaine/index.html

Cocaine Abuse
Continuing Medical Education (CME).
This articles gives a brief overview about patterns of cocaine abuse, the associated consequences to user, and available treatment resources for cocaine abuse.
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http://www.healthieryou.com/nccocaine.html

College Drinking and Drug Use
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
This article is a synthesis of NBER working papers on college alcohol and other drug use targeted at a non-technical audience. Findings presented in this article include prevalence data from the 1999 Monitoring the Future Survey and the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Studies.
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http://www.nber.org/digest/nov01/w8401.html

College Students Illicitly Use Prescription Stimulants to Concentrate, Increase Alertness, Get High
Center for Substance Abuse Research.
This resource presents results from a survey of full-time undergraduate students at the University of Michigan on prescription stimulant use.
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http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax/vol15/15-13.pdf

Correlates of college student marijuana use: Results of a US national survey
Bell, R, Wechsler, H, and Johnston, LD., Addiction, 92(5): 571-581., (1997).
Link to abstract: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/corr_marijuana/
This study, focusing on predictors of marijuana use among a national representative sample of 17,592 students at 140 American colleges, found marijuana use was higher among students who participate in other high risk behaviors such as binge drinking, cigarette smoking, and having multiple sexual partners.
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http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1360-0443.1997.9255716.x

Heroin
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
Up-to-date information and statistics on the pattern of heroin use, legislation, and consequences of its use can be obtained on this Web page.
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www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/heroin/index.html

Heroin Abuse in the United States
Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
This working paper provides a description of heroin and effects of its use, data on the prevalence of use, characteristics of heroin users, and graphical presentations of trends in heroin use in the U.S.
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http://www.health.org/govpubs/RPo919/

Marijuana
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
NIDA compiled this fact sheet on marijuana, its effects and treatment options.
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http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/marijuana.html

Marijuana
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
This fact sheet is on marijuana prevalence, consequences of use and legislative history.
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http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/marijuana/index.html

Marijuana
Tennessee Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services (TAADAS).
This fact sheet explains ìthings you need to knowî about marijuana for the lay public.
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http://www.tnclearinghouse.com/factsheets/PotFacts.htm

Marijuana Use
Child Trends.
This Web page provides an analysis of the trends in marijuana use as they differ by parental education, college plans, and gender, and provides links to related indicators, state and local estimates, and international estimates of use.
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http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/indicators/46MarijuanaUse.cfm

Meth Use: How Widespread on Campus?
Inside Higher Ed.
Although higher education administrators often do not believe methamphetamine use is a problem on their campuses, the college-age population of young adults aged 18 to 25 exhibit the highest rates of methamphetamine use nationally.
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http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/11/30/meth

Natural History of College Student Substance Use
Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education (DCARE).
This is an informative resource on the course and pattern of substance abuse and contains a selection of descriptive abstracts aimed at further enhancing the understanding of this topic by prevention specialists.
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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dcare/pdfs/natural_history.pdf#search='inhalant%20use%20college%20students

Pulse Check, National Trends in Drug Abuse, Summer 1997; Trends in Drug Use: Spring-Fall 1996
Office of National Drug Control Policy.
This report presents a comparative analysis of the fluctuating patterns of heroin abuse across various population groups as a result of the drugís changing quality and availability as determined by price.
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ttp://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/drugfact/pulsechk/summer97/pctrend1.html

Relationship of early inhalant use to substance use in college students
Bennett, ME, Walters, ST, Miller, JH, & Woodall, WG., Journal of substance abuse, 12(3), 227., (2000).
This analysis of data from four campus-wide surveys found an association between an increased frequency of drinking alcohol, illicit drug use, and substance-related consequences during the college years, and early onset of use of inhalants or marijuana.
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http://casaa.unm.edu/posters/RELATIONSHIP%20OF%20EARLY%20INHALANT%20USE%20TO%20SUBSTANCE%20USE%20IN%20COLLEGE%20STUDENTS.pdf#search='marijuana%20use%20college%20students'

The residual cognitive effects of heavy marijuana use in college students
Pope, HG, Jr, Yurgelun-Todd, D., JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, 275(7), 521., (1996).
This study conducted among heavy and light smokers of marijuana who were undergraduates found an association between heavy marijuana use and residual neuropsychological effects.
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http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/275/7/521

Studies Show Cognitive Impairments Linger in Heavy Marijuana Users
Robert Mathias.
This National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) notes article discusses the antecedent neurological, and psychological consequences associated with marijuana use, the author noting that the ability to learn is affected is both acute and long term in nature.
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http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol11N3/MarijMemory.html

Trends in marijuana and other illicit drug use among college students: results from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1993-2001
Mohler-Kuo, M, Lee, J, Wechsler, H., Journal of American College Health, 52 (1), p17-24, 8p, 5..
Trends in marijuana and other illicit drug use among college students: results from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1993-2001
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http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/ilicitdrug/

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): State Fact Sheets
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has developed fact sheets detailing the drug situation in each state, including the amount of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and ecstasy seized by the federal government.
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http://www.dea.gov/pubs/state_factsheets.html

What Americans Need to Know About Marijuana
The Office of National Drug Control Policy.
This 20-page publication provides critical information on the myths and misperceptions surrounding the illicit drug, marijuana.
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http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/pdf/mj_rev.pdf