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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Introduction
B. Stats and Facts
C. Overview
D. Pathology of Drug Abuse
E. Addiction Prevention, Evaluation and Treatment
F. Prescription Drug Addiction
G. Resources

Drug Policy: Failure at Home

American Drug Policy
“There is what approaches a consensus in the literature that drug prohibition policies in the United States are a failure. Not only do the policies in place not achieve their goals, but some scholars even go as far as to say that drug prohibition policies create more problems than they solve.”

Approximately 4 Million Americans Reported Current Use of Prescription Drugs for Nonmedical Purposes in 1999.

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National Institute on Chemical Dependency

Office of National Drug Control Policy – Facts and Figures

	CEU Article #1
	Think Drug Use Doesn’t Hurt Anyone? Think Twice

	CEU Article #2
	Your Tax Dollars at Work

“One drug dealer explained that the reason why doing and selling drugs is so alluring to Americans living in poverty is the fact that there is nothing else to do. There are no jobs, and there is no recreation.40 This would point to a very prevalent view, which is that drug use is not only a social ill, but also the result of other social ills, and the best way to fight drug use, especially heavy drug use, is to fight poverty.41”

From: The Successes and Failures of
George Bush's War on Drugs
By Dan Check

eMedicine – Substance Abuse

	CEU Article #3
	NIDA InfoFacts: Prescription Pain and Other Medications

	CEU Article #4
	What is prescription drug abuse?

How the brain learns to become addicted

Mayo Clinic – Drug Addiction

Pain Medicines: Understanding Addiction

D. PATHOLOGY OF DRUG ABUSE

Pathology of Drug Abuse

Study: The Brain Learns to Become Addicted

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