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Websites & Online Resources
Al-Anon Family Groups is a website of resources and supports for family members-including children impacted by addiction.
Above the Influence is a program from the non-profit organization Partnership for Drug-Free Kids filled with resources for teens to stand up to negative pressures in their lives, including drugs. It offers teens drug facts, how to find help for themselves or a friend, and ways to get involved in their communities to fight these negative pressures.
Addiction Rehab Treatment – Opioid Resources
AddictionRehabTreatment.com is a third-party information service for consumers dealing with addiction or seeking addiction treatment information such as addictions, treatment practices, and addiction facilities.
Center for Disease Control – Opioid Epidemic
This is the Center for Disease Control’s website on the opioid epidemic, including heroin. Comprised of current facts and statistics on the heroin epidemic, links to further reading, and information on overdose.
Since 1983, the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program has been part of schools across America with law enforcement personnel delivering lessons about peer pressure, drug and alcohol awareness, and more recently bullying and internet safety.
Just Think Twice is a United States Government, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) website.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse site provides resources for those in need of drug abuse assistance and their families. Information includes links to fact sheets, how to find help for teens and adults, questions to ask when seeking treatment, and up-to-date research being conducted in the field. Check out the special sections for Patients and Families, Parents and Educators, and Children and Teens.
The National Institutes of Health’s Web site, “Drugs and Young People”, provides links and resources on drug abuse including symptoms, prevention, treatment, statistics and research, as well as information on specific drugs, age specific resources, news, and related topics.
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids has resources that include guide and video supports with ideas for opening conversations with kids about drug and alcohol use, as well as answers to some frequently asked questions from kids.
The National Institute for Drug Abuse parent and educator pages include publications and resources that educators can request free of charge and videos related to addiction science.
Windward Way provides an Opioid Addiction Guide that provides helpful answers to questions regarding addiction, what causes addiction, as well as identifies signs and symptoms of Opioid Abuse to both men and women.
eBooks
Doin’ Drugs: Patterns of African American Addiction
William H. James
Parental Substance Misuse and Child Welfare
Brynna Kroll
The Street Addict Role: a Theory of Heroin Addiction
Richard C. Stephens
Books
Adults
Addict in the Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery
Beverly Conyers
YCL Call Number: 362.29 CON
Addiction
Christina Fisanick
YCL Call Number: 362.29 ADD
Addiction and Overdose
Connie Goldsmith
YCL Call Number: 362.29 GOL
The Anatomy of Addiction
Akikur Mohammad
YCL Call Number: 362.29 MOH
Beyond Addiction: how science and kindness help people change: a guide for families
Jeffrey Foote
YCL Call Number: 616.86 FOO
Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy
David Sheff
YCL Call Number: 362.29 SHE
Coming Clean: overcoming addiction without treatment
Robert Granfield
YCL Call Number: 616.86 GRA
Gateway Drugs
Noel Marino
YCL Call Number: 362.29 GAT
Generation Rx: A Story of Dope, Death, and America’s Opiate Crisis
Erin Marie Daly
YCL Call Number: 362.29 DAL
Getting Them Sober. Vol. 1: –You can Help!
Toby Rice Drews
YCL Call Number: 362.29 DRE VOL. ONE
Get Your Loved One Sober: alternatives to nagging, pleading, and threatening
Robert J. Meyers & Brenda L. Wolfe
YCL Call Number: 362.292 MEY
Guided by Grace: One Preacher’s Journey Through Active Addiction into Healing and Hope
Michelle Baynes Owens
YCL Call Number: 362.29 OWE
Helping the addict you love
Laurence Michael Westreich
YCL Call Number: 616.86 WES
HEROIN
YCL Call Number: 362.29 EGE
Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth about Addiction Treatment: And How to get Help that Works
Anne M. Fletcher
YCL Call Number: 362.29 FLE
It’s Not about You, Except when it is: A Field Manual for Parents of Addicted Children
Barbara Victoria
YCL Call Number: 362.29 VIC
Living Clean
Narcotics Anonymous
YCL Call Number: 362.29 LIV
Mayhem
Sigrid Rausing
YCL Call Number: Adults 362.29 RAU
Medicines that Kill: The Truth about the Hidden Epidemic
James Marcum
YCL Call Number: 362.29 MAR
Pain Killer: A “Wonder” Drug’s trail of Addiction and Death
Barry Meier
YCL Call Number: 362.29 MEI
Painkillers, Heroin, and the Road to Sanity: Real Solutions for Long-Term Recovery and Opiate Addiction
Joani Gammill
YCL Call Number: Adults 616.86 GAM
Sandpaper Sisters: Addicts Turned Community Builders: Miracles do Happen!
Michele McKnight Baker
YCL Call Number: 362.2 BAK
Soaring Above Co-Addiction: Helping your loved one get Clean, While Creating the life of your Dreams
Lisa Ann Espich
YCL Call Number: 362.29 ESP
Staying Sober: a Guide for Relapse Prevention.
Terence T. Gorski
YCL Call Number: 362.2 GOR
Teen Drug Abuse
Pamela Willwerth Aue
YCL Call Number: 362.29 TEE
Trapped: Mercy for Addictions
Nancy Alcorn
YCL Call Number: 362.29 ALC
Understanding the Twelve Steps : an Interpretation and Guide for Recovering People
Terence T. Gorski
YCL Call Number: 362.29 GOR
What Addicts Know: 10 Lessons from Recovery to Benefit Everyone
Christopher Kennedy Lawford
YCL Call Number: 362.2 LAW
Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction
All about heroin
Ben Sonder
YCL Call Number: Kids J362.29 SON
The Dangers of Heroin
John Allen
YCL Call Number: Kids 362.29 ALL
Drug Abuse
Dennis Fradin
YCL Call Number: J362.2 FRA
Heroin: the deadly addiction
Corona Brezina
YCL Call Number: Kids 362.29 BRE
Sunny Side Up
Jennifer L. Holm
YCL Call Number: Kids HOL Graphic
Young Adult Fiction & Nonfiction
Clean
Amy Lynn Reed
Crank
Ellen Hopkins
Go ask Alice
Anonymous
Hooked: When Addiction Hits Home
Chloe Shantz-Hilkes
YCL Call Number: 362.2 SHA
Films
Chasing Heroin
PBS
YCL Call Number: Adults 362.29 CHA
Heroin Nation
Discovery Channel
YCL Call Number: Adults 362.29 HER
Articles & Other Information
What is the Opioid Epidemic?
- About the Epidemic – Department of Health and Human Services
- The Opioid Crisis – National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Opioid Addiction – American Academy of Family Physicians
- Opioids: The Prescription Drug & Heroin Overdose Epidemic – Department of Health and Human Services
- Understanding the Opioid Epidemic – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- What is the Opioid crisis? – HarvardX – Harvard University Online Learning (video)
In the News
- Opioid Crisis Fast Facts – CNN (Updated June 21, 2020)
- Gov. Wolf Signs 11th Renewal of Opioid Disaster Declaration to Continue Work to Aid in Opioid Epidemic – PA.Gov (August 19, 2020)
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Why did the US justice department let Purdue off the hook for the opioid crisis? – The Guardian (September 8, 2020)
- Should the Opioid Crisis be Declared a National Emergency? – National Public Radio (Aug 2, 2017)
- Short Answers to Hard Questions about the Opioid Epidemic – New York Times (Aug 3, 2017)
- States Declared an Emergency over the Opioid Crisis – PBS NewsHour (Aug 10, 2017)
- Trump: ‘The opioid crisis is an emergency’ – CNN (Aug 11, 2017)
Opioid Epidemic and the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Could the pandemic change addiction medicine for the better? – Public Broadcasting Service (September 10, 2020)
- ‘A Pandemic Upon an Epidemic.’ Syringe Services Struggle to Provide Care to Those Battling Drug Addiction Amid COVID-19 – Time.com (August 19, 2o20)
- COVID-19 and the opioid crisis: When a pandemic and an epidemic collide – Association of American Medical Colleges (July 27, 2020)
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‘Opioid overdoses are skyrocketing’: as Covid-19 sweeps across US an old epidemic returns – The Guardian (July 9, 2020)
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How the pandemic is complicating America’s addiction crisis – Public Broadcasting Service (July 22, 2020)
Information about Substances
- Overview of Opioids – National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Medicines included in the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- List of Narcotic Analgesics (including brand names) – Drugs.com
- Heroin – National Library of Medicine
- Drug Facts: Synthetic Opioids (Fentanyl) – Drug Policy Alliance
- OxyContin: Prescription Drug Abuse – Connecticut Clearinghouse
- Opioid (Narcotic) Pain Medications – WebMD
Intervention and Treatment
- Wreckage of Opioid Addiction – Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
- Medications to Treat Opioid Addiction – National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Opioid Overdose Reversal with Naloxone (Narcan, Evzio) – National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Finding Solutions to the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis: A Road Map for States – National Governors Association
- The Opioid Crisis: Our Solution – Time
- Alcohol Treatment Programs for Teens – Alcohol Addiction Center
- Supporting Students in Recovery on College Campuses – The Family Institute at Northwestern University
Government Resources
- Opioid Overdose – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Interim Report – White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis