Substance Abuse Resources

Community Resources:

Regional Municipality of Waterloo Police Community Resource Officers 519-650-8500x2218
Regional Municipality of Waterloo Public Health 519-621-6110
www.inthemindseye.ca - A series of forums and events by the Waterloo Region Community Safety and Crim Prevention Council

Curriculum Documents:

OPHEA – Grade 6 Guide GV225.O5.O626
A balanced being : health and physical education : a unit for grade 6 / written by Aquino ... [et al.]. RA440.3.C32O523 2003

Teaching Kits (print and Video or DVD):

Human Relations Media – Abusing Over the Counter Drugs – DVD + fact sheets RM146.7.A38
Also by HRM – The Marijuana Papers: Research Update; Methamphetamines: The Hard Facts; The Truth about Halucinogens; GHB: The Facts; Club Drugs: The Real Deal; Ecstacy: The Facts
The Truth About Drugs, pt. 11 by the Canadian Learning Company GV225.O5.F67
The Fourth R Program – Unit 3: Substance Use and Abuse – Lesson 2 GV225.O5.F67

DVD:

Reality Matters: Prescription for Trouble RM146.7.R43

Internet:

www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/Infofaxindex.html - National Institute on Drug Abuse – info sheets
http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/Pages/Home.aspx - Canadian Centre of Substance Abuse – especially the library collection
http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/MDMAConf.pdf - Ecstasy: what we know and don't know about MDMA: a scientific review
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pu… - The health and psychological effects of cannabis use
http://www.deal.org/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&i… - Deal.org – Knowzone
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/crystal-methamphetamine-addiction-crysta… - Buzzel.com – Crystal Meth Effects
http://www.aadac.com/87_397.asp - Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission – Get the facts page

Film:

Dogs in Space
The Man with the Golden Arm
Drugstore Cowboy
Trainspotting

YouTube:

Faces of Meth
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-6672964088106265120&ei=gNHfSKqR…

Newspaper:

Grisly Effect of One Drug: 'Meth Mouth' – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/national/11meth.html

Books and articles:

Cannabis and cognitive functioning , Solowij, Nadia. Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1998
Cannabis science : from prohibition to human right , Böllinger, Lorenz (ed.) Frankfurt am Main, Germany : Peter Lang, 1997
A comparative appraisal of the health and psychological consequences of alcohol, cannabis, nicotine and opiate use , Hall, Wayne; Room, Robin; Bondy, Susan. Toronto, ON : Addiction Research Foundation, 1994
The health effects of cannabis , Kalant, Harold; et al. Toronto, ON : Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1998

Meta-source:

http://www.hbo.com/addiction/ - HBO's The Addiction Project: Web site, DVD with documentaries, plus a book. Specifically the sections “The Science of Relapse”, “Brain Imaging”, “ What is Addiction?” and a number of the interviews -
http://www.prismawards.com/ - The Prism Awards: Recognizing the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction in film, television, interactive, music, DVD, and comic book entertainment.
www.oddfilms.com/substanc.htm – List of movies about substance abuse
www.2learn.ca – 2Learn.ca Education Society – search on drugs will pull up dozens of interactive web pages on the effects of drugs.