Substance Abuse Information

http://web.jmu.edu/osar/default.asp
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
The Office of Substance Abuse Research believes in the importance of collaboratively addressing alcohol and other drug use, misuse and abuse on our campus and in our communities.

http://web.jmu.edu/osar/Links.asp
The Office of Substance Abuse Research "LINKS"
Excellent list of links to sits of other intrest on the Federal and State level.

http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
The cool spot - The Young Teen's place for info on alchohol and reisisting peer pressure.

http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/
Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of some 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders since 1991). In addition, annual follow-up questionnaires are mailed to a sample of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial participation .

http://www.ncadd.org/
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence fights the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions. Founded in 1944 by Marty Mann, the first woman to find long-term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) provides education, information, help and hope to the public. It advocates prevention, intervention and treatment through offices in New York and Washington, and a nationwide network of Affiliates.

http://www.gosap.state.va.us/index.htm
Welcome to the online home of the Governor’s Office for Substance Abuse Prevention and the information clearinghouse for citizens and the GOSAP Collaborative – a working group of Virginia-based agencies involved in youth substance abuse and violence prevention. Together, these agencies contribute to preserving the overall quality of life for all Virginians by coordinating programs, expenditures and other resources devoted to reducing and eliminating violence, as well as the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, among children and adolescents in communities statewide.

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/searchguide.html
GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT SEARCHES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS The Virginia guidelines were developed as a technical assistance document outlining relevant constitutional and statutory principles to guide local school authorities in developing local policy and practice. They are not intended to be regulations that displace local discretion and authority.

http://www.alcoholfreechildren.org/gs/leadership.htm
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, a unique coalition of more than 30 Governors' spouses, Federal agencies, and public and private organizations, is an initiative to prevent the use of alcohol by children ages 9 to 15. It is the only national effort that focuses on alcohol use in this age group. The initiative was founded by The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and has been joined by additional Federal sponsors.