Resources
Some of these links are taken from the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators website.
http://associationdatabase.com/aws/NADDI/pt/sp/resources_links
Baltimore Sun: Treating Addiction with Buprenorphrine
The Baltimore Sun's series on buprenorphine.
"A Practical Guide for Prescribing Controlled Substances"
Drug Free America Foundation, Inc.
Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. is a drug prevention and policy organization committed to developing, promoting and sustaining global strategies, policies and laws that will reduce illegal drug use, drug addiction, drug-related injury and death.
The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) is disseminating the Methadone Diversion, Abuse, and Misuse assessment today via the US Postal Service. In conjunction with the dissemination of the report, NDIC has issued a press release announcing the posting of the report to the NDIC web site.
This website was created to assist parents in preventing Rx drug abuse (primarily with teenagers).
ONDCP's Anti-Prescription Drug Abuse Site
This web site is sponsored by The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
Painfully Obvious® exists to give you the facts about the effects and dangers of prescription drug abuse.
Where are teens getting prescription drugs? Teens say they are readily available - in their own homes, from friends or relatives, and online pharmacies.
Prescription Drugs: Killing More Than Pain
This is a video produced by Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training that highlights the problems with prescription drug abuse.
Rx PATROL (Pattern Analysis Tracking Robberies & Other Losses) is a project developed by the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma. It is designed to assist law enforcement in solving pharmacy robberies, burglaries, and other major crimes committed in these establishments.
The company funds a national computer database that is overseen by Capt. Richard Conklin of the Stamford, Connecticut Police Department. Law enforcement agencies and pharmacies provide information concerning pharmacy felonies to Capt. Conklin, who has them entered into the database. When an offense is entered, it also searches the database for potential matches. When a match is possible, the two agencies are contacted to share this possible crime solving information.
Pharmaceutical Diversion Education is designed to assist a wide range of the population in understanding the potential abuse and addiction that can be associated with prescription medication.
Pharmaceutical Diversion Education (PDE) can offer extensive education in the area of prescription drug abuse. PDE offers training for health care professionals and their staff, law enforcement, and anyone responsible for reducing the incidents of drug abuse in the workplace. Private consulting work is also available in these same areas. PDE not only offers education on the problems of prescription drug abuse, but can help you identify the problems, and formulate prevention programs.
The Greater Warren County Drug Task Force
The Greater Warren County Drug Task Force is responsible for assisting in drug enforcement in Warren County and Wilmington, Ohio.
The Greater Warren County Drug Task Force main goal is to provide drug enforcement for the entire county. This includes assisting all law enforcement agencies who operate in Warren County and Wilmington, Ohio. However, additional goals involve providing training for law enforcement, and educating the general public on both licit and illicit drug abuse.
The Addiction Project is produced by HBO in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
Good Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America
Exhibit Catalog with Parent’s & Teacher’s Guide
Drug Enforcement Administration Museum & Visitors Center • www.deamusewww.deamuseum.org
DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers.
List of Regulations