Substance Abuse

Recommended Databases –   how to access.

• Teen Health and Wellness from Rosen – provides MLA citations at the bottom of each resource.  This database is the perfect starting spot. It will be discontinued in 2024 for lack of use across the county.
• Health and Wellness from Gale
• Science in Context from Gale- provides MLA citations under “citation tools”
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context – from Gale – learn both sides of any issue through magazine, newspapers, primary sources, and more.
• Book inside the Gale E-Books: Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior 

Recommended Web Sites:

• NIDA – National Institute on Drug Abuse – https://www.drugabuse.gov/
• Teens.DrugAbuse.gov – https://teens.drugabuse.gov/  Find your topic here.
• Revive/Narcan support in Virginia from Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services https://dbhds.virginia.gov/behavioral-health/substance-abuse-services/revive/narcan@arlingtonva.us
• Opioid Awareness, Arlington, Virginia  https://health.arlingtonva.us/opioid-awareness/
• Get the Facts about Drugs  https://www.justthinktwice.com
• Get Smart about Drugs https://getsmartaboutdrugs.com

In our book collection, go to Dewey Decimal # 362 for books on substance abuse.  These books are EXCELLENT for answering all your research questions.

Research Skills Development:

1. How to Access H-B’s online databases
2. Using the Catalog to search for library books 
3. Why Use Databases?
4. Why Start Research with a Reference Article?
5. Model of a proper MLA Bibliography
6. How to make a bibliography
7. Citation – MLA and APA

Resources for Addicts and People in Recovery:

At H-B, our Substance Abuse Counselor Siobhan recommends these helpful Web sites for people in recovery:

Above the Influence https://abovetheinfluence.com/

Arlington-teens https://www.arlingtonteens.com

AARI – Arlington Addition Recovery Initiative https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Health/Arlington-Addiction-Recovery-Initiative/AARI

National Harm Reduction Organization: https://harmreduction.org/

National Association for Children of Addiction https://nacoa.org/

Alcoholics Anonymous https://www.aa.org/

Narcotics Anonymous https://www.na.org/https://teen.smokefree.gov/

https://www.samhsa.gov/young-adults

I am Sober: Sobriety App https://iamsober.com/

Library Books about Substance Abuse and Depression / Mental Health  and  Grief