HIT: Drug Websites

[Nina Jackson <NJackson@LBUSD.K12.CA.US>]

Original Post:
"(Cross-posted)
    To anyone still out there,
    I have a teacher coming in to do research on Drugs in a few weeks (we =
are =3D
    year-round). I'm looking for reliable websites. I will be searching =
the =3D
    archives and such myself, but if you know of any great sites I would =
love =3D
    to have you send them to me."

Thank you to all who responded. Besides what is below, I received two =
attachments with lists of websites. If you are interested in those, let me =
know.

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http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JHS/URLs/displayURLs.cfm?Topic=3DDrugs

These are the ones that we use with our 8th and 9th graders for their drug =
reports.

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http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDAHome.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse

There is lots of information on this site.

Also try www.vivisimo.com as a  search engine (it's one of my favorites).
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I had a gr. 6 teacher looking for "impact of drugs on the human body" the =
other day, and I came across this website.  It has a lot of information, =
but is organized in a way that seemed to make sense to the gr. 6 students.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html#drug
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California's state agency, Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, in =
Sacramento,  has a Resource Center that offers a clearinghouse with =
hundreds of free items to mail upon request, a statewide toll-free number, =
and a research library.=20
    This is the website link:   http://www.adp.ca.gov/RC/rc_sub.shtml     =
Go to the www.adp.ca.gov site for an overview of the reach of the =
department.  I was once their librarian. =20
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There should be an abundance of good information online, although if I =
were doing that sort of inquiry (which in fact I have in the past, both =
for a state agency and for a legislative caucus), I would also investigate =
the print resources -- primarily recent books -- available in a college or =
university library, if at all possible.   Some trolling at Amazon and at =
online library catalogs (Library of Congress, University of California's =
Melvyl system, etc.) should help to provide leads to books worth looking =
for.

As for Web resources, I would start with the Librarians' Index to the =
Internet, http://lii.org/.  Search on the word drugs (http://lii.org/search=
?m=3Dp&query=3Ddrugs&Search=3DSEARCH+LII.ORG&searchtype=3Dkeywords) , and =
then on other appropriate terms.  That should lead to enough quality =
material for any diligent researcher -- and I say that as someone who did =
this sort of thing for a living for a long time and who now freelances as =
a researcher and writer.

My own http://www.umbachconsulting.com/research/libraries.html might also =
provide some useful indirect leads.

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Using lii.org, and the keyword drugs, the following sites came up.=20
http://lii.org/search?m=3Dp&query=3Ddrugs&searchtype=3Dkeywords=20
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Look up drug abuse at http://medlineplus.gov/ This site has good reliable =
information on any medical issues=20
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I found several authorative sites using the Librarian's Index to the =
Internet subject directory at http://www.lii.org The sites are pre-evaluate=
d and selected by librarians, 31 using the search term drug abuse and 128 =
using the search term drugs.=20
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Try our high school's website  http://www..kc-usd.k12.ca.us/rhs/libpages/de=
fault.html  Scroll down to "Teacher Units."  Go to "Mrs. Zavala - Drugs."  =
You will find a list of web sites.
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That is an awfully broad topic, but perhaps a Web Resource List I just=20
created may be of some use:
<http://www.my-ecoach.com/myproject/webresourcelist.php?rlid=3D234>

The title: Plants Can Cure You.
The question:  "In what ways do plans have the power to cure?"

The overview introduction to the above site: "The purpose of this web=20
resource list is to provide students with sites which reveal the medicinal =
powers of=20
the plant kingdom."

I am approximately two-thirds of the way through the process; the above =
site=20
has a dozen links and will have an additional seven or eight by the end =
of=20
this week. I made this Web Resource List (AKA a "pathway") after a request =
from a=20
science teacher at my middle school who wanted her students to study=20
medicinal plants.=20

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Try Drugs.com a site developed by students for students. Also contains
cross curriculum teaching learning lessons.

http://www.sevenoaks.wa.edu.au/students/drugs/index.html

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Nina Jackson, LMT
Franklin Middle School (6-8 grade)
Long Beach, CA
njackson@lbusd.k12.ca.us
http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us/franklin/library
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.--A=
ndre Maurois
Books invite all; they constrain none.--Inscription at the Los Angeles =
Public Library

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