SUBSTANCE ABUSE
About.com: HIV/AIDS & Substance Abuse
Austin Travis County Mental Health
Cell Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Global Teen Challenge
Medscape Today
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse
(Teens & Young Adults)
National Institute on Drug Abuse Publications
National Library of Medicine Health
Services/Technology Assessment Text
Specialized Information Services of the
National Library of Medicine
Substance Abuse &
Mental Health Services Administration
The Body—The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource
UNAIDS
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
About.com: HIV/AIDS & Substance Abuse
Drug users and alcohol drinkers are not only more susceptible to getting HIV/AIDS, but they are more likely to see the disease progress than those who do not drink or use illicit drugs. This page provides a number of articles and links on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and alcoholism and substance abuse.
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/aids/HIV_AIDS_and_Substance_Abuse.htm
Austin Travis County Mental Health
This page, entitled Addictions: Alcohol and Substance Abuse taken from NIDA InfoFacts: Drug Abuse and AIDS, reports that behavior associated with drug abuse is now the single largest factor in the spread of HIV infection in the United States.
http://resources.atcmhmr.com/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=9145&cn=14
Cell Research
This article, entitled “Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS Transmission in China,” reports that after nearly three decades of being virtually drug-free, use of heroin and other illicit drugs has reemerged in China as a major public health problem. One result is that drug abuse, particularly heroin injection, has come to play a predominant role in fueling China's AIDS epidemic.
http://www.nature.com/cr/journal/v15/n11/full/7290360a.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This web site page contains a helpful research article reporting that drug-associated HIV transmission continues in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/idu.htm
Global Teen Challenge
Global Teen Challenge facilitates life transformation for people with life-controlling problems by providing guidance, training, resources and leadership worldwide. Of special interest on this site is a guide to different types of substances which are commonly abused.
Medscape Today
This page contains an article from JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and is entitled, “The Impact of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Factors on HIV Prevention and Treatment.”
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575869
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
This Alcohol Alert briefly examines the changing patterns of HIV transmission in the United States; the role of alcohol in the transmission of HIV within and potentially beyond high-risk populations; the potential influence of alcohol abuse on the progression and treatment of HIV-related illness; and the benefits of making alcoholism treatment an integral part of HIV prevention programs.
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa57.htm
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA's mission is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. This charge has two critical components. The first is the strategic support and conduct of research across a broad range of disciplines. The second is ensuring the rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to significantly improve prevention, treatment and policy as it relates to drug abuse and addiction. This page provides easy-to-read and understand charts and graphs.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/OOA/InterEpidem.html
National Institute on Drug Abuse
(Teens & Young Adults)
Geared for teens and young adults, NIDA has launched a public service campaign as part of its "Learn the Link" between drug abuse and HIV initiative. The campaign is designed to raise awareness among this generation of the real risks of drug use for transmitting HIV, and it encourages them to share this information with their peers to prevent the spread of this disease.
National Institute on Drug Abuse Publications
This web site provides numerous publications, resources, public service announcements, press releases and other helpful materials.
http://drugabuse.gov/drugpages/HIV.html
National Library of Medicine Health Services/Technology Assessment Text
Many significant changes have occurred in recent years in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. In recognition of these advances and their impact on substance abuse treatment, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment convened a Consensus Panel in 1998 to update and expand TIP 15, Treatment for HIV-Infected Alcohol and Other Drug Abusers (CSAT, 1995b).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat5.chapter.64746
Specialized Information Services of the
National Library of Medicine
This page will link you with many resources connecting substance abuse and HIV/AIDS infection.
http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv/substanceabuse.html#a0
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA is a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Scroll through the “Browse by topic” section for information on a broad variety of subjects related to substance abuse, including HIV/AIDS.
This page provides the article Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With HIV/AIDS, Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 37, produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services SAMHSA.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/BKD359/37h.aspx
The Body—The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource
This web site contains numerous links on substance abuse and HIV/AIDS.
http://www.thebody.com/index/whatis/druguse_prev.html
UNAIDS
This document, presented by UNAIDS, presents the devastating linnk between substance abuse and HIV/AIDS infection.
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/leaflet_2000-06-30_1.pdf
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
This page provides a helpful article on daily living and drugs and alcohol. The article is geared for those who have just found out they are HIV positive.
http://www.hiv.va.gov/vahiv?page=alc-01-00