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2. List of addiction and substance abuse organizations - Wikipedia

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   The site, while not substance use specific, does provide Canadian youths with the information they need about making informed decisions about drug and alcohol use. The site also provides access to their digital library, Knowzone , and an online magazine, Webzine , both of which contain content and resources developed by youths for youths.

3. National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program - Wikipedia

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   NAHDAP is a project of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health. The NAHDAP Web site launched in June 2010 and offers a library of electronic data and citations to publications based on those data. NAHDAP provides technical assistance and resources to investigators to facilitate preparing their data for ...

4. Twelve-step program - Wikipedia

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   Twelve-step program. Twelve-step programs are international mutual aid programs supporting recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions. Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith, aided its membership to overcome alcoholism. [1]

5. SMART Recovery - Wikipedia

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   SMART Recovery is based on scientific knowledge and is intended to evolve as scientific knowledge evolves. [4] The program uses principles of motivational interviewing, found in motivational enhancement therapy (MET), [5] and techniques taken from rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), as well as scientifically validated research on treatment. [6]

6. Recreational drug use - Wikipedia

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   L'Absinthe, an 1876 portrait by Edgar Degas. Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime. [1] When a psychoactive drug enters the user's body, it induces an intoxicating effect. [1]

7. Addiction - Wikipedia

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   As of 2021, 43.7 million people aged 12 or older surveyed by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in the United States needed treatment for an addiction to alcohol, nicotine, or other drugs. The groups with the highest number of people were 18–25 years (25.1%) and "American Indian or Alaska Native" (28.7%). [ 183 ]

8. Psychoactive drug - Wikipedia

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   A psychoactive drug, mind-altering drug, or consciousness-altering drug is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior. [1] The term psychotropic drug is often used interchangeably, while some sources present narrower definitions.

9. National Institute on Drug Abuse - Wikipedia

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   nida.nih.gov. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health." The institute has conducted an in-depth study of addiction ...