National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is a part of the government that funds health and science research. NIDA supports studies of drug abuse and addiction in order to prevent people from using drugs in the first place and to treat people who already have drug-related problems.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. The mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.
Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention
Methamphetamine
DEA: Identify Meth (image gallery)
A Guide for Parents: Methamphetamine
Opioids
DEA/Discovery Education: Operation Prevention
Montana DPHHS: Opioid Overdose Prevention
Resolve Montana: How to Prevent Abuse
Montana Medical Association: Prescription Abuse – Know Your Dose
Methamphetamine
DEA: Methamphetamine Fact Sheet
NIDA: Methamphetamine Reasearch Report
Methamphetamine and Child Welfare
Opioids
BCBS: The Opioid Epidemic in America
HHS: About the Opioid Epidemic
USDA: Opioid Misuse in Rural America
USDA: Opioid Community Assessment Tool
HHS: U.S. Opioid Prescribing Rates
Opioid & Health Indicators Database: Montana Opioid Epidemic
Find Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Behavioral Health Treatment Locator
National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP
Words Matter
Click here for a complete list of words that work and words to avoid to help de-stigmatize the conversation surrounding drug addiction, misuse and abuse.
What to Watch For
People with drug use problems might:
- Change their friends a lot
- Spend a lot of time alone
- Choose not to spend time with family and friends like they used to
- Lose interest in their favorite things
- Not take care of themselves—for example, not take showers, change clothes, or brush their teeth
- Be really tired and sad
- Have changes in eating habits (eating more or eating less)
- Be very energetic, talk fast, or say things that don’t make sense
- Be in a bad mood
- Quickly change between feeling bad and feeling good
- Sleep at strange hours
- Miss important appointments
- Have problems at work or at school
- Have problems in personal or family relationships
– Source: NIDA