Minnesota residents can receive these free publications through our affiliation with the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) and other organizations. Contact MPRC at 612-427-5310, 800-247-1303 or mprc-order@miph.org to place your order.

Alcohol and Tobacco

Alcohol Alert No. 39

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, printed January 1998. Examines the link between alcohol and tobacco use, related health effects and implications for treating alcoholism.

Alcohol, Violence, and Aggression

Alcohol Alert No. 38

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, printed October 1997. Investigates the connection between alcohol consumption, violence and aggression as a step toward preventing alcohol misuse and violence.

Guidelines and Bench-marks for Prevention Programming: Implementation Guide

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, printed 1997. Presents guidelines and recommendations related to promising efforts in prevention as a means for assessing present and future prevention efforts.

Marijuana Substance Abuse Resource Guide

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, printed September 1997. Provides information and referrals that will greatly assist professionals in their prevention efforts.

A Matter of Time: Risk and Opportunity in the Out-of-School Hours (Abridged Version)

Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, printed July 1994. Considers the need to ensure that young adolescents' time out of school is spent in a way that leads to positive consequences. Provides both recommendations and resources for developing and expanding after school programs for youth.

Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Drugs

National Institute on Drug Abuse, printed December 1997. Includes a teacher's guide and a set of colorful posters to be used with grades five through nine. Join Poster Guide Sara Bellum as she investigates facts about stimulants, steroids, opiates, marijuana, inhalants and hallucinogens.

A Review of Alternative Activities and Alterna-tives Programs in Youth-Oriented Prevention

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, printed 1996. Defines alternatives programming and examines related research. Considers promising and not-so-promising programs. Offers informational tools to assist in the design of better alternatives.