Resources

• OnThisDay:  Available Online

• Toxicology Timeline: Available Online

• History of Toxicology:  Available Online

• Hash Tags:  #OnThisDay, #ToxTrivia,  #ToxHistory

• NLM information guide on Opiate Addiction and Treatment  with links to help health professionals learn more about opioid-related topics.

• Medscape Quiz - Plants That Can Poison, Harm, or Kill - http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/880005

Tobacco

• Growing Up Tobacco Free : Preventing Nicotine Addiction in Children and Youths Available Online or for check out at the Marriott Library

• An educational project on prevention of tobacco usage in adolescents Available Online

Alcohol

• Alcohol: Health and Social Consequences written by Ken Barrie, Senior Lecturer in Alcohol and Drug Studies at the University of the West of Scotland

• Adolescent Alcohol Use is Predicted by Childhood Temperament Factors Before Age 5, with Mediation Through Personality and Peers Original Article

Opium

• At the U discusses cone snails and opioids: More information here
• Opioid crisis points to racial divide: Available Online
• Librarians respond to the opioid crisis  [From the DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB email list]

  • “Long viewed as guardians of safe spaces for children, library staff members have begun taking on the role of first responder in drug overdoses,” CNN reported last week (“The opioid epidemic is so bad that librarians are learning how to treat overdoses,” by Darran Simon, June 23, 2017).  American Libraries also recently reported on the same issue (“Saving lives in the stacks: how libraries are handling the opioid crisis,” by Anne Ford, June 21, 2017).  For these Philly librarians, drug tourists and overdose drills are part of the job (June 1, 2017): http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mike_newall/opioid-crisis-Needle-Park-McPherson-narcan.html  Though the severity of the current crisis is shocking, it is not surprising to find public librarians supporting the needs of their communities.

• NLM has compiled resources to assist librarians and other first responders to ensure that they understand the complex legal and medical issues this crisis presents:

• Searching the Disaster Lit® database for ‘opioid’ retrieves guidelines, training material, reports, fact sheets, conference proceedings, and congressional testimony.

• A report by the RWJF Network for Public Health Law describes overdose Good Samaritan laws in each state, as well as state laws about access to naloxone, the drug used to treat overdose victims.

• The Department of Justice developed a briefing guide for first responders about fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic. The high potency of opioids such as fentanyl has put responders at increased risk; e.g., a police officer in Ohio overdosed after brushing fentanyl residue from his clothes.

• MedlinePlus has a good overview of opioid abuse and addiction and links to resources.

• Opioid Addiction and Prevention   06/28/2017 10:00 AM EDT   (Video or Multimedia)

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 05/17/2017

  • one-hour, 10-minute webinar discusses the growing issue of opioid addiction and how partner engagement can support prevention efforts. Features experts from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and National Prevention Week partner American Society of Addiction Medicine. They discuss the spectrum of prevention, provide SAMHSA opioid prevention resources, and cover topics such as fentanyl deaths, and the Opioid Operational Command Center.

Cocaine

• Toward a cocaine vaccine to help addicts kick the habit Available Online

• How is cocaine addiction treated? Article from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Marijuana

• Adverse Effects, Real and Imaginary from the Marijuana Medical Handbook : Practical Guide to Therapeutic Uses of Marijuana Written by Dale Gieringer, Ed Rosenthal, and Gregory T. Carter

• Essays on the Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws

If you want more information, check out the official page for this exhibit at the National Library of Medicine's website here.

The Eccles Health Sciences Library will have the exhibit on display in the portrait gallery from September 18 - October 31, 2017. Go here to check the library's hours.