Section IV

Section IV: Web Sources

Title of Web page: Television Ads, Ad Gallery—Media Campaign
Web address: http://www.mediacampaign.org/mg/television.html
Brief description: This page has all, or the majority, of the anti-drug
commercials displayed in RealVideo, QuickTime, and Transcript format.
It allows you to click on any of the titled commercials and view any of them
individually. Or you may simply want to read what is said in each commercial.
Beside the 14 anti-drug ads are 16 commercials by the same group that deal
with parenting.
Source of Web site: Office of National Drug Control Policy

Title of Web page: Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Web address: http://drugfreeamerica.org
Brief description: It is a site of endless resources that deal with drugs,
drug-use, drugs in the news, drug addiction, stories of drug users and
drug recovery, etc. It also has photos of all drugs, slang terminology for drugs,
paraphernalia for drugs, and drug names. The site also has a campaign viewer
which shows many drug commercials, the agencies that created the commercials,
etc. The majority of the site deals with issues on keeping kids, teens, and adults
off of drugs.
Source of Web site: Partnership for a Drug-Free America

Title of Web page: Office of National Drug Control Policy
Web address: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
Brief description: This site too has a link to the media campaign. The site has
information that describes the U.S. drug policy, lists current publications
relating to drugs, displays drug facts dealing with the drugs themselves,
prevention methods for users and non-users, treatment for users, and enforce-
ment of drug policy. It also lists annual reports.
Source of Web site: Office of National Drug Control Policy

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Title of Web page: Preventing Drug Abuse Among Children and Adolescents
Web address: http://www.nida.nih.gov/Prevention/Prevopen.html
Brief description: This resource describes drug abuse prevention and the
principles that it is based upon. It discusses risk and protective factors. The site
also lists and describes research based programs, including a separate section
on what can be done within the community. There is a drop-down list that
describes the common drugs of abuse. Another beneficial part of the site is that
it is organized differently for different users: students/young adults, parents/
teachers, and researchers/health professionals. The site also has a Spanish
version.
Source of Web site: National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Title of Web page: Planned Parenthood Federation of America--Teenwire
Web address: http://www.teenwire.com/index.asp?taStrona=http://www.teenwire.com/infocus/ 2002/if_20021022p186_drugs.asp
Brief description: The site includes an article from Justin Case, a writer for Teenwire. Teenwire magazine offers a teenagers perspective on different subjects. The specific article shown on this page is called, “The Truth About Anti-Drug Campaigns.” I think the Web site is important because it discusses the topic of drugs in terms that teenagers can relate to. The information is also coming from a source that does not only deal with drugs, so that teens will not feel bombarded by information regarding drugs.
Source of Web site: Planned Parenthood Federation of America