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Checkpoint: Annotated Bibliography

Leshner, Alan I., PHD (2003). Blood borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Drug Abusers in the United States. Center on AIDS and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Retrieved from

http://archives.drugabuse.gov/hepatitisalert/HepatitisAlert.html

This website focuses on the devastating affects drug abusers face in regards to blood borne and sexually transmitted infections and provides the reader facts concerning the transmission of such viruses between drug users. It discuses the Hepatitis C infection and goes into great detail on the effects of sharing contaminated needles. Screening and Prevention is touched upon in this article.

Collins, James J, PHD (2009). Drugs and Violence in the USA, American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 4th edn. 103, pp265-275

The author provides clear and concise information as it pertains to drugs and violence with in our communities and across our nation. The article has a running time line showing different types of drugs that have been used thought the ages. The epidemiology of alcohol and drug use, and the aspects of brain function while on alcohol and drugs and how it is associated with aggressive behavior.

Lawn, John C. Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration (1986). Drugs in America, Our Problem, Our Solution.