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Internet Mental Health: Sedative Dependence

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Vancouver Mental Health Support.
  • Informative articles about effects, diagnosis, and treatment of sedative abuse.
  • Click on “Research?to conduct a MEDLINE search for abstracts of related articles.

NIDA Infofax: Rohypnol and GHB

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
  • Fact sheet on Rohypnol.

Prescriptionabuse.org

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: David Nielson (UT).
  • Information source for prescription drug abusers and their families.
  • Links to information about commonly abused medications.
  • Directory of Web sites about addiction.
  • Inspirational songs, poetry, and personal narratives.

Site of Dependence

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Dag Zetterberg (Sweden).
  • Overview of the medical literature on benzodiazepine side effects, with bibliographies.
  • Personal narratives concerning benzodiazepine dependence.