Resources

• Substance Abuse Resource Guide: Pregnant-Postpartum Women and Their Infants National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information site offers links to research reports, resources, and prevention materials
• Violence Against Women This Center for Substance Abuse Prevention resource guide presents recent research findings and information on the relationship of alcohol and substance abuse to violence against women, including battering, murder, stalking behaviors, rape, and sexual assault
• Women For Sobriety, Inc. Nonprofit organization devoted to helping women overcome alcoholisms and other addictions; site offers archive of articles by Jean Kilpatrick, Ph.D.
• Women In Recovery Links to twelve-step resources related to women's issues and addiction, panic disorder, and relationship issues

Research

• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs and Women's Health Fact sheet from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• Drug Addiction Research and the Health of Women National Institute on Drug Abuse report covering biopsychosocial issues in addiction, consequences of addiction, and treatment issues
• Keeping Score 1998 Drugs Strategies report on drug use among women
• Multicultural Prevention: Women National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information site offers links to resource guides, prevention information, and research reports
• Women and Drug Abuse National Institute on Drug Abuse publication reviews special risk factors for women; covers drug use and pregnancy
• Women and Smoking This 2001 Surgeon General's report summarizes women's patterns and trends in smoking, factors associated with starting and continuing smoking, health consequences, and interventions for cessation and prevention.
• Women Offenders U.S. Department of Justice report on women and crime