http://www.brainsrule.com
Website of the Brains Rule! Neuroscience Exposition project. Provides games for learning about the nervous system, as well as resources for teachers and neuroscience professionals.

http://www.cbn-atl.org
The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) in Atlanta, Georgia, provides a more detailed description of this activity, information about neuroscience research, and a lending library of neuroscience-related materials to borrow for classroom use.

http://www.utexas.edu/research/asrec/addiction.html
Understanding Addiction: The University of Texas at Austin website to explain basic concepts of the nervous system and addiction. Excellent animation to explain neurotransmission.

http://www.monitoringthefuture.org
Provides statistics on the use of a variety of illicit and legal drugs, among U.S. middle and high school students, with downloadable graphs and charts.

http://www.nida.nih.gov
Under “Information for Parents and Teachers”, easily downloadable slide teaching packets and scripts are available. This is the National Institute on Drug Abuse website; it also describes drug effects and related problems in the Infofax, Community Drug Alert Bulletin, and Sarah Goes to School modules.

http://www.samhsa.gov
Free publications are available to order here, under the Addiction Treatment section from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also available are links for teens, news, and resources on treatment.

Annotated List of Sources Used for Introductory Material

Burgess, C., O’Donohoe, A., & Gill, M. (2000) Agony and ecstasy: a review of MDMA effects and toxicity. European Journal of Psychiatry 15: 287-294. The title of this article conjoins the terms “agony” and “ecstasy”, so we give credit to its authors when we use the phrase “the agony of ecstasy”. The article uses technical language to detail consequences of MDMA use.

Carey, J. (Ed.) (2002) Brain Facts. The Society for Neuroscience and The Everbest Printing Company, China. Primer on the brain appropriate for students beyond junior high. Available on-line at www.sfn.org.

Gudelsky, G.A. & Yamamoto, B. K. (2003) Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicity of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Methods in Molecular Medicine 79: Drugs of Abuse: Neurological Reviews and Protocols. Wang, J.Q. Ed. Humana Press Inc. Totawa, NJ. Highly technical description of research on effects of MDMA on the nervous system of animals.

Purves, D., Augustine, G.J., Fitzpatrick, D., Katz, L.C., LaMantia, A.-S., McNamara, J.O., & Williams, S.M. (2001) Neuroscience. Second Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, MA. A great addition to the personal library of any scientist of the brain and behavior.