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These County and outside programs and agencies exist to prevent substance abuse and mitigate its impacts on the friends, family and the public.




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NIDA-supported research has shown that use of club drugs can cause serious health problems and, in some cases, even death.
Cocaine, the most potent stimulant of natural origin, is extracted from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylon coca), which is indigenous to the Andean highlands of South America. It is a potent brain stimulant and one of the most powerfully addictive drugs.
Community-based substance abuse counseling services.
Services providing community-wide awareness, prevention, education-outreach, early recovery programs, state licensed drinking driver and counseling services responding to those in crisis and to those who have the need for guidance, information and referral.
Straight talk, information, comics, message boards and more to help teens stay off drugs. A fully-interactive site from the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, OHDCP.
Behavioral Health
Alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention.
Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates.
An intensive treatment program for young drug offenders in Nevada County.
Information for parents, teachers and young adults about drug abuse
Facts on drugs and real stories of teens who have struggled with drug addictions.
LSD, commonly referred to as "acid," is sold on the street in tablets, capsules, and, occasionally, liquid form.
Mini-tutorials focus on alcohol and drug abuse and include text supplemented by clickable images for viewing.
Marketed under a number of names including angel dust, supergrass, killer weed, embalming fluid, and rocket fuel that reflect the range of its bizarre and volatile effects
A national progam of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to reduce juvenile substance abuse.
information concerning damaged caused by smoking
Nicotine addiction and the other dangers of tobacco use.
Steriod abuse website.
Find help for teen drug abuse.
The Tobacco Use Prevention Program provides Nevada County residents with a variety of services for the prevention and reduction of tobacco use.









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