Read the entire content and review the links on the web to learn about Health Systems and know the statistics on tobacco consumption.

Read the entire section titled "Introduction".  Then, click on the links titled "Identifying Alcohol Abuse", "Effects of Alcohol Use", and "Brief Interventions and Referrals".  Ensure you review the recommendations in bold.  The rest of the resource is optional reading.

Read the entire article to learn about the co-management of HIV and substance use.

In the "Substance Abuse Treatments for Persons with HIV/AIDS" manual read "Chapter 3--Mental Health Treatment." The rest of the document is supplementary, as the rest of the treatment issues and protocols for HIV are likely different in low- and middle-income countries, and even different in various other high-income countries, compared to what is done in North America.

This guide titled "Recreational Drugs and HIV Antiretrovirals" contains tables that indicate interactions between HIV medications and many other psychoactive substances. Use it as a review if you treat patients taking HIV medications.

Read this entire resource by clicking on the tabs on the left of the web page.  The resource provides information on counseling.

Read the "Conclusions" section of this article titled "The Association Between HIV Infection and Alcohol Use." If you are interested, read the whole article.

This article titled "Substance Use, Sexual Risk, and Violence" provides an overview of issues faced by female sex workers in relation to violence, substance abuse, and HIV, as well as an intervention to prevent the transmission of HIV that seemed promising in Pretoria, South Africa.