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    Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    CSAP supports SAMHSA's vision--A Life in the Community for Everyone. Through the use of the Strategic Prevention Framework, SAMHSA/CSAP works to decrease substance use and abuse by bringing effective... Details >
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    Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    This office was created in October 1992 with the Congressional mandate to expand the availability of effective treatment and recovery services for alcohol and drug problems. SAMHSA/CSAT works cooperat... Details >
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    Division of Behavioral Health, Indian Health Service
    The Indian Health Service Division of Behavioral Health strives to support tribal and urban Native communities to eliminate behavioral health diseases and conditions; beyond elimination of these, the ... Details >
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    Drug Abuse Warning Network, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is a large-scale, ongoing drug abuse data collection system sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The major objectives... Details >
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    Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice
    The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was created in 1973, as the consolidation of several other Federal agencies, to enforce the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. The DEA strives to eliminate dr... Details >
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    Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    The Indian Health Service (IHS) provides comprehensive health services through IHS and tribally contracted hospitals, health centers, school health centers, and health stations. Health services provid... Details >
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    National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
    The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) was established in 1974, and became part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services in October 1992. The Institute'... Details >
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    Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House
    The principal purpose of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program. To achieve this, the Director of... Details >
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    Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    The Office on Smoking and Health, established in 1978, is a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The office ... Details >
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    Rural Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    The Rural Information Center (RIC) provides information and referral services to local, state, and federal government officials; community organizations; rural electric and telephone cooperatives; lib... Details >
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    Database Updated: Sunday, September 21, 2008
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