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 | Substance Use & Drug Policy | | | Substance Use/Abuse: Prevention, Treatment, Research, & Harm Reduction | |  | Addiction Treatment Forum
Includes articles from Issues Forum, news, events and information, and links.
| | | American Society of Addiction Medicine
News, bulletin boards, conferences, practice guidelines, and public policy information.
| | | Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse
(AMERSA) An association of multidisciplinary health care professionals in the field of substance abuse dedicated to improving research and education about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
| | | Australian Drug Information Network
Provides a central point of access for high-quality Internet-based alcohol and drug information provided by prominent organizations in Australia and internationally.
| | | Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies
At Brown University. Information on training and research, as well as links and medical resources.
| | | Habit Smart
Provides information about theories of habit endurance and habit change, as well as tips for effectively managing problematic habitual behavior. Includes information about harm reduction.
| | | Harm Reduction Coalition
(HRC) Committed to reducing drug-related harm among individuals and communities by initiating and promoting local, regional, and national harm reduction education, interventions, and community organizing.
| | | International Harm Reduction Association
An international professional association for individuals and associations concerned with the development of drug policies to reduce the harmful consequences of drug use.
| | | International Harm Reduction Development
(IHRD) A project of the Open Society Institute, IHRD's mission is to diminish the individual and social harms associated with drug use--particularly the risk of HIV infection--through innovative measures based on the philosophy of harm reduction. IHRD currently supports more than 180 projects in over 20 countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
| | | Methadone Today
Online newsletters, also available in print. Published by Detroit Organizational Needs in Treatment (DONT).
| | | Narcotics Anonymous
(NA) Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 28,000 weekly meetings in 113 countries. Sites also exist for Alcoholics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Crystal Meth Anonymous, and Marijuana Anonymous.
| | | National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
(NCADI) The world's largest resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) and Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
| | | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA) One of the National Institutes of Health, with information on publications, research programs, and alcohol-related FAQs.
| | | National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) One of the National Institutes of Health, features information on drugs of abuse, drug-related legislation, and more.
| | | Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) An agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
| | | The Anti Drug
Web site of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, an initiative of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, to equip parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids.
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| Drug Policy | | | American Civil Liberties Union
Drug policy information from the ACLU.
| | | Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
(CFDP) A non-profit established to act as an independent body to address drug policy issues.
| | | Cato Institute
A nonpartisan public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C., areas of focus include the war on drugs.
| | | Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics
An international nonprofit association of people working in the public interest to protect the fundamental right to freedom of the mind, including altered states of consciousness.
| | | Common Sense for Drug Policy
A non-profit organization dedicated to expanding discussion on drug policy by raising questions about existing law and educating the public about alternatives to current policies.
| | | Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) Enforces the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States.
| | | Drug Policy Alliance
Organization working to broaden the public debate on drug policy and to promote realistic alternatives to the war on drugs based on science, compassion, public health, and human rights. The Alliance was formerly known as The Lindesmith Center - Drug Policy Foundation.
| | | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
(EMCDDA) Mission is to provide the European Union community and its Member States with objective, reliable, and comparable information at the European level concerning drugs and drug addiction and their consequences. Information in numerous European languages.
| | | The Marin Institute
Aims to create an environment that helps individuals make healthy choices, and calls for responsible action from government and business.
| | | Media Awareness Project, Inc
(MAP, Inc) A project of DrugSense.
MAP, Inc's aim is to impact public opinion, and especially media coverage, on public policy related to drugs.
| | | National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
(NAMA) An international organization composed of methadone maintenance patients and supporters of high-quality methadone maintenance treatment.
| | | National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
Columbia University's think/action tank that engages all disciplines to study every form of substance abuse as it affects society.
| | | Office of National Drug Control Policy
(ONDCP) A component of the Executive Office of the President, establishes policies, priorities, and objectives for the U.S. drug control program.
| | | RAND's Drug Policy Research Center
Conducts research to help community leaders and public officials develop more effective ways of dealing with drug problems by providing an empirical foundation on which sound policies can be built.
| | | Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program that funds substance abuse policy research to reduce the harm caused by alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs in the U.S.
| | | United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
(ODCCP) Works to educate the world about the dangers of drug abuse and to strengthen international action against drug production, trafficking, and drug-related crime through alternative development projects, crop monitoring, and anti-money laundering programs. Also provides accurate statistics through the Global Assessment Programme (GAP) and helps to draft legislation and train judicial officials as part of its Legal Assistance Programme.
| | | U.S. Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center
National center for strategic domestic counterdrug intelligence.
| | | World Health Organization - Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence
Established to promote mental health of the population world wide and to reduce the burden associated with mental and neurological disorders, including substance use disorders.
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