Links to Other Resources

This alphabetical list of websites related to alcohol, drug, and mental health related health services research is not guaranteed to be exhaustive, or complete. All descriptions and annotations are based upon the information published at the given sites.

Addiction
http://www.carfax.co.uk/add-ad.htm
Addiction was established in 1884 and has been in continuous publication ever since. It is the oldest journal in the field, has regional offices in the U.K., U.S., and Australia and has built up a reputation in that time for scientific quality, for the diversity of material it publishes, and for its pioneering role in stimulating and leading debate. Addiction also receives wide media coverage internationally.

Addiction Abstracts
http://www.carfax.co.uk/ada-ad.htm
Addiction Abstracts regularly scans all journals relevant to the field of addictive behaviors and offers readers immediate, unbiased access to the most important recent literature. Its remit includes all addictive substances as well as other 'compulsive behaviors'. This work is published in such a wide range of different medical, scientific and other publications that it is difficult to keep up to date with current developments.

Addiction Medicine Links
http://www.jacsweb.org/links/treatment.html
An unannotated list of sites related to addiction medicine.

Addiction Research Foundation
http://www.arf.org
The Addiction Research Foundation develops and makes available knowledge and programs that can be used to reduce the problems caused by the abuse of alcohol and other drugs in Ontario. The website includes links to several bibliographies and other resources materials that ARF staff have developed and make available to the public.

Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/
Commercial site to get free Adobe software to read federal and journal publications.

AIDS Abstracts
http://www.carfax.co.uk/aia-ad.htm
International Literature on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Related Retroviruses is a monthly current awareness journal which provides full details of the most recent papers published in AIDS and HIV. The journal is compiled monthly from over 1000 international journals and all papers are cited within five weeks of their receipt at Leeds Medical Information, University of Leeds (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/mdl/lmi/intro.html). Selection of material is controlled by a highly structured, rigorous and consistent editorial policy.

Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco Web Sites: Categorical List
http://depts.washington.edu/adai/links/catindex.htm
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute at the University of Washington maintains this comprehensive categorical list of relevant web site links in topics such as: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers (both in the USA and internationally), Organizations and Advocacy Groups, Recovery Support Groups, Information Resources, Professional Societies, Journals and Newsletters, and Training.

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
http://members.aol.com/addicpsych/private/homepage.htm
The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry was formed to; promote excellence in the treatment of addictions, educate the public regarding addictions, to provide expert consultation to organizations and government agencies so that informed public policy decisions in addictions can be made, promote accessibility of quality treatment for all patients, disseminate new information in the field of addiction psychiatry, encourage research on the etiology, prevention, identification, and treatment of the addictions, promote effective teaching in addictions at the undergraduate, post graduate and fellowship levels of training .

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.acap.org/web/aacap/
This site is designed to serve both AACAP Members, and Parents and Families. Information is provided as a public service to aid in the understanding and treatment of the developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders which effect an estimated 7 to 12 million children and adolescents at any given time in the United States. You will find information on child and adolescent psychiatry, fact sheets for parents and caregivers, AACAP membership, current research, practice guidelines, managed care information, awards and fellowship descriptions, meeting information, and much more.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence across all disciplines, and to the public's understanding of science and technology. AAAS is among the oldest societies in America, having been founded in Philadelphia in 1848.

American Journal of Addiction
http://www.appi.org/ajatoc.html
As the official publication of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, AJA is an authoritative source of information on drug abuse and the addictions. AJA features clinical information from experts that understand the psychological as well as the biological aspects of addiction.

American Psychological Association (APA)
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div28/index.html
This is the home page for the Division of Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse of the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society (APS)
http://psych.hanover.edu/APS/
Advancing the scientific discipline and the giving away of psychology in the public interest.

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
http://www.asam.org
Includes newsletters, officers, and ability to search for member's e-mail/addresses.

Brain Disorders Network
http://www.brainnet.org
The Brain Disorders Network is sponsored by the National Foundation for Brain Research.

Brown University - Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies (CAAS)
http://www.caas.brown.edu/
CAAS promotes the identification, prevention and effective treatment of alcohol and other drug use problems in our society through research, publications, education and training.

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
http://www.ccsa.ca
The National agency in Canada on substance abuse issues.

Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science
http://www.cycor.ca/Psych/tc-v263.html
A journal of the Canadian Psychological Association that publishes on addiction and behavioral treatments.

Canadian Psychological Association
http://www.cpa.ca/
Includes a list of sponsored journals, membership rosters, up coming events and targeted search engines. It also provides a detailed list of links to Canadian and non-Canadian link sites.

Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine - La Societé Médicale Canadienne sur l'Addiction
http://www.hookup.net/~mezciems/csam/CSAM.html
The Society, which was formed in 1989, is a national organization of medical professionals and other scientists interested in the field of substance use disorders. It includes newsletters, membership roster, and contents of the Canadian Bulletin of Addiction Medicine.

Center for Addiction Studies (CAS)
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jlaunde3//LI/Archives/index.htmll
CAS was developed to provide research opportunities in areas of addictions, administrate research on selected aspects of addictions and provide campus coordination for teaching and curricula on addictions.

Much of the work of CAS has been concerned with the prevalence and treatment of problem gambling in Minnesota and how it interacts with alcohol use. Problem gambling prevalence studies have been done on adolescents and adults with results of this research appearing in the Journal of Gambling Studies.

Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
http://www.casacolumbia.org
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) is a resource for research on addiction and substance abuse. It provides access to information, research and commentary on tobacco, alcohol and drug abuse issues including prevention, treatment and cost data.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Public Health Service, in the Department of Health and Human Services. It's mission: To promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.

CDC's Wonder
http://wonder.cdc.gov/
On-line and executable access to CDC data via Epi Info.

CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
http://www.cdcnac.org/
CDC National Aids Clearing House, link to data sets and other AIDS websites.

(U.S.) Census
http://www.census.gov/
On-line and executable census data files down to county and sometimes block level. Can get maps and/or local statistics. Can also link to National Center for Health Statistics and other further information .

Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR)
http://www.pitt.edu/~mmv/cedar.html
CEDAR serves to elucidate the factors contributing to the variation in the liability to drug abuse and determine the developmental pathways culminating in drug abuse outcome, normal outcome, and psychiatric/behavioral disorder outcome. .CEDAR is a consortium between the University of Pittsburgh http://www.pitt.edu/ and St. Francis Medical Center.

Center for Prevention Research at the University of Kentucky
http://www.uky.edu/RGS/PreventionResearch/welcome.html
The Center for Prevention Research at the University of Kentucky was established in October 1987 with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It was the first such Center funded by NIDA.

CESAR, Center for Substance Abuse Research
http://www.cesar.umd.edu
The Center for Substance Abuse Research located at the University of Maryland, provides a weekly fax service on drug abuse related topics also. Site includes detailed bibliography and downloadable versions of many reports.

Chestnut Health Systems
http://www.chestnut.org
This site includes information on Lighthouse Institute Publications, Training, and Research; health services research on the web, statistical power, and methodological issues; and links to Chestnut's clinical divisions and staff e-mail. It also serves as the home page for the Cannabis Youth Treatment Cooperative Agreement's Coordinating Center (CYT-CC).

College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPA)
http://views.vcu.edu/cpdd/
CPDD serves as an interface among governmental, industrial and academic communities maintaining liaisons with regulatory and research agencies as well as educational, treatment, and prevention facilities in the drug abuse field. It also functions as a collaborating center of the World Health Organization.

(UCLA) Drug Abuse Research Center
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/npi/DARC
The Drug Abuse Research Center (DARC) is a diverse research organization that investigates psychosocial and epidemiological issues pertaining to drug use and conducts evaluations of interventions for drug dependence. The group's portfolio of studies has provided findings that have improved the understanding of the complex nature of drug use and dependence; DARC findings have been useful in developing more effective strategies for dealing with drug-related problems through prevention, treatment, and criminal justice approaches.

Drug and Alcohol Review:
http://www.carfax.co.uk/dar-ad.htm
An Australian journal that has a 16 year history as a forum for the views, expertise and experience of all those involved in the study of treatment of alcohol, tobacco and drug problems. Contributors to the journal examine and report on alcohol and drug use from a wide range of perspectives: clinical, biomedical, psychological and sociological. The review particularly welcomes contributions from the perspective of harm reduction.

Drug Dependence Research Center (DDRC)
http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~ddrc
DDRC is at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, the University of California, San Francisco. It focus on the pharmacology, physiology and psychology of commonly abused drugs in humans. This website includes a description of projects, the staff publications, links to other sites.

Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and to bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations, and principal members of organizations, involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States; and to recommend and support nonenforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and international markets. This website includes mail contacts, press-releases, publications, and statistical reports/tables.

Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC)
http://www.rand.org/centers/dprc/
RAND's DPRC conducts empirical research, policy analysis, and outreach needed to help community leaders and public officials develop more effective strategies for dealing with drug problems. The center is strongly committed to ensuring that its findings reach those who can make a difference. It accomplishes this by working directly with decision makers at the local, state, and federal levels and through an interactive communications program that includes briefings, seminars, workshops, guest speakers, conferences, and publications. This website includes online publication abstracts, descriptions of the core areas/projects, and information on DPRC's newsletter.

Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy
http://www.carfax.co.uk/dep-ad.htm
This is a refereed journal which aims to stimulate discussion between researchers, practitioners and policy-makers on a wide range of issues in prevention and harm reduction approaches to the use and problem use of both legal and illicit substances. It is an international, multidisciplinary journal which acts as a forum for communication between those concerned with the development of policy and those affected by its application in the community.

Educational Research Information Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
http://ericae.net/
The ERIC® Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation seeks to provide 1) balanced information concerning educational assessment and 2) resources to encourage responsible test use. Among other resources this site includes on-line access to "Test Locators" developed by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation at the Catholic University of America, the Library and Reference Services Division of the Educational Testing Service, the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, the Region III Comprehensive Center at GW University, and Pro-Ed test publishers.

Evaluation and Program Planning
http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/inca/593
The primary goals of the journal are to assist evaluators and planners to better the practice of their professions, to develop their skills and to improve their knowledge base. Major articles of two types are published: (1) reports of individual evaluation or planning efforts, and (2) more general articles on issues relevant to the conduct of evaluation and planning. This site includes instructions to authors, tables of contents and a link to the editors.

FEDSTATS
http://www.fedstats.gov/index20.html
This site contains an integrated index of all federal agencies that spend $500,000+ per year on statistical activities. These include:

1. planning of statistical surveys and studies;
2. training of statisticians, interviewers, or processing personnel;
3. collection, processing, or tabulation of statistical data for publication, dissemination, research, analysis, or program management and evaluation;
4. publication or dissemination of statistical data and studies;
5. methodological testing or statistical research;
6. data analysis;
7. forecasts or projections that are for public use;
8. statistical tabulation, dissemination, or publication of data collected by others;
9. construction of secondary data series or development of models;
10. management or coordination of statistical operations; and
11. statistical consulting or training.

FedWorld
http://www.fedworld.gov/
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS ) introduced FedWorld in November 1992 to help with the challenge of accessing U.S. Government Information online. In an electronic age when more and more government agencies are racing to get online, FedWorld can help you keep up with the flood of information worldwide. We are providing a comprehensive central access point for locating and acquiring government information.

Hazelden
http://www.hazelden.org/index.dbm
Webpage for the Hazelden Foundation. Includes an on-line bookstore.

Health On the Net Foundation
http://www.hon.ch/
Health On the Net Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to build and support the international health and medical community on the Internet and WWW, so that the potential benefits of this new communications medium may be realized by individuals, medical professionals and healthcare providers. HON site includes a complete list of hospitals on the WWW, Internet medical support communities (list servers, newsgroups and FAQs), Medical sites search engine, etc.

Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS): Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (OASA)
http://www.state.il.us/agency/dhs/indexasanp.html
The human services agency for the state of Illinois.

Indian Health Service
http://www.tucson.ihs.gov/
An agency of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. The IHS provides a comprehensive health services delivery system for American Indians and Alaska Natives with opportunity for maximum tribal involvement in developing and managing programs to meet their health needs. The goal of the IHS is to raise the health status of American Indian and Alaska Native people to the highest possible level.

Information for Practice
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/ip/
Information for Practice (IP) is a free monthly newsletter service designed to alert subscribers to Internet based resources that have potential utility for practice. These links are selected by members of the WWWRSW (World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers) team from new additions to the WWWRSW site based primarily on an assessment of the quality of the source.

Institute of Behavior Research (IBR)
http://www.ibr.tcu.edu/
The Institute of Behavioral Research (IBR) at TCU conducts evaluations of drug abuse and addiction services. Special attention is given to assessing and analyzing individual functioning, treatment delivery and engagement process, and their relationships to outcomes. Treatment improvement protocols developed and tested emphasize cognitive and behavioral strategies for programs in community-based as well as criminal justice settings. Our people, projects, publications, and training programs are described.

The Johns Hopkins Bio-Informatics Home Page
http://www.bis.med.jhmi.edu/
This site has a large number of databases and links to other research sites. To use the databases you need a browser that supports forms.

Join Together Online
http://www.jointogether.org/jto/
Join Together Online is a resource center and meeting place for communities working to reduce the harms associated with the use of illicit drugs, excessive alcohol and tobacco. Join Together Online helps communities raise money to support prevention and treatment activities and stay on top of the latest substance abuse news, technical assistance and public policy developments. It also puts communities in direct contact with others seeking to develop comprehensive approaches to reducing the harm from substance abuse.

Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
http://www.jcaho.org/
The main accreditation organization for alcohol, drug and mental health facilities (as well as primary care). It includes links to their work on outcome monitoring and materials that can be ordered.

The Journal of Drug Issues
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~crimdo/cr-jrnl-drg.html
The Journal of Drug Issues is an academic journal that focuses on drug use and the criminal justice system. It is published quarterly.

Journal of Mental Health Administration (JMHA)
http://www.fmhi.usf.edu/jmha/jmhamain.html
JMHA is interested in publishing a broad spectrum of issues, including (but NOT limited to) the following topical areas: Professional Ethics for Behavioral Health Administrators; Ethical Issues in Managed Behavioral Health Care; Right to Refuse Treatment; Homelessness; Informed Consent; Confidentiality; Regulation of "Doctor/Patient" Relationship; Euthanasia and Mental Disorders; Outcome monitoring, and Ethical Issues in Conducting Mental Health/Substance Abuse Research.

The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
http://www.mind.net/cns/jpd.htm
The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (ISSN 0279-1072) is an authoritative quarterly periodical containing timely information of a multidisciplinary nature surrounding the use and abuse of psychoactive drugs.

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/inca/525475
The Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment features original contributions and articles on the clinical treatment of substance abuse and alcoholism. The Journal is directed toward treatment practitioners in both the private and public sectors, including those involved in health centers, clinics, hospitals, and community agencies. This site includes instructions to authors, tables of contents and a link to the editors.

Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN)
http://www.mentalhealth.org
KEN is a one-stop source of information and resources on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services for mental illness. KEN is a service of the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. KEN offers information related to Consumers/Survivors, Managed Care, Children's' Mental Health, Statistics, and upcoming conferences and events. KEN offers an online database lookup of Mental Health resources around the country and in your community. KEN offers an extensive catalog of free publications, many of which can be viewed at the site or downloaded via FTP. All of the publications can be ordered via on online order form.

Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity (Project MATCH)
http://www10.uchc.edu/match/index.htm
Project MATCH is a multi-site clinical trial designed to test a series of a priori hypotheses on how patient-treatment interactions relate to outcome. Patients presenting at outpatient and being discharged from inpatient were randomly assigned to Twelve-Step Facilitation, Cognitive-Behavioral Coping Skills, or Motivational Enhancement Therapy and followed at 3-month intervals for 1 year following completion of the 12-week treatment period This site provides a summary of findings, links to staff and sites and the most current bibliography of study products.

Medscape(sm)
http://www.medscape.com/
This is a new, free Web site for health professionals and interested consumers. Practice-oriented information is peer-reviewed and edited by thought-leaders in AIDS, infectious diseases, urology, and surgery. Highly-structured articles and full-color graphics are supplemented with stored literature searches and annotated links to relevant Internet resources. From SCP Communications, Inc., http://www.medscape.com/Medscape/Public/SCP/SCP.html one of the world's leading publishers of medical journals and medical education programs.

National Association for Children of Alcoholics
http://www.health.org/nacoa/
The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) is the only national nonprofit membership organization working on behalf of children of alcoholics. Their mission is to advocate for all children and families affected by alcoholism and other drug dependencies. Articles, related links, and resources are provided.

National Clearinghouse of Drug and Alcohol Information
http://www.health.org/
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the information service of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services . NCADI is the world's largest resource for current information and materials about alcohol and other drugs.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
http://www.health.org/
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of policy makers and professionals. NCJRS is a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute of Justice , the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/ondcp/html/ondcp.html.

National Evaluation Data Services (NEDS)
http://neds.calib.com/index.cfm
To enhance these efforts, CSAT established the National Evaluation Data Services (NEDS) to increase scientifically-based analyses that answer vital questions in the substance abuse treatment field. NEDS objectives include:

• Develop an information system of available data related to the evaluation of substance abuse treatment
• Articulate analytic findings within distributable products that provide easily understood implications for policy, treatment practice, and future research
• Support all of the NEDS activities with a broad range of experts to ensure scientific rigor and relevance

In support of CSAT's mission, NEDS aims to increase knowledge of the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment and to promote access to evaluation and access to research data and findings.

National Families in Action (NFIA)
http://www.emory.edu/NFIA/
National Families in Action (NFIA) is a private, nonprofit membership organization founded in 1977. It helped create and lead the parent movement, the first tier of the prevention movement that drove drug use down by two-thirds among adolescents and young adults between 1979 and 1992. Its goal is to help parents prevent drug abuse in their families and communities..

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
This site provides information on the institutes organization, staff email, review and standing committee rosters/schedules, program announcements, requests for applications, and contracts. It also includes a detailed list of links to other sites and publications.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
http://www.nida.nih.gov/
This site provides information on the institutes organization, staff email, review and standing committee rosters/schedules, program announcements, requests for applications, and contracts. It also includes a detailed list of links to other sites and a tool for searching the site.

National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
This site provides information on the institutes organization, staff email, review and standing committee rosters/schedules, program announcements, requests for applications, and contracts. It also includes a detailed list of links to other sites.

NIAAA's ETOH Database
http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov
NIAAA's Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database is the most comprehensive online resource covering alcohol-related biomedical and behavioral research.

NIDA's Morpheus
http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov
Link to NIDA and NIAAA software for doing grants and to additional websites.

NIH's Grants page
http://www.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding.htm
National Institute of Health home page, linked to institutes, program announcement, reviewers, comments, recent awards.

National Clearinghouse on Managed Care and Long-Term Supports and Services for People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families
http://www.mcare.net
Managed Care has become an important issue for the disabilities community. It's often difficult to get answers, understand policies and determine what's best for individuals and/or their families. Whether dealing with Medicaid or with private HMOs, managed care it be very confusing. MCARE was created in 1997 to help people in this community cope with insurance and long term care issues.

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
The National Library of Medicine is the world's largest library dealing with a single scientific/professional topic. It cares for over 4.5 million holdings (including books, journal, reports, manuscripts and audio-visual items)

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
http://www.fedworld.gov/ntis/ntishome.html
This agency is the main national archive on technical reports and other unpublished papers that are otherwise almost impossible to find.

National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study (NTIES)
http://www.calib.com/nedtac/nties/index.htm
NTIES is a five-year study of the impact of drug and alcohol treatment on 5,388 clients treated in public substance abuse treatment programs funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. This site includes a summary of the main findings , including the main figures.

Netscape
http://home.netscape.com/
Commercial site to get free Netscape browser software for WWW sites, downloading and mail.

Nebraska Behavioral Biology Group
http://cricket.unl.edu/NBBG.html
The Nebraska Behavioral Biology Group (NBBG) combines the resources in Behavioral Biology of three Universities in Eastern Nebraska: Creighton University, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The University of Nebraska at Omaha. These combined resources provide outstanding opportunities for students to pursue graduate studies in a number of areas of Behavioral Biology.

New England Research Institutes (NERI)
http://www.neri.org/
New England Research Institutes, Inc. (NERI) is a small business devoted to social epidemiological and public health research. Our areas of expertise include social sciences research, intervention evaluations, multi-site clinical trials, statistical analyses, and epidemiological research.

The Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/ondcp/html/ondcp.html
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was established by Act of Congress in 1988 and is organized within the Executive Office of the President. ONDCP is authorized to develop and coordinate the policies, goals, and objectives of the Nation's drug control program for reducing the use of illicit drugs. ONDCP engages in activities that both meet the requirements of its authorization and represent the values and commitments of the President and its Director. .

Physicians for Prevention
http://PFPrevention.com/pfpmain.html
A non-profit corporation dedicated to disseminating addiction prevention information to health care professionals.

Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center (PAARC)
http://www.pitt.edu/~paarc/paarc.html
PAARC is one of fourteen alcohol research centers funded by NIAAA. It is the only NIAAA center investigating the effects of alcohol on the development of adolescents. The overall mission of this Alcohol Research Center is to characterize and analyze the mechanisms and consequences of alcohol abuse during adolescence based on a longitudinal study. This website includes information on related publications, presentations, newsletters, conferences and staff.

Prevline - Prevention Online
http://www.health.org/index.htm
This site offers access to searchable databases and substance abuse prevention materials.

Rational Recovery
http://rational.org/recovery/
Rational Recovery is the concept of immediate self-recovery through planned abstinence put into practice, using an easily-learned thinking skill called Addictive Voice Recognition Technique® (AVRTsm). Drawn from the experience of people who recovered on their own, AVRT helps you take back your life from substance addiction -- and from recovery! This website includes both on line information, publication ordering information, and links related to rational recovery.

Society for Prevention Research
http://www.preventionresearch.org/
The focus of this society is broadly defined and concerned with the problems pertaining to the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, and associated social maladjustment, crime, and behavior disorders.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
http://www.samhsa.gov/
SAMHSA's mission is to assure that quality substance abuse and mental health services are available to the people who need them and to ensure that prevention and treatment knowledge is used more effectively in the general health care system.

SAMHSA Office of Applied Studies
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/
On-line and archival access to SAMHSA statistical data from National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, High School and Beyond, Emergency Rooms, treatment utilization and others.

Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) / Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Orange County, New York
http://www.monroe.ny.frontiercomm.net/~adac/welcome.htm
Substance abuse identification and referral services as well as professional training. We also have TASC/Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime and several substance abuse curriculums we offer to local schools.

The United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP)
http://www.undcp.org/
UNDCP is the United Nations agency responsible for coordinating activities relating to the international control of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. This website lists projects and publications of the organization and includes links to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.

UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center (DARC)
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/npi/DARC/
The Drug Abuse Research Center (DARC) is a diverse research organization that investigates psychosocial and epidemiological issues pertaining to drug use and conducts evaluations of interventions for drug dependence. The group's portfolio of studies has provided findings that have improved the understanding of the complex nature of drug use and dependence; DARC findings have been useful in developing more effective strategies for dealing with drug-related problems through prevention, treatment, and criminal justice approaches.

U.S. Census
http://www.census.gov
On-line and executable census data files down to county and sometimes block level. Can get maps and/or local statistics. Can also link to National Center for Health Statistics and other further information .

Urban Programs Resource Network
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~uplink/
Operated by Cooperative Extension Service (CES) of the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (UIUC), this provides downloadable factsheets and curriculum related to parenting, child development, consumer education, and neighborhood redevelopment, as well as, contact names and schedules for related training and programs. UICES does not provide direct service programming, but trains staff of agencies, schools, and community organizations. Materials available from Illinois and national network of urban extension agencies.

VA Medical Center, PET Imaging
http://pet.med.va.gov:8080/
The state-of-the-art Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center (VAMC) became operational in November, 1991. This facility, which houses a 40 MeV Scanditronics cyclotron, a Siemens ECAT tomograph with retractable septa and an extensive Sun computer network, is maintained and operated by the PET Imaging Service, which includes both VAMC and University of Minnesota staff.

World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers (WWWRSW)
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/
WWWRSW is designed to facilitate access to professionally relevant information on the WWW. Jointly sponsored by New York University's Ehrenkranz School of Social Work and the Division of Social Work and Behavioral Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, WWWRSW has been substantially upgraded and currently contains 78,700 links. The majority of these links are to full text electronic journals, and scientific, technical and policy reports. In addition, WWWRSW contains links to 2650 scholarly journals and newsletters, of which, 210 are to sites that provide full text articles. A wide range of links to relevant government agencies, educational institutions and professional organizations are also included. WWWRSW is updated daily and has recently been optimized to increase response times.

Web of Addictions
http://www.well.com/user/woa/
The Web of Addictions is dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol and other drug addictions. We developed the Web of Addictions for several reasons. We are concerned about the pro drug use messages in some Web sites and in some use groups. We are concerned about the appalling extent of misinformation about abused drugs on the internet, particularly on some usenet news groups. Finally, we wanted to provide a resource for teachers, students and others who needed factual information about abused drugs.

Youth Info Home Page
http://youth.os.dhhs.gov/
YouthInfo, a new information resource developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide you with the latest information about America's adolescents.