The American Council for Drug Education is a substance abuse prevention and education agency that develops programs and materials based on the most current scientific research on drug use and its impact on society.
TheAntiDrug.com was created by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to equip parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids. Working with the nation’s leading experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention, TheAntiDrug.com serves as a drug prevention information center, and a supportive community for parents to interact and learn from each other.
The Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse is a clinical research center focusing on adolescent drug abuse treatment. The Center’s overarching goal is to conduct treatment research on adolescent drug abuse.
Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. is a drug prevention and policy organization committed to developing, promoting and sustaining global strategies, policies and laws that will reduce illegal drug use, drug addiction, drug-related injury and death.
The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign is a multi-dimensional effort to educate and empower youth to reject illicit drugs. The campaign uses a variety of media to reach parents and youth, including TV ads, educational materials, Web sites, and publications. The Campaigns messages reach Americans wherever they live, work, learn, and play.
ASAMs mission is to increase access to and improve the quality of addiction treatment; to educate physicians (including medical and osteopathic students), other health care providers and the public; to support research and prevention; to promote the appropriate role of the physician in the care of patients with addiction; and to establish addiction medicine as a primary specialty recognized by professional organizations, governments, physicians, purchasers and consumers of health care services, and the general public.
Mission: To Strengthen the Capacity of Community Coalitions to Create and Maintain Safe, Healthy and Drug-Free Communities.CADCA supports its members with training and technical assistance, public policy advocacy, media strategies and marketing programs, conferences and special events.
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a nonprofit coalition of communication, health, medical and educational professionals working to reduce illicit drug use and help people live healthy, drug-free lives.
Providing information for parents to help troubled teens by prevention, intervention and a support network, who has been struggling with drug abuse and or alcohol abuse.
This is a good site to visit to learn about how diseases and viruses are managed, and how drug usage may result in a disease due to dirty needles and other problems.
This is organization that attempts to united parents and teachers in the battle against substance abuse. Besides contacting the national headquarters, call the schools your children are in and learn when and where your PTA meets. Get involved.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is a viable and helpful source for combating the dangers of intoxicated drivers getting behind the wheel and becoming a threat to others.
A program for National Center for Prevention and Research Solutions. This is a partnership in drug abuse prevention by American Motorsports. Race Against Drugs (RAD) is a partnership in drug education by 23 American motor sports organizations, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. It relies on Americas racing heroes to convey to youth that there is no such thing as harmless drug use.
Stop the Drug War (DRCNet) calls for an end to drug prohibition (e.g. some form of legalization), and its replacement with some sensible framework in which drugs can be regulated and controlled instead. Founded in 1993 by executive director David Borden, DRCNet has from the beginning called unambiguously for an end to prohibition; we are the largest full-purpose national membership organization with a wide range of programs to hold that position. It is an education, advocacy, support and charitable organization.
This is an informative site on cocaine use and addiction that provides following and materials for those wanting to break their habit and remain off the drug. It links to local areas and gives in-depth info on this and other mind-altering drugs
Excellent site for looking up nearly every existing drug and their effects, especially any with a psychotropic effect. Herbs and other substances are listed as well.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation’s drug control program.
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) provides national leadership in the Federal effort to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems.
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), was created with a congressional mandate to expand the availability of effective treatment and recovery services for alcohol and drug problems.
Working Partners strives to build a drug-free workforce by equipping businesses and communities with tools and information to effectively address drug and alcohol problems.
This searchable directory of drug and alcohol treatment programs shows the location of facilities around the country that treat alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse problems.
Resources and Information on: Drug Testing, Drug-Free Workplace Programs, Young Adults in the Workplace, Prevention Reasearch and Interventions, and Workplace Health, Wellness and Safety.
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools mission is creating safe schools, responding to crises, drug abuse and violence prevention, ensuring the health and well being of students and promoting development of good character and citizenship.
This site offers valuable info for parents, teens, and others, as well as providing informative materials on the various kinds of drugs and the overall problems and effects of a drug plagued society. NIDAs mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. This charge has two critical components. The first is the strategic support and conduct of research across a broad range of disciplines. The second is ensuring the rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to significantly improve prevention, treatment and policy as it relates to drug abuse and addiction.
Designed for parents and other adults involved in the lives of 7- to 18-year-olds, the Family Guide Web site emphasizes the importance of family, promotes mental health, and helps prevent underage use of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs.
This agency focuses on facilitating recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders. SAMHSA is gearing all of its resources -- programs, policies and grants -- toward that outcome. Drug and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment are a core of the program.
This site provides information on drugs, especially prescription medication (http://www.fda.gov/cder/index.html) . It includes advisory on drugs as well as a national drug code directory, among other materials.
Go online and put in drugs or substance abuse, or addiction, or any other term, and a boatload of material will pop up. Each link will take you to other sites that in turn will also have links you can click on. You can also put the name of any drug in the search browser and be introduced to a ton of information.
