Addictions/Dual Diagnosis: Prevention Sites
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov
This site offers a database providing a listing of federal, state, local, and private providers of alcoholism, drug abuse treatment, and prevention services by city, state, territory, and zip code.
Media Campaign in Action
http://www.mediacampaign.org/index.html
National youth anti-drug campaign.
Project Know
http://www.projectknow.com/
Society for Prevention Research
http://www.oslc.org/spr/sprhome.html
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.
Project CRAFT
http://www.unm.edu/~craft
Project CRAFT, as part of the Research Division at The University of New Mexico Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (UNM-CASAA), involves several treatment outcome studies designed to teach skills to help loved ones of resistant substance abusers convince the users to accept treatment for their drug or alcohol problems.
PREVLINE: Prevention Online at the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
http://www.samhsa.gov
PREVLINE is the name of the NCADI's multi-faceted online information activity. NCADI services include an information services staff equipped to respond to the public's alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug (ATID) inquiries; the distribution of free ATID materials, including fact sheets, brochures, pamphlets, posters, and video tapes from an inventory of over 1,000 items; customized annotated bibliographies from alcohol and other drug databases consisting of over 36,000 records; a Prevention Materials Database (PMD); and Federal grant announcements and application kits for prevention programs, treatment, and research funding opportunities.
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
http://www.inhalants.org
Synergies, a nonprofit corporation founded by Harvey J. Weiss and based in Austin, Texas, established the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition (NIPC) in 1992. The NIPC grew from a state-wide prevention project in Texas called the Texas Prevention Partnership which began in 1990. NIPC is a public-private effort to promote awareness and recognition of the problem of inhalant use. NIPC is funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is led by Synergies.
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
http://www.aaap.org
The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry was formed to promote excellence clinical practice in addiction psychiatry; educate the public to influence public policy regarding addictive illness; promote accessibility of quality treatment for all patients; provide continuing education for professionals in the field of addiction psychiatry; disseminate new information in the field of addiction psychiatry; and encourage research on the etiology, prevention, identification, and treatment of the addictions.
American Society of Addiction Medicine
http://www.asam.org
The nation's medical specialty society is dedicated to educating physicians and improving the treatment of individuals suffering from alcoholism or other addictions.
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
http://center.butler.brown.edu
The Center's mission is to promote the identification, prevention, and effective treatment of alcohol and other drug use problems in our society through research, publications, education, and training.
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.
Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/parents_guide
This site includes suggestions for talking with your children effectively, what to do if you think your child might be using drugs, how to teach your child about drugs, where to get information and help, and more.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
http://www.cdcnpin.org
CDC's National Prevention Information Network is designed to facilitate sharing of HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB information and resources.
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD)
http://www.nasadad.org/
This site links to conference announcements, community anti-drug coalitions and treatment innovations and initiations.
Safe and Drug Free Schools Program
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
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