Resources

• Addiction Resource Guide
  - A comprehensive directory of addiction treatment facilities online.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• California Medicare
• MedlinePlus: Drug Abuse
  - Offers news, overview articles, research studies, statistics, and more.
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
  - Information about alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.
• Web of Addictions
  - Drug abuse information and resources.

Government Agencies

• California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs

Organizations

• AFIRM
  - Advocates for the Integration of Recovery and Methadone, Inc.
• American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
• American Bar Association Network
• American Probation and Parole Association
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
  - The nation's medical specialty society dedicated to educating physicians and improving the treatment of individuals suffering from alcoholism or other addictions.
• ARM
  - Advocates for Recovery Through Medicine
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Prism Awards
  - Annual awards from the Entertainment Industries Council, honoring the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and addiction in film, television, music, interactive media, and comic books.

Prevention

• American Outreach Association (AOA)
  - Providing publications and training to help prevent substance abuse.
• Bacchus and Gamma
  - International associaton of college and university based peer education programs focusing on alcohol abuse prevention and other student health and safety issues.
• Border Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (Border CAPT)
  - Mission is to increase the availability and application of scientifically based substance abuse prevention technologies.
• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
  - Mission is to build and sustain community partnering to prevent substance abuse effectively.
• U.S. Department of Education - Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
• Partnership For A Drug-Free America
  - Includes a database of drug information: what they do, what they look like, their history and slang terms.

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