Substance Abuse

CASA, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, seeks to “inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives; assess what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement; encourage every individual and institution to take responsibility to combat substance abuse and addiction; provide those on the front lines with the tools they need to succeed; [and] remove the stigma of abuse and replace shame and despair with hope.” Web site includes abstracts of CASA publications, press releases, and links to related sites.

National Library of Medicine/MedlinePlus web page on the issue of drug abuse, with links to recent news, the NIH, general overviews, clinical trials, prevention/screening, research, specific conditions/aspects of drug abuse, treatment, dictionaries/glossaries, directories, law and policy, organizations, statistics, children, seniors, teenagers, women, and Spanish language pages

“Drug Policy Alliance is the leading 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.”

Documents from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service of the U.S. Department of Justice.

“NIDA’s 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 to ensure the rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to significantly improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.”

“The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation’s drug control program, the goals of which are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking; drug-related crime and violence; and drug-related health consequences.”

“The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) is an initiative of the Office of Applied Studies at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The goal of the archive is to provide ready access to substance abuse and mental health research data and to promote the sharing of these data among researchers, academics, policymakers, service providers, and others.”