Healthy People 2010 Substance Abuse Objectives

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Office of National Drug Control Policy(ONDCP)

ONDCP National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

ONDCP Site for Parents

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

EDUCATION

Health Professions Students for Substance Abuse Training

DRUG INFORMATION AND SAFER USE STRATEGIES

The Vaults of Erowid
Comprehensive fact-based information about almost any drug in existence; stories from users talk about their experiences with various drugs

DanceSafe
Working to promote health and safety in the rave and nightclub community. Fact-based drug information, info for parents, pill-testing information and more.

Rave Safe
South African site, very comprehensive, with safety tips, safer use instruction, and info on specific drugs. There is also a section called the BrainboX, which compiles peer-reviewed articles on illicit drugs and writes easy-to-comprehend reviews of the articles for drug users.

Glossary
Comprehensive glossary of terms from the Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia

The Anti-Drug
Abstinence-based resource from the US Office of National Drug Control Policy. There is a drop-down menu listing different drugs and their effects.

Ecstasy.Org
Objective, authoritative and up-to-date information about ecstasy. UK site.

SELF-HELP RESOURCES FOR USERS, ABSTINENCE-BASED

Alcoholics Anonymous

Women for Sobriety

Secular Organizations for Sobriety

LifeRing Secular Recovery

SMART Recovery

Rational Recovery

NON-ABSTINENCE-BASED SELF-HELP FOR USERS

Moderation Management

OTHER TREATMENT RESOURCES

DrugHelp
Drug information, a research section, and a referral service to treatment programs.

HEALTH INFORMATION FOR DRUG USERS AND THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS

Please visit http://www.harmreduction.org for information about overdose prevention and treatment, safer injection techniques and vein care, hepatitis C, interactions between HIV medications and street drugs, and more. The site has downloadable brochures, links to articles in medical journals, and many other resources. You can also download the Harm Reduction Coalition's Straight Dope drug education series.

HARM REDUCTION

The Harm Reduction Coalition defines Harm Reduction as "a set of practical strategies that reduce negative consequences of drug use, incorporating a spectrum of strategies from safer use, to managed use to abstinence. Harm reduction strategies meet drug users "where they're at," addressing conditions of use along with the use itself." For more details about the principles of harm reduction, please visit http://www.harmreduction.org/prince.html

The Harm Reduction Coalition
Enormous site that introduces principles of harm reduction, as well as strategies for users and providers. Downloadable educational materials, conference listings, and policy information.

The Project on Harm Reduction in the Health Care System
The Project on Harm Reduction in the Health Care System investigates the prescribing and dispensing of sterile injection equipment as one strategy for reducing harm to injection drug users who cannot or will not enter drug treatment. It aims to promote effective disease prevention and care among injection drug users, their partners and their children by identifying the legal factors that influence their health.

North American Syringe Exchange Network
www.nasen.org "Dedicated to the creation, expansion and continued existence of syringe exchange programs as a proven method of stopping the transmission of blood borne pathogens in the injecting drug using community."

Chicago Recovery Alliance
A racially and ethnically diverse group composed of people living with HIV and drug use, working in addiction treatment, healthcare, law, education, and assorted other areas…The Chicago Recovery Alliance is an action organization for those interested in directly supporting, serving, educating and advocating with others for reducing drug-related harms.

Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center
Primary objectives of our harm reduction efforts have been to decrease risk factors such as syringe sharing among injection drug users and to educate them about other ways to reduce their risk. An equally important concern has been reducing the harmful impact of drug use on individuals, their families, their friends, and the community.

RESOURCES FOR ADOLESCENTS

Safety First
Dedicated to providing parents of adolescents with honest, science-based information about drugs. A project of the Drug Policy Alliance. Drug fact sheets geared toward adolescents, question and answer pages for parents and teens, statistics about teen drug use, and news and information geared around teen drug policy issues.

Students for a Sensible Drug Policy
Just started a new campaign called "How to Talk to Your Parents About Drugs" which seeks to improve parent/child communication, trust and honesty around substance use issues.

DanceSafe
Comprehensive site with good information for teens and parents about the risks of club drugs.

The DoItNow Foundation
Working for over 30 years to prevent youth drug abuse

Freevibe
Helps young people understand the dangers of drug use and offers tools to help them make responsible decisions in their lives

UFO Study
List of local resources in various communities for drug-injecting youth.

Health Initiatives for Youth
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of young people by empowering them through education, advocacy and leadership opportunities…HIFY believes:

• youth have the right to ask difficult questions and expect real answers.
• youth have the right to have good friends, get a great education, feel safe, and be healthy.
• youth have the right to expect the most from friends, teachers, doctors, coaches, counselors, and parents!

A San Francisco Bay Area- based community organization that produces zines, publications, trainings and workshops to help youth become educated advocates for their own health. They also put together resources to support organizations who are working with youth. You can download the publications here, and visit their awesome links page.

Scarleteen-Sex Education for the Real World
Not everything you ever wanted to know about puberty, but pretty darn close! Ok, so it's not a substance use site, but it's a pretty awesome resource for youth. I couldn't resist!

SUPPORT FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

Family Drug Support Project
Official program of the Australian government, advocating for safer injection sites and working with families of drug users all across Australia.

From Grief To Action
A Vancouver-based group of families of drug users advocating for comprehensive substance use treatment services and support for public health-based drug policies.

Al-Anon
Support for family members of alcoholics, based on the Alcoholics Anonymous model.

goodparents, inc.
Goodparents, inc. helps parents of teens raise healthy, resilient, responsible, and happy children. They provide parents and teens with information, tools, and skills to build lasting parent/child trust, communication and respect.

DRUG POLICY REFORM

Drug Policy Alliance
The Alliance is the nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs. We envision new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights and a just society in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more. Comprehensive site with fact sheets on the connections between the War on Drugs and race, women, the LGBT community and others. Large online library and bookstore, as well as many publications and reports. They are sponsoring a national drug policy conference in Long Beach, CA in November, 2005.

Break The Chains
The mission of Break the Chains (BTC) is to build a national movement within communities of color against punitive drug policies, with the ultimate aim of enacting alternative policies that promote racial justice, public health, and human rights.

Sentencing Project
Lots of concrete information, statistics, and reports on the impacts of drug policies in the United States, particularly in communities of color.

The Drug Reform Coordination Network
The Drug Reform Coordination Network was founded in 1993 and has grown into a major educational and advocacy organization and network of citizens working for reform of US drug laws and an end to prohibition, or legalization, worldwide. Check out the Reformer's Calendar for a comprehensive listing of events happening in communities across the U.S.

Students for a Sensible Drug Policy

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

MISCELLANEOUS

For anything you don't find here, please visit the University of Washington's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute's links page-there are literally hundreds of links on it to anything you could possibly want to find.