http://www.acde.org/catalog.html
Parents, educators can order brochures, videos, information packets on how to talk to their kids about drugs!...compiled by the Scientific Advisory Board - a great resource.

Boys and Girls Club of America
Great place for parents and kids to turn to when they are having problems with drugs!
http://www.bgca.org/html/socialindex.html

National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
In 1997, ONDCP proposed and received dedicated funding for a historic initiative: a large-scale, paid media campaign designed to educate and enable America's youth to reject illegal drugs. This initiative, the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, includes traditional and online advertising, partnerships and coalition building, outreach to the entertainment industry and multicultural communications. Additional information about the Campaign can be found at http://www.mediacampaign.org.

http://www.drugstrategies.org/
A place to order information that parents and teachers can use to talk to kids about substance abuse.

http://www.projectknow.com/
Provides more signs parents should look for in their children and more places they can go to for help; also has a link to a "Parent Speak" - parents can discuss issues, problems with their children, strategies, and get help from other parents to help their kids! - very good resource!

Narcotics Anonymous
http://www.na.org/
The core of the Narcotics Anonymous recovery program is a series of personal activities known as the Twelve Steps, adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous. These "steps" include admitting there is a problem, seeking help, self-appraisal, confidential self-disclosure, making amends where harm has been done, and working with other drug addicts who want to recover. Central to the program is an emphasis on what is referred to as a "spiritual awakening," emphasizing its practical value, not its philosophical or metaphysical import, which has posed very little difficulty in translating the program across cultural boundaries. Narcotics Anonymous itself is nonreligious and encourages each member to cultivate an individual understanding, religious or not, of this "spiritual awakening."

Narcotics Anonymous believes that one of the keys to its success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. In meetings, each member shares personal experience with others seeking help, not as professionals but simply as people who have been there themselves and have found a solution. Narcotics Anonymous has no professional therapists, no residential facilities, and no clinics. NA provides no vocational, legal, financial, psychiatric, or medical services. The closest thing to an "NA counselor" is the sponsor, an experienced member who gives informal assistance to a newer member.

The primary service provided by Narcotics Anonymous is the NA group meeting. Each group runs itself on the basis of principles common to the entire organization, principles laid out in the movement's literature. There is no hierarchical authority structure in Narcotics Anonymous. Most groups have no permanent facilities of their own, instead renting space for their weekly meetings in buildings run by public, religious, or civic organizations. Meetings may be "open," meaning anyone may attend, or "closed," meaning only people who are there to address their own drug problem may attend. Meetings are led by NA members; other members take part by talking in turn about their experiences in recovering from drug addiction.

When accessing the NA webpage, it is possible to locate a group near you by checking the help lines. There it lists groups by country and state.

Cocaine Anonymous
http://www.ca.org/
"Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances. There are no dues or fees for membership; we are fully self supporting through our own contributions. We are not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution. We do not wish to engage in any controversy and we neither endorse nor oppose any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay free from cocaine and all other mind-altering substances, and to help others achieve the same freedom. "

Substance Abuse & Chemical Dependency Resources Guide
http://open-mind.org/Drugs.htm
Information available for a number of different addictive substances including cocaine, and drug abuse signs and symptoms, personal recovery stories, and the "Ask Dr. Steve" link which puts you in touch with an addiction psychiatrist to answer questions. This site is not as focused on cocaine and crack as the other two.

http://www.justsayno.org/
Good site - good community link with "Just Say NO" program

National PTA
http://www.pta.org/
The National PTA works to support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children; to assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; and to encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.

National Parent Information Network
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/npin/npinhome.html
NPIN provides information to parents and those who work with parents and fosters the exchange of parenting materials.

NCADD
http://www.ncadd.org/
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence provides education, information, help, and hope in the fight against alcoholism and other drug addictions.

Common Sense
http://www.pta.org/commonsense/
Created by the National PTA and GTE Corp.

The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
http://www.edc.org/hec/
An organization providing nationwide support for campus alcohol and illicit drug prevention efforts.

United Nations International Drug Control Programme
http://www.undcp.org/
UNDCP is the United Nations Agency responsible for coordinating activities relating to the international control of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

Join Together Online
http://www.jointogether.org
Join Together Online is a resource center and meeting place for communities working to reduce the harms associated with the use of illicit drugs, excessive alcohol and tobacco.

Hazelden
http://www.hazelden.org/
Hazelden is a non-profit organization providing high quality, affordable rehabilitation, education, prevention, and professional services and publications in chemical dependency and related disorders.

College on Problems of Drug Dependence
http://views.vcu.edu/cpdd/indexa.html
The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), has been in existence since 1929 and is the longest standing group in the United States addressing problems of drug dependence and abuse. CPDD serves as an interface among governmental, industrial and academic communities maintaining liaisons with regulatory and research agencies as well as educational, treatment, and prevention facilities in the drug abuse field. It also functions as a collaborating center of the World Health Organization.

Marijuana Anonymous
Based on AA's 12 Step program. Abstinence as the key to recovery.
http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/

Recovery Network
Recovery Network's (http://www.recoverynetwork.com/home.html) list of links on 12 step programs, treatment centers, prevention, help for the family/friends of abusers, government resources, research/university sites
http://www.recoverynetwork.com/links/linksdrugabuse.html

Rational Recovery
Rational Recovery is the concept of immediate self-recovery through planned abstinence put into practice, using an easily-learned thinking skill called Addictive Voice Recognition Technique® (AVRTsm). Drawn from the experience of people who recovered on their own, AVRT helps you take back your life from substance addiction -- and from recovery!
http://www.rational.org/recovery/

Recovery Programs/Centers Referral Sites
List by a few states of programs that aid in recovery from substance abuse. Part of the Web of Addictions Web Site (http://www.well.com/user/woa/)
http://www.well.com/user/woa/referals.htm

Addiction Resource Guide
What rehab is and how to choose an appropriate facility. For lay and professional use.
http://www.hubplace.com/addictions/

RADAR Network Centers
http://www.health.org/links/PrevTx.htm#RADA

National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
Find out what "licensed" counselors do and how to know if your counselor is legitimate
http://www.naadac.org/mission.htm

Dual Diagnosis Website
Had you considered the possibility of more than one problem? The problem of mental illness and drug abuse.
http://www.erols.com/ksciacca/

National Institute on Drug Abuse
"Facts About Marijuana" - Facts for parents and teens in both graphic and text versions
English/Spanish bilingual
http://www.nida.nih.gov/MarihBroch/Marijintro.html

The Lindesmith Center
"Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" - Lynn Zimmer, PhD and John P. Morgan, MD
http://www.marijuanafacts.org/

Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University
"Factline on Marijuana" - Health Consequences, Myths & Facts, and Legal Issues
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/publications/iprc/factline/marij.html

http://www.drugwatch.org/drugsfx.html
"The Effects of Marijuana and Other Drugs"
Various authors and institutions - offers a link page

http://www.acde.org/parents.html
Information for parents and educators on the signs and symptoms of drug abuse.

http://www.teenchallenge.org.sg/
Teen Challenge World Wide Network
The Proven Cure for the Drug Epidemic
Links with information on speed, heroin, marijuana, cocaine, LSD, PCP, inhalants, rohypnol, alcohol, etc.

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/mar_faqs.html
Drug-Free Resource Net
Parternership for a drug-free America | FAQs

http://www.nida.nih.gov/PDF/MJConf/MJTitlePage.html
"National Conference on Marijuana Use: Prevention, Treatment and Research"
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health, and US Department of Heath and Human Services

The following are available support groups:

http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/
Features a 12-step program similar to that of Alcoholics Anonymous

http://www.jacsweb.org
Jews in Recovery from Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

http://www.cyberx.com/mnna/
Minnesota Region of Narcotics Anonymous

http://recovery.alano.org/na/
Narcotics Anonymous Basic Home Page

http://www.wsoinc.com/
Narcotics Anonymous

http://www.healthdept.co.pierce.wa.us/general/chg/support/aldrsm.html
Emotional/Behavioral Support Groups: Substance Abuse

http://www.health.org
PREVLINE - Prevention Online

http://www.arf.org/
Addiction Research Foundation (ARF)

http://www.nida.nih.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse

http://www.well.com/user/woa/
Web of Addiction