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National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
For general information, publications, databases and resource material you can call the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686, or you can go to their Prevline website. A service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Prevline offers searchable databases, links to other helpful sites, and access to hundreds of free and low cost publications, some of which may be ordered on line.
www.health.org
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State
The Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State is committed to working with one voice in the support of organizations, groups and individuals that prevent and alleviate the profound personal, social and economic consequences of alcoholism and substance abuse in New York State.
www.asapnys.org
Alcohol Screening
If you consume alcoholic beverages, it's important to know whether your drinking patterns are safe, risky or harmful. This site can help you find out. You can assess your own drinking, learn about alcohol and health issues, and find resources for additional help.
www.AlcoholScreening.org
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Our Mission: To decrease substance use and abuse by bringing effective prevention to every community. The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is the sole Federal organization with responsibility for improving accessibility and quality of substance abuse prevention services. The Center provides national leadership in the development of policies, programs, and services to prevent the onset of illegal drug use, underage alcohol and tobacco use, and to reduce the negative consequences of using substances.
www.samhsa.gov/centers/csap/csap.html
Centers for Application of Prevention Technology
For the latest research findings on what works in prevention, check the Centers for the Application of Prevention Technology (CAPTS).
www.captus.org
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention - Tobacco Information
The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) is a division within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), which is one of the centers within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
OSH is responsible for leading and coordinating strategic efforts aimed at preventing tobacco use among youth, promoting smoking cessation among youth and adults, protecting nonsmokers from environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and eliminating tobacco-related health disparities.
www.cdc.gov/health/tobacco.htm
Central Referral Service, Inc.
The Central Referral web site is a comprehensive listing of all local
health and human service organizations categorized by type of service. If you
need services they tell you where to go. Please visit Central Referral Service, Inc. on the web.
www.wnyservices.org
ClubDrugs.org - A Service of the National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA site on club drugs
www.clubdrugs.org
Do It Now Foundation
America's Drug Information Connection
www.doitnow.org
FACE: Truth and Clarity on Alcohol
The mission of FACE is to provide truth to the public about alcohol-related problems and clarity on actions that can be taken to reduce those problems.
www.faceproject.org
Join Together Online
JoinTogether Online offers a summary of stories about substance abuse and violence prevention that have appeared in the press. You may sign up to receive email updates on these topics.
www.jointogether.org
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice promotes awareness of the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system and assists the field in developing improved policies and programs based on the best available research and practice.
www.ncmhjj.com
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
For information on alcohol related topics, try the website of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
www.niaaa.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse
At the National Institute on Drug Abuse, where you will find the latest research on drugs of abuse and publications that include the popular Mind Over Matter series for students, featuring Sara Bellum. The NIDA site also features the new pages SteroidAbuse.org and ClubDrugs.org.
www.drugabuse.gov
Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT)
CSAP's Northeast CAPT's mission is to support the application of science-based substance abuse prevention programs and strategies at the regional, state and local levels; and enhance collaboration between and within each level.
www.northeastcapt.org
OASAS Addiction Medicine
Visit OASAS Addiction Medicine and receive information about drugs of abuse, new addiction medicines, and recent findings in neuroscience about addiction and the brain.
www.oasas.state.ny.us
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive Office of the President, was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.
The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program. The goals of the program are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences. To achieve these goals, the Director of ONDCP is charged with producing the National Drug Control Strategy. The Strategy directs the Nation's anti-drug efforts and establishes a program, a budget, and guidelines for cooperation among Federal, State, and local entities.
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
Safe and Drug Free Schools & Communities
Any information needed about the Safe and Drug Free Schools And Communities program can be found at this site.
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
www.samhsa.gov
Syndistar - Award Winning Videotapes, Publications, & Software
Syndistar Inc., founded in 1979, is a national distributor of educational videos, print materials and software. Our products cover many different subject areas, including, substance abuse education, violence prevention, character education, career education, fire prevention, technology education and more.
www.syndistar.com
U.S. Department of Education - Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools program is the Federal Government's primary vehicle for reducing drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, and violence, through education and prevention activities in our Nation's schools. This program is designed to prevent violence in and around schools, and strengthen programs that prevent the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, involve parents, and are coordinated with related Federal, State, and community efforts and resources.
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/index.html
World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers
A substantially upgraded version of the World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers is now online. This site has been developed over the past seven years with the goal of becoming a social work virtual library that assists social workers and allied professionals in obtaining the WWW based information they need (Holden, Rosenberg & Meenaghan, in press).
www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/
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