Web Links:
The Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE)
The Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) was created as a link between the agency and States, communities, and providers. COCE provides the technical, informational, and training resources needed for the dissemination of knowledge and the adoption of evidence-based practices in systems and programs that serve persons with co-occurring disorders.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. NIDA supported science addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse, ranging from the molecule to managed care, and from DNA to community outreach research.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - SAMHSA
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.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) was created to expand the availability of effective treatment and recovery services for alcohol and drug problems. CSAT supports a variety of activities aimed at improving the lives of individuals and families affected by alcohol and drug abuse by ensuring access to clinically sound, cost-effective addiction treatment that reduces the health and social costs to our communities and the nation.
The SAMHSA Model Programs
This site serves as a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in learning about and/or implementing effective programs. The model programs featured on this site have been tested in communities, schools, social service organizations, and workplaces across America. They have proved effective in preventing or reducing substance abuse and other related high-risk behaviors.
Chestnut Health Systems
Chestnut Health Systems is a not for profit behavioral health organization in Illinois. Located on the Chestnut site is an extensive research, training, and publications component called Lighthouse Institute. An extensive bibliography on adolescent substance abuse treatment is also included.
Drug Strategies
Drug Strategies is a nonprofit research institute that promotes more effective approaches to the nation's drug problems and supports private and public efforts to reduce the demand for drugs through prevention, education, treatment, law enforcement and community initiatives. This site contains a report called Treating Teens: A Guide to Adolescent Drug Programs, a comprehensive assessment of adolescent drug treatment aimed at helping parents, teachers, judges, counselors and other concerned adults make better choices about teen treatment.
Join Together
Join Together Online (JTO) is a national resource center for communities working to reduce substance abuse and gun violence.
Habit Smart
Information about addiction and recovery.Various links related to addiction and recovery.
Med Help - The Addiction Medicine Forum
Ask-the-doctor open forum for addiction issues. Including an extensive searchable archive of addiction articles.
American Foundation for Addiction Research
Dedicated to fostering scientific research of the causes of addictive disorders.
Rapid Detox
Information and resources about rapid detox for heroin, vicodin, percocet, oxycontin and other opiate drug addictions.
Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network
The ATTC Network is dedicated to identifying and advancing opportunities for improving addiction treatment.
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