Addiction Studies

A privately-funded site offering "links to the latest information arising from well-respected, reliable sources" (complying with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information). Features addiction overviews, statistics, and articles on issues, populations and treatments, plus an updated directory of treatment centers.

A "nation-wide, multidisciplinary reource for professionals in the addictions treatment and recovery services field" offering research, education, skills training, conferences, workshops, and publications.

Links to a variety of topics such as Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Prevention of Substance Abuse & Mental Illness, as well as Behavioral Health Treatments and Services, etc.

All publications of this agency are now combined in their online "store" - but many are still free ...

News, statistics, journals, reports, guidelines and manuals from one of the National Institutes of Health.

A project of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, this site provides state, federal, and international resources on alcohol use and regulation, and monitors changes in such.

Links to policy and research documents from U.S., U.N., foreign and international agencies, research institutes, and selected scientific and medical journals, from a nonprofit organization "dedicated to reforming drug policy and expanding harm reduction".

News, reports, and policy documents from the Rand Corporation, presenting an "objective, pragmatic perspective".

A large and frequently updated collection of news and media commentary on drug control policies worldwide from a reform perspective.

A nonprofit storage and dissemination site for public policy documents from a wide variety of state, national, and international agencies and organizations. You can also register for free newsletter updates on the policy issues of your choice.

The official White House agency responsible for the National Drug Control Strategy. Addresses legislation, policy, prevention, treatment, and enforcement, with links to state and local resources.

"More than 11 million documents (60+ million pages) created by major tobacco companies related to their advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific research activities."

"A searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders" from SAMHSA.

Government-sponsored research from the federal agency tasked with "ensuring the rapid and effective dissemination and use of ... research to significantly improve prevention, treatment and policy as it relates to drug abuse and addiction".

Links to selected government-sponsored research provided by the National Library of Medicine.

A 2009 list of guides, handbooks, medical journals, and Internet resources compiled at the Library of Congress.

Links to selected government resources provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), a lead federal agency for comprehensive tobacco prevention and control.

Links to NIAAA resources on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems.

Full-color maps and graphics, plus statistics, policy analysis, and a scientific advisory on tobacco product regulation provided by the World Health Organization's Tobacco Free Initiative.

"Summarizes U.S. statistics about drug-related crimes, law enforcement, courts, and corrections from Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and non-BJS sources".

Comprehensive data on virtually all aspects of health in the United States, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies collects and reports on national and state data about substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

Survey data on risky behaviors of secondary school students in the U.S., including the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.