Valley Links

Electronic Valley
Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce
Healthy Valley 2000
Valley Council of Health and Human Service Organizations
Join Together Online

Substance Abuse Organizations

• SAMHSA's mission is to assure that quality substance abuse and mental health services are available to the people who need them and to ensure that prevention and  treatment is used more effectively in the general health care systems.
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Clearinghouse on Substance Abuse (Canada)
• Virginia Addition Technology Transfer Center
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• Community Anti Drug Coalitions of America

Prevention Resources

• Prevline - National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information is a national resource center with all types of research and information presented at its website and by telephoned requests.
• Creative Partnerships for Prevention
• Project Alert
• CTAC - Churches Take a Corner
• Pride
• Race Against Drugs
• National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
• Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
• The Connecticut Clearinghouse is a comprehensive resource center for the prevention of alcohol, tobacco and drug addictions, as well as related issues affecting mental health and wellness.  Research and information on the resources are available.
• Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
• Prevention Yellow Pages
• Join together is a national resource for communities fighting substance abuse and gun violence.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, located in Atlanta, Georgia is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Substance Abuse Resources
• DARE
• DRCNet - A Different Look at DARE
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Substance Abuse Information Resources

•  Partnership for a Drug-Free America has compiled information about drugs including slang terms for drugs, statistics, and factual information.

• Web of Addictions provides information about alcohol and other drug addictions for teachers, students and others who need factual information about abused drugs.
• Virtual Clearinghouse on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs is a collaborative effort of a number of organizations having an interest in disseminating high quality information about prevention, treatment, research, enforcement, and development of policy.
• National Substance Abuse Web Index
• Drug Reform Coordination Network Online Library
• Teacher Talk: Alcohol and Adolescents
• The Arizona Nicotine & Tobacco Network
• Tobacco BBS

Substance Abuse Treatment/Recovery

• Alliance for Recovery is a non-profit organization that advocates for the rights and welfare of alcoholics and other drug addicted individuals and their families through research, prevention, treatment, and community leadership.
• National Recovery Center
• Recovery Network is a weekly sweep and is well worth checking for general prevention, treatment and recovery related headlines.
• Alcoholic's Anonymous
• AL-ANON and ALATEEN
• Online AA Recovery Resources
• Cocaine Anonymous

Substance Abuse Social Policy

• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Drug Reform Coordination Network
• Drug Reform Coordination Network - Online Library
• Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
• FDA's Children and Tobacco Initiative
• Think for Yourself - A Public Policy Reading Room
• RAND Drug Policy Research Center
• Action on Smoking and Health
• INFACT's Tobacco Industry Campaign page
• Americans for Nonsmokers
• Smokescreen Action Network

Substance Abuse Research

• National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
• Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
• Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse
• Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies - Brown University
• College of Problems on Drug Dependence
• The Monitoring the Future Study
• Society for Prevention Research