Links for Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Alcoholics Anonymous

http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/

The official web page for Alcoholics Anonymous; information includes the “Twelve Steps to Recovery”.

Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR)

http://cedar.pharmacy.pitt.edu

CEDAR serves to elucidate the factors contributing to the variation in the liability to drug abuse and determine the developmental pathways culminating in drug abuse outcome, normal outcome, and psychiatric/behavioral disorder outcome. CEDAR is a consortium between the University of Pittsburgh and St. Francis Medical Center.

Cocaine Anonymous Home Page

http://www.ca.org/

This group uses the Twelve Steps program to help recovering cocaine addicts. Includes phone numbers for local chapters as well as web links.

King County Department of Community and Human Services, Mental Health, Chemical Abuse, and Dependency Services Division

http://www.metrokc.gov/dchs/mhd/mhlinks.htm

This web site provides links to external web sites that contain reference material on mental health/chemical abuse related subjects

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

http://www.health.org/

This web site provides a wealth of information about substance use and abuse provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.

National Council on Problem Gambling

http://www.ncpgambling.org/

This web site is a great resource about issues related to problem gambling and its treatment.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

http://www.nida.nih.gov/

This site provides a wealth of information about drug abuse, drug treatment, and current research, including informative fact sheets about most major drugs of abuse.

Neurobiology of Addition (NIDA)

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Teaching2/Teaching.html

This National Institute of Drug Abuse site is exclusively devoted to the neurobiology of addiction, and includes some excellent free PowerPoint teaching slides.

Web of Addictions

http://www.well.com/user/woa/

This web site provides fact sheets on drugs and abuse, links to other Internet resources, and places to get help with addictions