This site is authored by D.J. Hanson, Ph.D., State University of New York at Potsdam. Topics include Alcohol Issues in the News; Advertising Impact on Alcohol Abuse; Alcohol, Law, & Policy; and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
A searchable online registry of more than 340 substance abuse and mental health interventions. The information for each intervention includes studies used and contact information.
From the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Provides an annual overview of the major developments in drug markets for the various drug categories, ranging from production to trafficking and consumption.
Promotes evidence-based public health policies and organize campaigns against the alcohol industry’s harmful practices. Includes reports, factsheets, and legislative activity.
Conducts and disseminates high-quality research in epidemiology of alcohol consumption and problems, alcohol health services research, and alcohol policies, while also training future generations of alcohol researchers.
EMCDDA provides the EU and its Member States with information on drug use and the responses to drug use. The site features news and an extensive collection of publications. There are several databases, including databases of laws, treatment tools, and more.
A national nonprofit research and policy organization focused on improving the understanding, prevention and treatment of substance use and addiction. Site includes fact sheets, research reports, policy tools, and more on addiction, prevention, and treatment.
NIDA supports and conducts drug and addiction related research, and disseminates the results to improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy. The site has information on grants and funding, as well as publications and statistics.
NIAAA's mission is "to discover the causes and develop prevention measures and treatments for alcohol-related problems." Their web site includes many publications, NIAAA grant information, and other resources.
Advises the President on drug-control issues, coordinates drug-control activities and related funding across the Federal government, and produces the annual National Drug Control Strategy.
SAMHSA leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
Information about psychoactive substance use and abuse and the World Health Organization's projects and activities in the areas of substance use and substance dependence.
Provides datasets: Nat'l Alcohol Surveys; Developing a New Scale of Treatment Readiness; Epidemiology of Drinking and Disorders in Border vs. Non-Border Contexts; and more.
Data and statistics on levels of consumption, patterns of consumption, and alcohol control policies from around the world. It also provides a link to WHO Status Report on Alcohol and Health and to regional information systems.
An ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American young adults, particularly in regard to alcohol and drugs. The data are based on annual surveys.
An easy-to-use mapping program that includes over 15,000 US demographic, socioeconomic, and health data indicators, including alcohol use.
PolicyMap is an easy-to-use mapping program that includes over 15,000 US demographic and socioeconomic data indicators from the neighborhood census block to national levels. Data about demographics, neighborhood conditions, real estate markets, income, jobs and economy, education, crime, and health can be presented as maps, tables, charts and reports.
Provides the latest national data on drug abuse, drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and the US substance abuse treatment system. Includes downloadable data sets.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Obesity: morality, mortality and the new public health
Alcohol: science, policy and public health
The American Drug Scene: readings in a global context
Emerging Trends in Drug Use and Distribution
Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health
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