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There is a huge amount of information on the Web about chemical dependency, as well as many forums where addicts and recovering addicts, researchers and health care workers, affected friends and family share experiences and information. Below are some of the best resources on the Web.


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General Resources
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3337.html
The American Medical Association's patient information on alcohol and other drug abuse.

http://www.asam.org/Frames.htm
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) offers tables of contents and article abstracts from their quarterly Journal of Addictive Diseases

http://www.casacolumbia.org/home.htm
CASA, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, studies substance abuse and informs the public of ways to prevent and combat it. Their website includes publications, news about CASA, and an interactive discussion forum.

http://www.erols.com/ksciacca/
Dual Diagnosis website articles, chapters and abstracts about co-occurring mental illness, drug addiction and/or alcoholism. This site includes an open chat room for discussions of dual disorders.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/alcohol-otherdrugs/
Health Canada, the Office of Alcohol, Drugs and Dependency Issues, provides resources in French and English. Online reports here include "Straight Facts About Drugs and Drug Abuse" and "Best Practices: Substance Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation" - a 92 page research study with an extensive bibliography.

http://text.nlm.nih.gov/
Health Services-Technology Assessment Text from the U.S. National Library of Medicine has a collection of publications about the latest research in substance abuse treatment protocol.

http://www.naadac.org/
Homepage of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors

http://www.ncadd.org/index.html
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (NCADD) provides definitions of alcoholism, facts about addiction and online publications.

http://www.health.org/
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information offers information and searchable databases about alcohol, tobacco and drug dependency.

http://www.samhsa.gov/
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) allows you to search the site by keyword for full-text documents and research abstracts. The focus is on treatment services.

http://www.well.com/user/woa/
Web of Addictions is an extensive collection of fact sheets and an annotated directory of online resources.

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Research Centers
http://www.fammed.wisc.edu/care/index.html
CARE, the Center for Addiction Research and Education at the University of Wisconsin, offers news, summaries of current research and links to national and international resources.

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/druginfo/
Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University has information about specific drugs and drug testing, an online dictionary of street drug slang and a directory of acronyms.

http://www.ria.org/
Research Institute on Addictions from the University of Buffalo offers news, research abstracts, links audio interviews and a summary of Project Match.

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Nicotine Addiction
http://www.quitnet.org/
QuitNet Quitting guides, questionnaires, online support, news and a searchable database of links to other sites related to smoking.

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Drug Abuse
http://www.inhalants.org
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition (NIPC) explains inhalants, describes the signs of inhalant use, lists products commonly abused and tells what to do if someone is huffing. Pages in English and Spanish.

http://www.nida.nih.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the NIH, hosts a collection of monographs, research reports and online publications that can be searched. NIDA Capsules summarize important information about common drugs of abuse.

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Alcohol Dependency
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cas2/
The Center for Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University has an annotated directory of related links and an electronic order form for books, monographs and the Journal of Studies on Alcohol.

http://www.ias.org.uk/
Search the Institute of Alcohol Studies and Eurocare for articles about alcohol abuse in Europe.

http://www.uiuc.edu/departments/mckinley/health-info/drug-alc/drug-alc.html
McKinley Health Center Information from the University of Illinois includes "Warning Signs of a Drinking Problem" and "Approaching Someone About a Suspected Drinking Problem."

http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one of the National Institutes of Health, offers research, pamphlets, and Alcohol Alerts, full text quarterly bulletins which explain current research findings on alcoholism. Check News and Events for the latest.

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Family Support
http://www.intervention.com/
A licensed certified social worker and addiction counselor answers questions about intervention and provides information about how to deal with someone who refuses to accept help with self-destructive behavior.

http://www.jacsweb.org/
Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others on-line recovery magazine for Jews and their families whose lives have been affected by alcohol and drug abuse, and for rabbis and treatment professionals concerned with chemical dependency in the Jewish community.

http://www.nacoa.org/
The National Association for Children of Alcoholics reports half of all alcoholics are children of alcoholics. Read online articles about children, adult children and families of alcoholics.

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12-Step Recovery
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/
This site gives information about Alcoholics Anonymous, addresses and phone numbers of local chapters, and twelve questions to help you decide if AA is for you. Pages in English, French and Spanish, and links to AA's General Service Office sites in Finland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, and Uruguay.

http://www.12steps.org/index.html
The 12 Step Cyber Cafe, a project of the Christian Recovery Network, shares information, testimonials, music, a bulletin board and links to recovery help on the Internet.

http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/
Marijuana Anonymous is a 12-step recovery fellowship with information on detoxing from marijuana and a quiz, "Am I an Addict?"

http://www.wsoinc.com/
Narcotics Anonymous is a community-based association of recovering drug addicts, located in more than 70 countries. Their website provides information about the organization and includes publications for downloading.