Resources

• Organizations
• Professional Associations
• Recovery
• Resources
• Treatement

Organizations:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Federal agency that promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Offers extensive information and links regarding all drugs.
  
• National Addiction Technology Transfer Center - Multidisciplinary nationwide centers that facilitate practitioner access to state-of-the-art treatment information. Also provides links to each center, which offer a variety of treatment documents, newsletters, and online courses.
  
• National Institute on Drug Abuse - Federal agency that supports drug research and offers information to professionals and consumers.
  
• Office of National Drug Control Policy - Office of the "Drug Czar," who guides national strategies on interdiction and treatment. Offers statistics and documents regarding various drug trends.
  
• Partnership For A Drug-Free America - Coalition of communications professionals seeking to reduce drug demand through the media. Offers news, parents strategies, and drug information.
  
• University of Washington, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute - A multidisciplinary research center at the University of Washington. Its mission is to support and facilitate research and research dissemination in the field of alcohol and drug abuse.

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Professional Associations:

• American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders- Nonprofit credentialing organization for providers in the addiction treatment field; also offers Gambling Specialist Certification.
  
• American Society of Addiction Medicine - National organization of medical practitioners in addictions.
  
• National Association Addiction Treatment Providers - Association of for-profit and nonprofit addiction treatment providers lobbying on behalf of treatment standards, and reimbursement, regulation, and legislation initiatives.
  
• National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors - Offers information about managed care, public policy, and Internet resources.
  

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Recovery:

• CoAdventure - Provides intervention services.
  
• Domus Retreat: Sober living aftercare facility for addiction recovery - Confidential trained staff take care of you 24/7 while you recover in an exclusive secluded home in Anaheim Hills, CA
• Drug Addiction Rapid Detox Forums - For people to share experience and knowledge about rapid detox treatment for all opiates and prescription painkiller drug addiction.
• Narcotics Anonymous - An international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 31,000 weekly meetings in over 100 countries worldwide
  URL: http://www.wsoinc.com

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Resources:

• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment - Offers publications, manual, and guides that assist in treatment of substance abuse. Excellent coverage of special topics on addictions.
  
• D.A.R.E. - The DARE program gives kids the life skills they need to avoid involvement with drugs, gangs, and violence. DARE is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teach children from K-12 grade.
  
• Discovery Health - Offers news and a variety of health information resources.
  
• DrKoop.com - Former Surgeon General Koop's resources for health information. A wide variety of topics, an encyclopedia, pharmacopeia, and resources guide.
  
• Drug and Alcohol Rehab Services - Drug treatment center referral.
  
• Freevibe.com - A drug education Web site created just for teens. Freevibe encourages teens to understand the real and serious consequences of drug use. It includes lifestyle tips, entertainment news, radio stations, cool facts, and links to other sites.
  
• Intervention Center - Family Intervention for Addiction. Intervention resources for alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling, computer addiction, other self-destructive behavior.
  
• NA AA Recovery Zone - Resources, information and support for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts.
  
• NaturalHealthWeb.com - A complete guide to information about Natural Health and Alternative Medicine.
  
• NICD [National Institute on Chemical Dependency]- Articles and directories for addictions, prevention, recovery, medical, health and wellness, mental health, professionals, education, family, spirituality, and other social issues.
  
• Online Lawyer Source - Online Lawyer Source provides legal information in many different legal practice areas. Included are different lawsuits involving injury, product liability, side effects, drug recalls, personal injury, medical malpractice, and criminal. Click here to find a personal injury lawyer, medical malpractice lawyer, criminal law lawyer and more in an area near you.
  
• Opioids.com - A wealth of information on the history of opiates and opiate addictions.
  
• OxyAbuseKills.com - Information on Oxycontin the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
  
• OxyContin Abuse - Provides a wealth of information on the highly addictive and potentially lethal painkiller oxycontin. Legal facts and legal resources are also available.
  
• OxyContin Addiction Treatment & Information - Comprehensive resource for OxyContin addiction and abuse information, including news, community forums and treatment.
  
• Sober Recovery - Directory of drug rehab and treatment centers, alcohol rehabilitation centers, sober living houses and recovery related web sites.
  
• Sober.com - Directory of drug treatment centers, alcohol rehabilitation centers, halfway houses, sober houses, eating disorder clinics, and recovery related products.
  
• WebMD - Provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.
  

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Treatment:

• AddictionLA - Provides professional outpatient psychotherapy treatment in a safe and private atmosphere.
  
• Alternative Treatment International - Addiction, alcoholism, depression, mental health, trauma, drug abuse, relapse prevention and chemical dependency residential recovery treatment programs in tropical Clearwater, Florida and other International locations.
  
• Cri-Help - Drug and alcohol treatment services located in Los Angeles and North Hollywood, California.
  
• Focus Healthcare - Resources and treatment for addictive diseases and psychiatric disorders.
  
• Megama - Israeli Institute of Advanced Treatment and Research for Opiate Dependency.
  
• Scripps Alcohol Treatment Center - Scripps McDonald Center is a nationally recognized organization dedicated to alcohol treatment.
• Waismann Method of Rapid Drug Detox - Opiate and painkiller addiction detoxification treatment including OxyContin, Norco, Hydrocodone, Heroin, Methadone, and Vicodin. Safe, confidential and effective addiction recovery.
  

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