Substance Abuse Links

Model Programs & Best Practices

ACT Missouri
www.actmissouri.org

Description: ACT Missouri, a private nonprofit corporation established in 1991, serves as a catalyst in solving social problems that challenge families and youth. The vision of the organization includes the creation of a Missouri where children may reach their full potential as capable, responsible, productive citizens. The agency works to empower individuals, teams, grass-roots organizations and corporations in their efforts to produce healthy, drug free communities.

Information Available: Model and promising programs; legislative fact sheets and reports; newsletters; community tools; grant opportunities and links to Missouri's Youth/Adult Alliance, The Missouri Recovery Network and the Partnership for Drug-Free Communities.

National Governor's Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices
www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.b14a675ba7f89cf9e8ebb856a11010a0

Description: The NGA Center for Best Practices tracks state efforts to prevent and treat substance abuse. The Center provides research and analysis for states on emerging issues and state best practices.

Information Available: Latest documents and information regarding best practices in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.

Also see the entry below for CSAP

The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/index.htm

Description: The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is a searchable database of reviewed and rated interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders.

Information Available: Summaries of each intervention which include: descriptive information about the intervention and its targeted outcomes, quality of research and readiness for dissemination ratings, a list of studies and materials submitted for review, and contact information for the intervention developer.

The Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SAMI CCOE)
www.ohiosamiccoe.cwru.edu

Description: The Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SAMI CCOE) provides technical assistance for the implementation of the Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) model to service systems, organizations, and providers. The IDDT model an evidence-based practice that improves the quality of life for people with co-occurring severe mental and substance use disorders.

Information Available: Information on services provided (systems consultation, program consultation, clinical consultation, training and education, and research and evaluation). Website provides sample pages from "Implementing IDDT" booklet.

SAMHSA's Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE)
www.coce.samhsa.gov/

Description: The Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE), launched by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in September 2003, is the first national resource for the field of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (COD).

Information Available: Papers and presentations on screening and assessment, evidence-based practices, services integration and system change, and information on technical assistance opportunities.

Federal Government:

MEDLINEplus-Health Information
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugabuse.html

Description: MEDLINEplus, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, includes a vast amount of health information on over 600 diseases and conditions. The site offers authoritative, up-to-date and appropriate health information for both health professionals and consumers.

Information Available: Latest news concerning drug abuse, publications from the National Institutes of Health, general overviews, prevention and screening, drug abuse treatment, clinical trials, research, statistics, substance abuse conditions/aspects and information on specific populations.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
www.niaaa.nih.gov

Description: The Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 created the NIAAA to address the growing public health concern associated with the abuse of alcohol.

Information Available: Pamphlets, brochures, reports, training manuals, newsletters, extramural and intramural research, databases, clinical trials, frequently asked questions-basics on alcohol abuse, workshops, meetings and exhibit locations.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
www.nida.nih.gov

Description: NIDA, one of the federal government's National Institutes of Health, leads the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. NIDA works to ensure the rapid and effective transfer of scientific data to policy makers, drug abuse practitioners, other health care practitioners and the general public.

Information Available: Meeting and event announcements; publications; sections for health professionals and researchers, parents, teachers and students; basic drug fact sheets; trends and statistics; latest treatment and prevention research; funding opportunities and NIDA news releases.

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov

Description: The White House ONDCP, a component of the Executive Office of the President, was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. The ONDCP establishes policies, priorities and objectives for the Nation's drug control program.

Information Available: Fact sheets, publications, programs (e.g. Media campaigns, Drug-Free Communities, Drug-Free Workplace, etc.), prevention and treatment information, drug facts and statistics, anti-drug ad gallery, state and local drug related data and anti-drug efforts, street terms and 2003 annual reports.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Description: SAMHSA provides information on health problems related to the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol, substance abuse treatment, the mental health condition of the population. SAMSHA also administers and evaluates Federal block grants to the states. The following divisions of SAMHSA offer information relevant to substance abuse.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
prevention.samhsa.gov/

Information Available: Model programs, link to The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (PREVLINE), state prevention profiles, training and technical assistance, public education programs, workplace resource center and prevention related publications.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
csat.samhsa.gov/

Information Available: Treatment facility locator, National Evaluation Data Services (NEDS), Treatment Outcomes and Performance Pilot Studies Enhanced (TOPPS II), funding opportunities, treatment guides and publications, press releases and CSAT programs (e.g. the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, the Division of Pharmacologic Therapies, the Persistent Effects of Treatment Studies and Addiction Technology Transfer Centers). The Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series are best-practice guidelines for the treatment of substance abuse, which can be found at www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/manuals/tips/index.htm.

Office of Applied Studies (OAS)
www.oas.samhsa.gov/

Information Available: OAS data collection systems: National Household Survey of Drug Abuse (NHSDA), Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) and Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS); the latest national and state data on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drug abuse; statistics on drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases; drug abuse trends and an OAS publication series.

Missouri Government:

Missouri Department of Mental Health,
Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (ADA)
www.dmh.missouri.gov/ada/adaindex.htm

Description: The ADA, established in 1975, plans and funds prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs for alcohol and other drug abuse. The ADA offers technical assistance to agencies working in the field of substance abuse and operates a certification program that sets standards for treatment programs, qualified professionals and alcohol and drug related educational programs.

Information Available: Fact Sheets, treatment and prevention programs and services, Healthy Family radio program, reports (e.g. 2002 Missouri Student Survey, MDMA in Missouri, Missouri Prevention Needs Assessment and yearly status reports), certification standards and a substance abuse treatment facility locator.

Office of State Courts Administrator (OSCA),
Juvenile and Adult Court Programs Division,
Drug Courts
www.courts.mo.gov/page.asp?id=233

Description: The OSCA, working under the supervision and direction of the Supreme Court of Missouri, serves as the administrative support arm of the Missouri state court system. OSCA consists of the Juvenile and Adult Courts Division, the Court Services Division, the Administrative and Budget Division, the Information Technology Division and the Judicial Education Division.

Information Available: Operating Missouri drug courts (by County), evaluation of Missouri's drug courts, links for the Missouri Association of Drug Court Professionals (MADCP) and the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (MATTC), specialized drug courts (Re-entry and DWI) and drug court publications (manuals, handbooks and participant surveys).

National Organizations:

Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (CADCA)
www.cadca.org

Description: CADCA, which includes more than 5,000 community coalition members, builds and strengthens the capacity of community coalitions to create safe, healthy and drug-free communities.

Information Available: Publications to assist building and sustaining community coalitions, public policy strategies, legislative alerts, satellite education broadcasts, events, the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, press releases and public service announcements.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA)
www.casacolumbia.org

Description: CASA works to 1) inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives; 2) assess what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement; 3) encourage every individual and institution to take responsibility to combat substance abuse and addiction; 4) provide those on the front lines with the tools they need to succeed; and 5) remove the stigma of abuse and replace shame and despair with hope.

Information Available: Web site organized into four divisions: Health and Treatment Research and Analysis (includes the Cocaine Alternative Treatment Study, National Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment, etc); Policy Research and Analysis (includes issues such as HIV service needs and access to treatment, Drug Treatment Alternatives to Prison and the juvenile justice population); Program Demonstration (recent highlighted populations include children at risk, ex-offender/ex-addicts and substance abusing women) and Communications/Public Opinion Research (yearly survey on the opinion of American teens toward substance abuse).

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS): Drug Courts
www.ncjrs.gov/App/Topics/Topic.aspx?topicid=35

Description: NCJRS, a federally funded resource, offers justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy and program development.

Information Available: Drug court basics, facts and figures, legislation, publications, programs, training and technical assistance, grant opportunities and further drug court resources.

Netbook: Links Directory
netbook.miph.org/links_cat.html?type=1

Description: A comprehensive guide to substance abuse resources on the Internet. Netbook contains links to over 700 annotated substance abuse Web sites.

Information Available: Directory organized by topic, some of these include: alcohol, tobacco, community asset building, cultural resources, faith-based resources, government and legislation, health and health promotion, media, organizational resources, science-based prevention and violence.

PRIDE Surveys
www.pridesurveys.com

Description: PRIDE surveys have been used in over 8,000 school systems throughout the U.S. since 1982. The survey questionnaire identifies student levels of drug use, violence and other behaviors.

Information Available: National summaries of PRIDE surveys for grades 6-12, grades 4-6, parents and teachers since 1997; drug digest; prevention news; basic information on specific drugs; articles and library publications for the media and parents.