Other Resources / Links
General
| Website name (click on name to open site in a new window) |
Details / comments |
|---|---|
| Australian Drug Foundation | The Australian Drug Foundation provides effective drug prevention for everyone. For over 45 years, the ADF has been making a difference. As a non-government, not for profit organisation, the ADF knows its community and knows how to help. |
| ADCA (Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia) | National, non-government organisation representing the interests of the Australian alcohol and other drugs sector, providing a national voice for people working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol and other drugs. |
| The National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) | Conducts and disseminates high quality research that contributes to the primary prevention of harmful drug use and the reduction of drug related harm in Australia. NDRI, which was formed in 1986, plays a key role in national harm prevention strategies through research designed to establish the preventive potential of legislative, economic, regulatory and educational interventions. |
| The National Institute on Drug Abuse (US site) | NIDA`s mission is to lead the US in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. |
| Drug Policy Alliance (US site) | DPA is a US organization working to end the war on drugs. They envision new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights and a just society in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more. |
| NSW Health Drug Info Methadone Treatment sub-site | Druginfo is the official NSW Government website on drug issues. It outlines Government policies on drugs including factsheets on illicit drugs, information on legal issues, plus information on the role of parents, families, and the broader community in reducing drug abuse. |
Patients, Family and Friends
| Website name (click on name to open site in a new window) |
Details / comments |
|---|---|
| Australian Region of Narcotics Anonymous | Provides information about Narcotics Anonymous, their meetings and events. Their primary purpose is to stay clean and to carry the message: that it is possible to stop using drugs; to addicts who suffer in active addiction. |
| Smart Recovery (US site - has online meetings) | SMART offers free face-to-face and online mutual help groups. SMART (Self-Management And Recovery Training) helps people recover from all types of addictive behaviors, including: alcoholism, drug abuse, substance abuse, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, cocaine addiction, and addiction to other substances and activities. SMART is an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. |
| Nar-Anon Family Groups (Australia) | Nar-Anon Family Groups are self-help support groups for families and friends of compulsive drug users. Members meet anonymously to gain an understanding of the user`s behaviour and how to cope with it. Sharing in the experiences of others can provide guidance in coping with day to day crises. You will be among friends who understand and who offer their support. We share our courage, strength and hope to aid our recovery from our distress. This can lead to a degree of serenity and peace of mind. |
| Australian Al-Anon Family Groups | Al-Anon`s purpose is to help families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of someone close. |
| Methadone Today | The official newsletter of Detroit Organizational Needs in Treatment (DONT) |
| Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Australia | Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. |
| Methadone Support Org | General support organisation with a 12 step approach. Site includes such things as a forum, latest North American news and US / Canada MA meeting lists. |
Health Professionals
| Website name (click on name to open site in a new window) |
Details / comments |
|---|---|
| The Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute | The Institute`s mission is to promote among medical professionals the humane treatment of people who are living with opioid addiction by making available to healthcare providers relevant medical, legal and policy information and by advocating for change in attitudes that constrain optimal treatment delivery. |
| NCBI PubMed Single Citation Matcher | A tool for finding PubMed citations inPubMed databases. Publishers participating in PubMed electronically submit their citations to NCBI prior to or at the time of publication. If the publisher has a web site that offers full-text of its journals, PubMed provides links to that site as well as biological resources, consumer health information, research tools, and more. There may be a charge to access the text or information. |
| Google Scholar search page | Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. You can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. |
