Substance Abuse

• Alcohol
• Tobacco

Action on Addiction
Charity researching the causes of substance addicition. News and details of current national and international activities, together with advice and suggestions on how you can help.
www.aona.co.uk/

Cascade
Organisation which trains and supports young people to work directly with other young people about drug and substance abuse.
www.cascade.u-net.com/

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (UK) Ltd
A Charity established to reduce drug, solvent and alcohol abuse and violence by teaching children the consequences and resistance skills.
www.dare.uk.com/

Drugs Misuse - A Parents Guide
Information about the main drugs now being used by young people.
www.drugsmisuse.com

Drugs Resource Net - Locate
Drug education and prevention resource materials designed for adults working with young people. Good database of resources with search facilities.
www.locatenet.org.uk/

Drugs, Solvents and Intoxicants
Information on the effects of many different drugs, solvents and intoxicants.
area51.upsu.plym.ac.uk/~harl/

Drugscope
Charity providing an online encycopaedia of drugs and directory of help sources.
www.drugscope.org.uk

EPRA (UK)
The Employment Project for Rehabilitation of Alcoholics and other Addicts is a registered charity. Provides a 6 phase programme to get addicts back to work.
www.epra.org.uk/

European Association for the Treatment of Addiction (UK)
Charity working to provide treatment facilities for addictions. Web site contains information about the organisation. A directory of treatment services is promised but not online yet.
www.box-1.freeserve.co.uk/

HIT
Organisation providing training, consultation and information on drug-related issues. Aims to reduce harm caused by drug use.
www.hit.org.uk/

Mary Street Centre
A free and confidential service for drug misusers based in Birmingham.
wavespace.waverider.co.uk/~marystrt

Narcotics Anonymous
Official UK website of the international organisation, Narcotics Anonymous, run by recovering addicts. Uses a 12 Steps programme.
www.ukna.org/

National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counsellors
NAADAC is a professional association for counsellors.
www.naadac.org.uk/

National Treatment Outcome Research Study
NTORS is the first large-scale, multi-site, prospective follow up study of drug misuse conducted in the United Kingdom. Summaries of results so far are published here.
www.ntors.org.uk/ntors.html

NORCAS
Drug and Alcohol information and services for East Anglia.
www.norcas.org.uk

Parents against Drug Abuse
Voluntary support group helping the families of drug abusers.
www.btinternet.com/~padahelp/

Re-Solv
Society for the Prevention of Solvent and Volatile Substance Abuse, a UK based charity providing information for parents and young people.
www.re-solv.org/

Release-inclusion
Organisation for young people affected by drugs and for the professionals who work with them.
www.release-incl.demon.co.uk/

Sovent Abuse
Produced by the Health Education Authority. Good information about signs of abuse, products that can be abused, and what to do in an emergency.
www.canban.com/

Trashed
Interactive site providing information on most used drugs, provided by the Health Education Authority.
www.trashed.co.uk/

Worcestershire Drug Action Team
Information on services, drugs, FAQs, and case studies.
freespace.virgin.net/dat.worcs/