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Chapter 10

Links from the book:

www.drugscope.org.uk
DrugScope is an independent centre of information and expertise on drugs and aims to inform policy development and reduce drug-related harms. Its website provides authoritative and reliable information on all aspects of drugs and the harms they cause.

www.alcoholconcern.org.uk
Alcohol Concern is the national voluntary agency on alcohol misuse, acting as an umbrella body for 500 local agencies tackling alcohol-related harm. Its website is a vital part of its aim to act as the principal source of information on alcohol to the general public, the media, and professionals (including government officials).

www.ukdpc.org.uk
The UK Drug Policy Commission is an independent body providing objective analysis of UK drug policy. It aims to improve political, media, and public understanding to develop a rational and effective response to problems caused by illegal drugs.

www.drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk
Aimed at professionals, this site offers the latest news and guidance from the Government about the drugs strategy.

www.dh.gov.uk
The Department of Health website includes details of the Government’s health policies on alcohol misuse and access to a wide range of statistical information on alcohol use (prevalence, consumption patterns, health related issues, alcohol-related harm, and expenditure), mainly for England.

Further links of interest:

United Kingdom

Release:
www.release.org.uk/
Provides a range of services dedicated to meeting the health, welfare and legal needs of drugs users. Founded in 1967 in response to the growing number of young people who were coming into contact with illegal drugs Release established the first national drugs helpline and has maintained its pivotal role in the drugs and legal advice field and now operates a number of service programmes.

Centre for Drug Misuse Research:
www.gla.ac.uk/Inter/DrugMisuse/
Provided by the University of Glasgow focuses on the cause and effect of drug misuse in Scotland. The site includes all the centres recent publications.

ECSTASY.ORG (Nicholas Saunders' website on Ecstasy):
ecstasy.org/
Aims to gather and make accessible objective, authoritative and up to date information about the drug ecstasy.

Scottish Drugs Forum:
www.sdf.org.uk/
Scottish Drugs Forum is the national voluntary sector membership-based drugs policy and information agency working in partnership to reduce drugs harm in Scotland. The site provides useful information on types of drugs and their effects and publications provided by the agency.

Tackling Drugs:
www.drugs.gov.uk
This is the cross-government drug strategy website for drug professionals and others interested in the strategy. 

Commonwealth

Age of Illicit Drug Initiation:
www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi201.html
A paper produced by Doug Johnson for the Australian Institute of Criminology full text.

Institute of Alcohol Studies:
www.ias.org.uk/
Aims to increase the understanding of alcohol and of public policies necessary to reduce the problems associated with its use. The site includes a useful links section to related Australian sites.

United States

Criminal Justice Policy Foundation:
www.cjpf.org/index.html
Has a particular foucs on educating the US public on the effcts of drugs and the criminal justice system.

Cocaine Anonymous:
www.ca.org/
A site provided by ex cocaine addicts to help reform other cocaine addicts. The site has a discussion board along with links to other related sites.

Drug Policy Alliance:
www.drugpolicy.org/homepage.cfm
Site set up to provide comprehensive information on all related aspects of drug use and end the prejudices associated with it. The site has a special section on drugs police and the law.

Drug Strategies:
www.drugstrategies.org/
Promotes effective approaches to the nation's drug problems and supports private and public efforts to reduce the demand for drugs through prevention, education, treatment, law enforcement and community initiatives. The site contains all recent reports published by the organisation with a particular focus on the effects on young users.

National Institute on Drug Abuse:
www.nida.nih.gov
Provided by the US National Institute on Health the site provides both medical and legal information relating to drugs as well as publications that are a useful basis for initial research.

Prevline (Prevention online):
www.health.org/
Provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services provides information on Government policies to prevent drug use and addiction.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):
www.samhsa.gov/index.aspx
Provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services to increase awareness of drug misuse and ways to prevent misuse. The site has a special section on criminal and juvenile justice.

Web of Addictions:
www.well.com/user/woa/
The Web of Addictions is dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol and other drug addictions the site provides provide resources for teachers, students and others who needed factual information about abused drugs.

War on Drugs Clock:
www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm

International

EMCDDA:
www.emcdda.org/
The EU drugs agency that aims to provide the Community and its Member States with objective, reliable and comparable information at European level concerning drugs and drug addiction and their consequences.