Policy Issues & Resources: SUDs Resource Page
In the News | Federal Agencies & Governmental Resources | National Organizations & Initiatives | Publications | Toolkits | Criminal Justice | Children's Issues | Economic Impact of Addiction | Housing | Medication Assisted Treatment & Recovery | Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment
In the News
- Not Winning the War on Drugs, New York Times, July 2008
Editorial suggests serious problems with a strategy that focuses overwhelmingly on disrupting the supply of drugs while doing far too little to curb domestic demand. Calls for drug abuse to be seen more as a public health concern and not primarily a law enforcement problem.
- Me and My Girls, New York Times Magazine, July 2008
Autobiographical narrative of a person in recovery from crack cocaine addiction describing his life decisions, experiences as a single parent and with foster care, and the welfare system. - Communities Pay for High Prison Rate, Wall Street Journal, July 2008
Arizona has the fastest-growing prison population of the Western states, having increased 5.3% in 2007 to more than 38,000. Behind those figures are many hidden, related costs -- financial burdens that communities are often left to manage.
Federal Agencies & Governmental Resources
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems.
Harmful Interactions: Mixing Alcohol with Medicines
Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician's Guide
Underage Drinking Research Initiative
- National Institutes of Health, The National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction
This booklet provides scientific information about the disease of drug addiction, including the many harmful consequences of drug use and the basic approaches that have been developed to prevent and treat the disease.
Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations: A Research Based Guide
Guide for treating drug users within criminal justice settings.
Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide Summarizes the principles of effective treatment, answers common questions, and describes types of treatment, with examples.
NIDA Clinical Toolbox: Science-based materials for drug treatment providers
Links to treatment manuals, research reports, and more.
Costs and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
Uses step-by-step instructions, exercises, and worksheets to help professionals determine the cost effectiveness and benefits of treatment programs.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA works to improve the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, alcohol and drug addiction treatment, and mental health services.
The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices NREPP, a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their communities.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: Treatment Improvement Protocols
Developed by CSAT the Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) are best practice guidelines for the treatment of substance abuse.
SAMHSA Health Information Network
The SAMHSA Health Information Network (SHIN) includes the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) and the National Mental Health Information Center (NMHIC) . SHIN connects the behavioral health workforce and the general public to the latest information on the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders.
Office of Applied Studies
SAMHSA’s Office of Applied Studies (OAS) provides the latest national data on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases; and the nation’s substance use disorder treatment system.
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facility Locator
This on-line resource for locating drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs lists private and public facilities that are licensed, certified, or otherwise approved for inclusion by their State substance abuse agency and treatment facilities administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health Service and the Department of Defense.
- Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research
AHRQ is the health services research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), complementing the biomedical research mission of its sister agency, the National Institutes of Health, and home to research centers that specialize in major areas of health care research.
Care of Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in U.S. Community Hospitals
One in four hospital patients is admitted with a mental health or substance abuse disorder
Hospitalized Younger: A Comparison of a National Sample of Homeless and Housed Inpatient Veterans
Substance abuse and psychiatric illness account for the majority of hospital admissions among homeless veterans
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program. The goals of the program are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences.
National Organizations & Initiatives
- National Addiction Technology Transfer Center
The Network undertakes a broad range of initiatives that respond to emerging needs and issues in the treatment field. The Network is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to upgrade the skills of existing practitioners and other health professionals and to disseminate the latest science to the treatment community.
- American Society for Addiction Medicine
ASAM’s core purpose is to improve the care and treatment of people with the disease of addiction and advance the practice of Addiction Medicine.
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
CADCA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works to strengthen the capacity of community coalitions in their effort to create and maintain safe, healthy and drug-free communities.
- Faces and Voices of Recovery
Faces & Voices of Recovery is committed to organizing and mobilizing the millions of Americans in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction, our families, friends, and allies to speak with one voice.
- Join Together
Join Together leads initiatives to help communities respond to the harms caused by excessive alcohol and drug use and provides free internet services supporting their efforts. Through online campaigns, partnerships with other organizations, direct technical assistance and the development of research-based policy proposals we help professionals and activists throughout the country work for more effective policies.
- National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment
The National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment is a non-profit organization charged with the mission to: educate the public about the disease of opioid addiction and the buprenorphine treatment option; help reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with patients with addiction disorders; and serve as a conduit connecting patients in need of treatment to qualified treatment providers.
- NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
Membership organization serving addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals, who specialize in addiction prevention, treatment, recovery support and education.
- Nurse-Family Partnership
Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based, nurse home visiting program that improves the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low-income, first-time parents and their children.
- Partnership for a Drug-Free America
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a nonprofit organization that unites parents, renowned scientists and communications professionals to help families raise healthy children.
- Reclaiming Futures
A project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Reclaiming Futures helps young people in trouble with drugs, alcohol, and crime by reinventing the way police, courts, detention facilities, treatment providers, and the community work together.
- Treatment Research Institute
The Treatment Research Institute is a not-for-profit research and development organization dedicated to reducing the devastating effects of alcohol and other drug abuse on individuals, families and communities by employing scientific methods and disseminating evidence-based information.
Publications
- Alcohol Research & Health
NIAAA's quarterly, peer-reviewed scientific journal (formerly Alcohol Health & Research World).
- Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence
Informing you of the latest clinically relevant research on alcohol, illicit drugs, and health.
- Eye on the Field, an E-publication of the ATTC Network
A monthly email magazine published by the National ATTC office highlighting news related to substance use disorders.
- Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAM)
A new peer reviewed journal designed to address the needs of the professional practicing in the ever-changing and challenging field of Addiction Medicine.
- NIDA Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
NIDA's innovative, peer-reviewed journal for drug abuse researchers and treatment providers.
Toolkits
- Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment:
Alcohol Training Toolkit
Released by the Emergency Nurses Association in 2008, this toolkit features a downloadable guide to alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment.
- Web-Based Tool to Help State and Local Officials Improve Prisoner/Inmate Reentry
This tool was developed by Council of State Governments to familiarize state and local government officials with different assessment instruments used in corrections systems across the nation to gauge the risks and needs of someone admitted to prison or jail.
Criminal Justice
- Reentry Policy Council
- Justice Reinvestment
- Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community
Children's Issues
- National Center on Child Welfare and Substance Abuse
- SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence
Economic Impact of Addiction
- Impact of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders on State Budgets Fact Sheet
- Study shows high rates, rising costs of alcohol/drug disorders in hospitalized patients, Health & Medicine, June 2008
Article on new studies that show 14 percent of patients admitted to the hospital have alcohol/drug abuse and addiction (ADAA) disorders and its costs are rising.
- The Economic Costs of Drug Abuse in the United States: 1992-1998, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Relates economic burden of U.S. drug abuse from 1992-1998. By 1998 the societal cost of drug abuse was $143.8 billion, rising an average of 2.9 percent annually between 1992 and 1998.
Housing
- SAMHSA Homelessness Resource Center
The Web site is designed to support individuals working to improve the lives of people affected by homelessness who have mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and histories of trauma.
- Communal Housing Settings Enhance Substance Abuse Recovery,
American Journal of Public Health, 2006
Medication Assisted Treatment & Recovery
- Medication-Assisted Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
- The Hunt for an Addiction Vaccine, Newsweek, March 2008
Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment
- Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Trauma Patients: Committee on Trauma Quick Guide
Document outlines steps to plan for screening of at-risk alcohol behaviors.
- Office of the National Drug Control Policy
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
