Daily Dose is the leading online daily 'newspaper' in the UK which specialises in drug and alcohol related stories. It provides links to other papers and searches out news and features on substance misuse.
www.dailydose.net
For the very latest information on alcohol, alcohol services and government policy on alcohol, visit the website of Alcohol Concern, the National Agency on Alcohol Misuse. This site also offers a full list of national alcohol agencies.
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk
The national agency on drug misuse is Drugscope. Their website has a wide range of information about drugs and drug treatment. It offers a full list of drug services.
www.drugscope.org.uk
Drugs treatment in England is overseen by the National Treatment Agency - this site will be of use to those who are interested in planning and developing drug services. It does not contain information of use to the general public wanting to learn about drugs.
www.nta.nhs.uk
The Department of Health's website offers a range of useful information about alcohol and drugs. In particular, it has a very good statistical section.
www.doh.gov.uk
For information on the government's drug strategy and a range of useful research information, visit:
www.drugs.gov.uk
For help from Alcoholics Anonymous visit:
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
You can link to online AA meetings available via:
www.aa-intergroup.org
For help from Narcotics Anonymous visit
www.ukna.org
Families Anonymous is a free national voluntary organisation which exists to offer support to the families of drug users.
www.famanon.org.uk
The Down Your Drink website is an online programme for people who are worried about their drinking.
www.downyourdrink.org
RELEASE is a London based organisation which specialises in the legal issues around drug use. Their website contains a good section on inclusion.
www.release.org.uk
The Stapleford Centre offer a good site containing useful drug information.
www.staplefordcentre.co.uk
A useful American Government website, containing a rich vein of resources and help can be found at:
www.ncadi.samhsa.gov
General up to date information about drug issues worldwide.
www.drugtext.org
Interesting views from Stanton Peele an American who fights the cause for harm reduction, also includes useful links.
www.peele.net
Multidisciplinary association of Psychedelic Studies, (more scientific than they sound), good site to astound your friends with strange facts about drugs!
www.maps.org/research/mdma/index.html
EROWID, a site that offers numerous interesting articles - good starting point when you are not sure where to look for something.
www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/
DANCESAFE, a good tier one clubscene site with both information and useful links.
www.dancesafe.org/index.html
The Centre for Drug Research University of Amsterdam.
www.frw.uva.nl/cedro
Web of Addictions, another good starting point with a mix of professional and user information.
www.well.com/user/woa
Habitsmart containing user and professional information.
www.cts.com/crash/habtsmrt
The British Medical Journal. This site allows you to search a range of other journals, a good site for essays.
www.bmj.com
Lindesmith Centre. An American site of an organisation for Harm Reduction, contains good links and information about policy and strategy.
www.lindesmith.org
Drug Reform Co-ordination Network Library. Contains good links to other libraries and a range of articles.
www.druglibrary.org
University of Stirling Drug and Alcohol Studies Certificate links page with both national and international information.
www.stir.ac.uk/Departments/HumanSciences/AppSocSci/DRUGS/links.htm
