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Featured Sites

   

Watch HBO's "Addiction" segments on your computer
http://www.hbo.com/addiction/thefilm/index.html?current=5

Buy your own copy of the 14-part, 4 DVD set from HBO for $24.98

    http://addictionaction.org HBO's groundbreaking 14-part series ADDICTION premieres March 15. AddictionAction.org is a grassroots partnership to help communities mobilize around it, bringing the hope of treatment and long-term recovery to individuals and families affected by addiction to alcohol and drugs.
    (PCSS) Physician Clinical Support System - A National Mentoring Network for Physicians Treating Opioid Dependence - http://www.PCSSmentor.org
    Alcohol Answers--New website that focuses on evidence-based treatments for Alcohol dependence --www.AlcoholAswers.org
    Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal & Recovery
    Join Together Online —Drug treatment awareness advocacy, news www.jointogether.org
    Buprenorphine Bibliography--List of publications about buprenorphine http://www.coretext.org/
    Government Buprenorphine website http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/
    Depot delivery of Naltrexone and buprenorphine www.biotek-inv.com
    Probuphine, continuous delivery of buprenorphine Titan Pharmaceuticals ,Inc.
    NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/
    Interesting opioid time line; very comprehensive website.
http://www.Opioids.com/timeline/

 

 

Medical Assisted Treatment- The website's  aim is to raise awareness and understanding of substance abuse, the problems it creates, and the ways to deal with these problems. -- This is a VERY comprehensive site with answers to many questions and myths-- http://www.medicalassistedtreatment.org/

Suboxone Assisted Treatment, a subsidiary of Medical Assisted Treatment of America. (above) Part of their mission is : Educate  the  patient  about  the  disease  of  opioid addiction by providing an understanding of the pharmacology of addiction and how this relates to rehabilitation.  http://www.SuboxoneAssistedTreatment.org

    Government: Office of Applied Studies statistics and studies SAMHSA http://oas.samhsa.gov/
    Partners for Recovery (PFR) is an initiative sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://www.pfr.samhsa.gov/about.html
    Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) The ATTC Network transmits the latest knowledge, skills and attitudes of professional addiction treatment practice.Our goal is to enhance clinical practice. http://www.nattc.org/aboutUs.html
    Government website: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
    Methadone Support Anonymous. " We of the Methadone Anonymous community believe that methadone is a therapeutic tool of recovery that may or may not be discontinued in time, dependent upon the needs of the individual." http://www.methadonesupport.org/index.html
   

Building Trades Narcotic Advocacy--for those men and women who have become addicted to pain medication after being injured building America . http://www.buildingtradesnarcoticadvocacy.com/

    DEA website: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
    ASAM: American Society of Addiction Medicine: http://www.asam.org/
    A Collection of Articles That Address Heroin Prevention, Treatment and Research http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NN0023.html
    Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1993-2003- National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services- http://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/teds03/teds_2003_rpt.pdf
    List of all prescription drugs Generic/Brand (Excel) http://oas.samhsa.gov/DAWN/Final2K1Edtrends/Indexes/Published_Indexes2.xls


Downloads

   

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THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PATIENT RECORDS REGULATION AND THE HIPAA PRIVACY RULE: IMPLICATIONS FOR ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS www.samhsa.gov June 2004
  Know Your Rights-- This brochure provides general guidance on the legal rights of individuals with drug problems.
Harrison Narcotics Tax Act 1914
  DATA 2000 Complete Law text
 

APA Online Buprenorphine Training Course brochure:

  TIP 40 PDF (Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine)
  TIP 41 PDF (Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy)
TIP 43 PDF (Medication- Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction in OTPs)
  DEA Articulates Policy on the Use of Buprenorphine for Pain Letter to Dr. Heit
  Suboxone®/Subutex® FDA Drug Label
  FDA Talk Paper (buprenorphine hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride)
  Practical Considerations for the Clinical Use of Buprenorphine
  DEA Pub. "Drugs of Abuse" 2005
JPG   PET scan of addicted brain
JPG   PET scan of brain recovering from addiction
PP   Power point slides "How Buprenorphine Works"
JPG   Hi-Res picture of buprenorphine tabletes
NAABT Literature Downloads Here

Language of Addiction Medicine

Words to use, not use, and why; first step in fighting the stigma SAMHSA/CSAT

Edwin A. Salsitz, MD.,FASAM articulates on Addiction Medicine vocabulary
  The Rhetoric of Recovery Advocacy: An Essay On the Power of Language by William L. White


Other Sites of Interest

    Addiction Technology Transfer Center (National) www.nattc.org
    Alcoholics Anonymous www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
    Allegheny County Coalition for Recovery (Pennsylvania) The mission of ACCR is to increase awareness of behavioral health recovery and to promote the use of recovery principles and practices in behavioral health services in Allegheny County www.coalitionforrecovery.org
    American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry www.aaap.org
    American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
www.aatod.org 
    American Osteopathic Academy www.do-online.org
    American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org
    American Psychological Association (Addictions Newsletter) www.apa.org
    American Society for Addiction Medicine www.asam.org
    Buprenorphine Website www.buprenorphine.samhsa.gov
    California Society of Addiction Medicine www.csam-asam.org
    Center for Substance Abuse Prevention www.csap.samhsa.gov
    Center for Substance Abuse Treatment www.csat.samhsa.gov
    Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse www.casacolumbia.org
   

Chipman Patel, MD, Substance abuse services, Bridgeport, CT http://www.chimanpatelmd.com/index.html

   

Faces and Voices of Recovery-- is a national campaign of individuals and organizations joining together with a united voice to advocate for public action to deliver the power, possibility and proof of recovery. http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/overview.php

   

Hall-Brooke behavioral health services, Westport, CT http://www.hallbrooke.org/adultcare/opiatedependence.cfm

    Hepatitis Association http://www.hepcassoc.org/
   

Methadone-Anonymous--We believe that methadone is a therapeutic tool of recovery that may or may not be discontinued in time...http://methadone-anonymous.org

 

MOAR- Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
http://www.neaar.org/moar/index.htm

    NA-- Narcotics Anonymous "is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts"- 12 step based http://www.na.org/
  NAADAC --National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors-- The largest membership organization serving addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals who specialize in addiction prevention, treatment and education. http://naadac.org
    NAMA-- National Alliance of Methadone Advocates-- is an organization composed of methadone patients and health care professionals that are supporters of quality opiate agonist treatment. http://www.methadone.org/
    National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
www.nasadad.org
    National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information
www.health.org
    Online Counseling, 12 step based www.egetgoing.com
    Partnership for Drug Free America www.drugfreeamerica.org
    (PCSS) Physician Clinical Support System - A National Mentoring Network for Physicians Treating Opioid Dependence - http://www.PCSSmentor.org
    Rational Recovery, one alternative to 12 step www.rational.org
    RECOVERY - Coast to Coast  RADIO-- A two hour nightly radio program about addiction  and recovery Featuring-- Neil Scott-- www.recoverycoasttocoast.org
    Recovery Network www.recoverynetwork.com
    Recovery Solutions Magazine--The magizine for understanding addiction and discovering new recovery stategies --www.recoverysolutionsmag.com
  Remoxy, Oxycodone anti-abuse gelcap phase III trials Pain Theraputics, Inc.
    SMART Recovery www.smartrecovery.org
    Soft Landing Recovery -"A modern alternative to drug rehab" http://www.softlandingrecovery.com
    State Methadone Authorities dpt.samhsa.gov/statemeth.html
    Suboxone discussion forum for education, hope and healing.  http://prosuboxone.proboards40.com/index.cgi
    Voices for Recovery--Recovery Month (September)--Initiative of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA, CSAT http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2006/default.aspx



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