Drugs and Alcohol: Open Access to Research

NIDA ensures the rapid, effective dissemination of scientific research to inform prevention, treatment, and policy.

Promotes the best science on alcohol and health to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol use disorders.

SAMHSA promotes evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery services for people with mental and substance use disorders.

Sets policies/objectives aimed at reducing illicit drug use, manufacturing, trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, drug-related health consequences.Drug Courts produce measurable cost benefits by diverting non-violent substance abusing offenders from prison into treatment.

NDCI is supported by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Provides decision-makers with rigorous, nonpartisan research on substance use and drug policy.

EMCDDA is the central source of comprehensive information on drugs and drug addiction in Europe. Includes Statistics, Best Practices, Drug Policy & Law.

Influential global source of research, policy, legal analysis, advocacy on drug use, health and human rights issues.

CICAD serves as a consultative advisory body to the OAS on the illicit use, production, traffic and distribution of drugs.

Promotes legal & human rights research on drug laws, policy and enforcement; publishes the International Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy.

Supports evidence-based policies for reducing drug-related harm.; promotes objective open debate on drug policy issues.

An independent quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug conventions.

Supports research in genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, to find evidence-based solutions to drug abuse, addiction, drug-related HIV/AIDS.

UNODC helps Member States address the threat posed by drugs, crime and terrorism.

Provides access to the WHO lexicon of drug and alcohol terms, statistics, publications, research tools, more.