Psychology and Substance Use

Useful Web Links

Australian Websites

  • Alcohol and Drug Council of Australia (ADCA): includes an email listserve that keeps you up to date with news, debate and training opportunities around Australia - http://www.adca.org.au/
  • Alcoholics Anonymous in Australia - www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.au
  • Australian Drug Information Network: a one-stop-shop for a comprehensive range of topics and links - http://www.adin.com.au/
  • Australian Drug Foundation (ADF): an independent, non-profit organisation with a focus on information, education and prevention - http://www.adf.org.au/
  • Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD): a multidisciplinary organisation for professionals in the alcohol and other drug field that holds an annual conference and publishes Drug and Alcohol Review quarterly - http://www.apsad.org.au/
  • Drug Info Clearinghouse: focuses on prevention issues - http://druginfo.adf.org.au/
  • Eastern Drug and Alcohol Service (EDAS): download for no charge, “An introduction to working with alcohol and other drug issues” and “Getting out of it: How to cut down or quit cannabis” a practical workbook - http://www.edas.org.au/
  • National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA): a research centre specialising in training and education, and the broader concept of workforce development, for the alcohol and other drugs field - www.nceta.flinders.edu.au
  • National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre: has a focus on treatment - http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/ndarc.nsf
  • National Drug Research Institute: has a focus on prevention - ndri.curtin.edu.au
  • National Drug Strategy: provides a list of phone alcohol and drug information services that provide information and referral for each state and territory - www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/drugs/nds/
  • Narcotics Anonymous in Australia - http://www.naoz.org.au/

 

International Websites

  • The International Harm Reduction Association: represents a growing movement of people across the world seeking effective ways to reduce harm from substance abuse and ensure basic human rights are upheld - http://www.ihra.net/
  • Erowid and Lycaeum: for comprehensive information on a diverse range of substances and their effects it’s hard to go past these sites - http://www.erowid.org/ and http://www.lycaeum.org/
  • The Drug Policy Alliance: a policy research institute with a harm reduction focus. The site has an on-line library with an extensive range of articles and good links - http://www.drugpolicy.org/
  • Media Awareness Project (MAP): a site dedicated to drug policy reform providing access to media articles and good links to other sites - http://mapinc.org/