INTERNET RESOURCES

      Success comes in cans, failures in cant's. 

22.   CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), promotes the quality and availability of community-based substance abuse treatment services for individuals and families who need them. CSAT works with States and community-based groups to improve and expand existing substance abuse treatment services under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Program. CSAT also supports SAMHSA’s free treatment referral service to link people with the community-based substance abuse services they need.

http://csat.samhsa.gov/ 

SAMHSA's Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
http://www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov

Additional Treatment Resources
Buprenorphine Physician Locator by State 
http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/bwns_locator/index.html

Methadone Treatment Centers by State
http://dpt2.samhsa.gov/treatment/directory.aspx

23.   BLACK POPPY

 Black Poppy is a non profit making, user run organisation that creates and produces the drug user's health and lifestyle magazine, Black Poppy. Our e-zine covers all the best bits from our magazine - personal experiences (the good & the bad & the ugly), articles on overdose prevention, addiction and treatment, health and harm reduction issues for drug users, safer injecting information, the drugs we're using; depressants like benzos and opiates, stimulants like crack, coke, speed etc, and of course, hallucinogens, organic and synthetic. BP looks at drug culture, politics and history; we look at what we are using, how we are using it - and strive to keep us updated as to how we can keep ourselves better informed, thus making safer decisions around drug use. See our ABOUT US for more info on BP and our views, our history and our drive for drug users to be seen as part of the solution - not the problem.

http://www.blackpoppy.org.uk

24.  HEROIN TIMES

Mission Statement
The HeroinTimes mission is to provide the public with information on heroin treatment facilities and cover issues of the political and social impact of heroin use in the USA and beyond.

http://www.herointimes.com

25.  ADVOCATES FOR RECOVERY THROUGH MEDICINE

Advocates For Recovery Through Medicine is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to education and advocacy of opiate agonist therapies like methadone and buprenorphine.

http://www.armmat.org

26.  ALTERNET

 



AlterNet is a highly acclaimed Internet information source that provides readers with crucial facts and passionate opinions they can't find anywhere else. Since its inception in 1998, AlterNet has grown dramatically to keep pace with the public demand for independent news and now provides free online content to over 1.5 million readers every month. Relying solely on word of mouth and viral marketing, AlterNet is unique in that its success has come entirely from its readers, who demand reliable information and use it to take action.

http://www.alternet.org

27.  MEDICAL ASSISTED TREATMENT OF AMERICA

Medical Assisted Treatment of America is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization devoted to educating the public about the disease of opioid addiction and opiate agonist pharmacotherapy. They are involved in reducing the stigma and discrimination associated with addiction disorders and in pursuing patient's rights.  They serve as a conduit connecting patients to qualified treatment providers.

They provide a 24-hour telephone line for anyone needing answers about addiction or assistance in locating treatment.

Call us any time at: 770.428.0871 (Office)
                              770.527.9119 (Cellular)  

If you can't afford to call, then send us an e-mail with your name,number and the best time to reach you and we will call you at our expense.  deborah_shrira@MedicalAssistedTreatment.org

http://www.MedicalAssistedTreatment.org

28.  PAIN TREATMENT TOPICS

The mission of Pain Treatment Topics is to serve as a noncommercial resource for healthcare professionals, providing open access to clinical news, information, research, and education for a better understanding of evidence-based pain-management practices. Advertising is not accepted.

http://www.pain-topics.org