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Cigarettes, nicotine and tobacco

This category contains 24 sites:

• Burton Addiction Centre - Private day care centre for addictions, located in Staffordshire.
• Cascade - Organisation which trains and supports young people to work directly with other young people about drug and substance abuse.
• Centre for Recovery - Information centre about drug and alcohol abuse, based in West Wales. Site contains an interactive teaching tool.
• CJI - North Staffs based institute thatt provides in-home detoxification and counselling for those with drug and alcohol problems.
• Drugs Prevention Advisory Service - Official government agency providing information on drugs and a strategy for tackling drug problems.
• Drugs Resource Net - Locate - Drug education and prevention resource materials designed for adults working with young people. Good database of resources with search facilities.
• Drugscope - Charity providing an online encycopaedia of drugs and directory of help sources.
• EPRA (UK) - The Employment Project for Rehabilitation of Alcoholics and other Addicts is a registered charity. Provides a 6 phase programme to get addicts back to work.
• European Association for the Treatment of Addiction (UK) - Charity working to provide treatment facilities for addictions. Web site contains information about the organisation. A directory of treatment services is promised but not online yet.
• HIT - Organisation providing training, consultation and information on drug-related issues. Aims to reduce harm caused by drug use.
• Mary Street Centre - A free & confidential service for drug misusers based in Birmingham, UK.
• Narcotics Anonymous - U.K. - Official UK website of the international organisation, Narcotics Anonymous, run by recovering addicts. Uses a 12 Steps programme.
• National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counsellors - NAADAC is a professional association for counsellors.
• National Treatment Outcome Research Study - NTORS is the first large-scale, multi-site, prospective follow up study of drug misuse conducted in the United Kingdom. Summaries of results so far are published here.
• Parents against Drug Abuse - Voluntary support group helping the families of drug abusers.
• Re-Solv - Society for the Prevention of Solvent and Volatile Substance Abuse, a UK based charity providing information for parents and young people.
• Release-inclusion - Organisation for young people affected by drugs and for the professionals who work with them.
• Scotland Against Drugs - Official Scottish anti-drug campaign site.
• SNAP - Say No And Phone - Crimestoppers initiative to help educate teenagers about the danger of drugs. Live music and dance nights.
• Solutions Action Management - Offers recruitment services to organisations and professionals with substance, drug and alchol misuse qualifications and experience.
• Sovent Abuse - Produced by the Health Education Authority. Good information about signs of abuse, products that can be abused, and what to do in an emergency.
• Transform - Campaign for the legalisation of drugs.
• Trashed - Interactive site providing information on most used drugs, provided by the Health Education Authority.
• Worcestershire Drug Action Team - Information on services, drugs, FAQs, and case studies.