Resources

• Substance Abuse Resource Brochure
  This resource has been provided for individuals and family members facing substance abuse.

• Families Linking Families
  Support for individuals and families battling with addiction

Twelve-Step Support Groups

• Louisville AA

• Louisville NA

• Kentucky Al-Anon

Alcohol and Other Drug Information

• The Harms of Excessive Drinking!

• Just Think Twice
  Get the facts about drugs

• Indiana Prevention Resource Center
  Indiana's primary source for alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention resources.

• SAMHSA
  US Department for Health and Human Services and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Clearing House for alcohol and drug information.

• National Institute on Drug Abuse
  The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction.

• American Society of Addiction Medicine
  The nation's medical specialty society dedicated to educating physicians and improving the treatment of individuals suffering from alcoholism and addictions.

• The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
  The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a nonprofit coalition of communication, health, medical and educational professionals working to reduce illicit drug use and help people live healthy, drug-free lives.

• Drug Watch
  Drug Watch is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide

Tobacco Related

• The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
  The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is one of the nation's largest non-governmental initiatives ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke.

• The Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency
  The Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency is responsible for developing programs to prevent and reduce the usage of tobacco and tobacco products in Indiana by utilizing best practices for tobacco control programs developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Quit Now Indiana
  Place to go for resources to quit smoking.

• Floyd County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Coalition

Parents and Youth

• Drug Free World
  The truth about drugs, resources for youth, parents and teachers.

• Footprints for Life
  Visit this website for learning activities for early elementary students.

Youth

• Above the Influence
  Website dedicated to helping youth stay above negative influences.

• What is Prescription Drug Misuse?

School/Teachers Interest

• Department of Education Office of Safe and Healthy Students

• The Science of Addiction
  NIDA's mission is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. This charge has two critical components. The first is the strategic support and conduct of research across a broad range of disciplines. The second is ensuring the rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to significantly improve prevention and treatment and to inform policy as it relates to drug abuse and addiction.

Workplace

• Drug-Free Workplace Programs
  The Division of Workplace Programs (DWP) is mandated by Executive Order and Public Law to provide oversight for; The Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program, which aims to eliminate illicit drug use in the Federal workforce, and for The National Laboratory Certification Program, which certifies laboratories to conduct forensic drug testing for the Federal agencies and for some federally regulated industries.

Youth Development – Youth Work

• Search Institute
  Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities including promotion of the 40 Developmental Assets.

• The Indiana Youth Institute
  The Indiana Youth Institute promotes the healthy development of children and youth by serving the institutions and people of Indiana who work on their behalf.

Other Important Links

• Make the Connection
  Connects Veterans, their family members and friends, and other advocates with mental health information, local resources, and Veterans’ own inspiring stories of recovery.

• CDC HIV
  CDC's HIV mission is to prevent HIV infection and reduce the incidence of HIV-related illness and death, in collaboration with community, state, national, and international partners. CDC’s programs work to improve treatment, care, and support for persons living with HIV and to help build capacity and infrastructure to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

• FAS Community Resource Center
  Information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).

• National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome – Helping children and families by fighting the leading known cause of mental retardation and birth defects.

• March of Dimes

General Links

• accessIndiana
  The state's official web portal, has provided Indiana citizens and businesses with 24/7 access to state government information and services since 1995.

• Indiana State Department of Health

• The Division of Mental Health and Addiction
  The Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) sets care standards for the provision of mental health and addiction services to Hoosiers. DMHA is committed to ensuring that clients have access to quality services that promote individual, family and community resiliency and recovery.

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

• National Institutes of Health

• World Health Organization Statistical Information System

• Suicide prevention, information and statistics

• Comprehensive list of 12-step and other support groups.

• The Indiana Association for Addiction Professionals
  The Indiana Association for Addiction Professionals seeks to provide a professional membership organization for those individuals and organizations which seek to promote the provision of substance abuse counseling and addictions counseling throughout the State of Indiana.

• The Indiana Counselor's Association on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
  The Indiana Counselor’s Association on Alcohol and Drug Abuse whose mission is to advance the field of alcohol and other drug abuse and co-occurring disorders prevention and treatment through provision of addiction counselor testing, credentialing and training programs and advocacy and membership services of the highest quality.