The contacts below provide information to help you join together with others in your community to have a positive impact on local substance-abuse problems. These groups have been instrumental in creating and distributing Faces of Addiction.
Join Together
One Appleton Street, 4th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5223
(617) 437-1500
http://www.jointogether.org
Join Together, a national resource for communities fighting substance abuse, is supported through a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Join Together assists community groups to develop strategies to reduce alcohol and drug problems. The focus of Join Together’s activities is to highlight effective community-based strategies. Its programs include leadership development, public policy, media advocacy and an award-winning Web site. Join Together is currently working with several hundred communities to implement the tools and strategies supported through Faces of Addiction.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
901 North Pitt Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 706-0560
(800) 54-CADCA
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) has over 4,000 community member coalitions on the frontlines for the struggle against drugs and violence. CADCA promotes and facilitates local, comprehensive responses to the nation’s drug and drug-related violence problems, providing coalition members with technical assistance and training, public policy work, media strategies and marketing programs.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
PO Box 235
Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345
(800) 729-6686
http://www.health.org
The National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University
152 West 57 Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 841-5200
http://www.casacolumbia.org
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
600 Executive Boulevard
Suite 409
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7003
(301) 443-3860
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 10A-03
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(301) 443-4577
http://www.nida.nih.gov
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD)
12 West 21 Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 206-6770
http://www.ncadd.org
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
405 Lexington Avenue
16th Floor
New York, NY 10174
(212) 922-1560
http://www.drugfreeamerica.org
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
511 E. John Carpenter Freeway
Suite 700
Irving, Texas 75062-8187
(214) 744-6233
http://www.grannet.com/madd/madd.htm
Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE)
3610 DeKalb Technology Parkway
Suite 105
Atlanta, Georgia 30340
(770) 458-9900
http://www.prideusa.org
ALATEEN Headquarters
1600 Corporate Landing Parkway
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454-5617
(757) 563-1600
http://www.al-anon.org
Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT)
511 E. Columbus Avenue
Springfield, Massachusetts 01105
(413) 732-7828
Just Say No International
2000 Franklin Street
Suite 400
Oakland, California 94612
(800) 258-2766
Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD)
PO Box 800
Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752
(508) 481-3568
National Families in Action
2296 Henderson Mill Road,
Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(770) 934-6364
http://www.emory.edu/NFIA
Save Lives!
Report, Recommendations and Action Guide of the Join Together Public Policy Panel on Underage Access to Alcohol. Available free through Join Together (617) 437-1500 or http://www.jointogether.org. This report provides recommendations and action steps to help communities reduce underage drinking.
Take Action
Available free through Join Together (617) 437-1500 or http://www.jointogether.org. A Join Together national policy panel reports on five policies America must adopt to prevent and reduce substance abuse.
Don’t Let Your Community Be Split By Drug Abuse and Violence. Volunteer Today!
Available free through Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (800-DRUGS-50)
This brochure of action tips to stop substance abuse and violence encourages citizen participation and supplies information for becoming involved in local groups.
CSAP Changing Lives. Programs That Make a Difference for Youth at High Risk
(Publication Number PHD714) Available free through NCADI (800) 729-6686 or http://www.health.org
First-hand observation of community participants in the High-Risk Youth Demonstration Grant Program provides helpful descriptions of successful programs as well as personal anecdotes on ways these programs have changed the lives of many young people.
Keeping Youth Drug-Free: A Guide for Parents, Grandparents, Elders, Mentors and Other Caregivers
(Publication Number PHD711)
Available free through NCADI
(800) 729-6686 or http://www.health.org
Research indicates that adults can play a major role in keeping youth from using tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. This booklet is a good starting point for helping children stay drug-free.
Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research Guide
By the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Available through NIDA (301) 443-3860
The AntiDrug.com
TheAntiDrug.com has partnered with GEICO and other driving-safety leaders to offer several free resources for parents and youth to help keep teens marijuana and drug free, before they get behind the wheel of a car.
The following FREE materials are available as part of the New Teen Drivers Kit. They can be ordered online or by phone at the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at (800) 788-2800:
"Teach Teens to Steer Clear of Pot" Car Glove Box Card
This card for teens contains messages about the risks of marijuana-impaired driving, resources for teens and a space on the back for emergency contact numbers.
Download now. (737 KB)
"Can I Borrow the Car?"
This informative brochure for parents of new teen drivers was developed by GEICO and the Media Campaign and provides tips on how to encourage drug-free driving.
Call (800) 788-2800 to order (ask for document PHD1030).
Download now. (197 KB)
"Top 10 Tips for Preventing Teen Accidents"
This collection of safe driving tips was developed by GEICO and the Media Campaign to help teens become responsible, drug-free drivers. Call (800) 788-2800 to order (ask for document MS933).
Download now. (388 KB)
"Steer Clear of Pot" Teen Postcard
This postcard for teens highlights the harmful effects of marijuana and how the drug impairs judgment, reaction time and other driving abilities.
Call (800) 788-2800 to order (ask for document AVD172).
Download now. (65.3 KB)
"Steer Clear of Pot" Teen Poster
This poster for teens features the dangers of drugged driving.
Call (800) 788-2800 to order (ask for document AVD174).
Download now. (412 KB)
"Wake Up to the Risks of Marijuana: A Guide for Parents"
This brochure offers parents information and tips about talking with kids about marijuana.
Call (800) 788-2800 to order (ask for document PHD956).
Download now. (72.9 KB)
"Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center Directory"
Drug rehabilitation programs offer a safe haven in which addicts and alcoholics can recover from addiction. Addiction takes a debilitating toll on an individual's psyche, body and spirit. Alcohol and drug rehab centers understand the insidious nature of addiction and treat the disease using methods that have proven effective over time.
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