Other Community Resources

General Prevention

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
The mission of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention is to improve behavioral health through evidence-based prevention approaches.

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
CADCA works to reduce substance abuse internationally through the establishment of multi-sector anti-drug community coalitions. CADCA offers training, technical assistance and other resources on how to build effective community coalitions to NGOs and community groups in numerous countries affected by the cultivation, trafficking and use of illicit drugs and alcohol problems.

Do Your Part
Do Your Part: Be the Solution is a program of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services designed to educate Michigan citizens about the dangers and the extent of substance abuse in Michigan, especially the abuse of prescription drugs, tobacco and alcohol. It is our hope that with the right information, everyone can do their part and be the solution to the growing substance abuse problems in our state.

Michigan Mental Health Networker
The goal of the Michigan Mental Health Networker is to provide information about mental health services to treatment professionals, social service organizations, and the general community. The Network actively collects information about mental health services in the communities of Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Bay City, Detroit Metro, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Midland, Monroe, and Saginaw.

Michigan Prevention Association
Michigan Prevention Association promotes excellence in the field of prevention, makes prevention a priority, and unites prevention advocates across disciplines to create a large, vocal constituency on behalf of prevention efforts throughout the human life span.

Michigan Prevention Network
The mission of Prevention Network is to prevent youth drug abuse and other risk behaviors by working with individuals, grassroots groups, and other organizations in order to improve the health, wellness, and safety in Michigan communities.

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) works to reduce drug use and its consequences by leading and coordinating the development, implementation, and assessment of U.S. drug policy. In addition to its vital ongoing work, ONDCP also provides administrative and financial support to the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, established by Executive Order on March 29, 2017 by President Donald J. Trump.

National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
NAADAC’s Mission is to lead, unify and empower addiction focused professionals to achieve excellence through education, advocacy, knowledge, standards of practice, ethics, professional development and research.

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse informs Americans of the economic and social costs of addiction and substance abuse and its impact on their lives; assesses what works in prevention, treatment and disease management; and encourages every individual and institution to take responsibility to reduce these health problems. The organization strives to provide health care providers, policymakers and individuals with the tools they need to succeed and to remove the stigma of addiction, replacing shame and despair with hope.

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW)
NCSACW is a national resource center providing information, expert consultation, training and technical assistance to child welfare, dependency court and substance abuse treatment professionals to improve the safety, permanency, well-being and recovery outcomes for children, parents and families.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA’s mission is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.

 


Recovery & Treatment

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
The mission of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is to promote community-based substance abuse treatment and recovery services for individuals and families in every community. CSAT provides national leadership to improve access, reduce barriers, and promote high quality, effective treatment and recovery services.

Michigan Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Michigan-NA.org was founded by recovering addicts within the state of Michigan’s NA service structure. It is a state-wide committee of recovering addicts comprised of addicts from within both regions of the state of Michigan volunteering time to help carry the message of NA primarily throughout the state of Michigan. They are dedicated to helping people to overcome the problems of addiction by providing a statewide website to help recovering addicts find meetings and local NA functions in their communities.

Office of Recovery Oriented System of Care
The Michigan state Office of Recovery Oriented System of Care oversees treatment, prevention, education, and enforcement efforts related to substance abuse in Michigan. The website provides information about alcohol, drug, and gambling addictions, and the services that are available to help Michigan families facing these problems. This site also provides information on educating youth and adults about addictions, collaborating with law enforcement, eliminating illegal drugs, reducing drug-related violence, and stopping underage alcohol and tobacco use.

 


Underage Drinking & Alcohol Abuse

Michigan Alcohol Policy Promoting Health and Safety (MAP)
MAP’s mission is to advocate for laws and policies that reduce the illegal and harmful use of alcohol.

Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking
The mission of the Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (MCRUD) is to provide leadership on state and national issues and to assist individuals, grassroots groups, and organizers to reduce underage drinking locally.

National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
The mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being, and apply that knowledge to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder, across the lifespan.

Stop Underage Drinking
Stop Underage Drinking is a comprehensive portal of federal resources for information on underage drinking and ideas for combating this issue

 


Tobacco Use

Tobacco-Free Michigan
Tobacco-Free Michigan is a coalition that works to prevent and reduce tobacco use and its harmful effects in all Michigan communities through education, networking, advocacy and dissemination of research data, with a specific focus on vulnerable populations heavily targeted by the tobacco industry.