Drugs & Alcohol Research Sites
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
One of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK
Click on Findings and enter search words, such as “drugs”
Excellent section giving relevant web Links in many different fields
DrugScope
UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs
Research, information, consultancy and links, both UK and international
National Addiction Centre (NAC) and Addiction Research Unit (ARU)
The NAC includes the research and teaching activities of the ARU
Aims to improve understanding of addiction to drugs, alcohol and tobacco
Aims to develop more effective preventative and treatment interventions
Action on Addiction
Founded in 1989, its aims are to provide a focal point and a voice for the addiction research field, and to raise money for research. Action on Addiction established and supported the first addiction research centre in the UK, the NAC, in 1991.
Re-Solv (Research)
The Society for the Prevention of Solvent and Volatile Substance Abuse
Research work in solvents and volatile substances
The Mentor Foundation (Research)
"Helps the helpers" to prevent drug misuse by children and young people
Identifies and disseminates best practices for drug misuse prevention
Substantial set of research papers
BUBL
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas
Housed at Centre for Digital Library Research, Strathclyde
Use alphabetic links for Alcohol and Drugs research papers worldwide
The Home Office Research, Development and Statistics
The Home Office’s Science, Research and Statistics site
Range of research papers, including British Crime Survey
educari (Research and Evaluation)
Consultancy dealing with young people, drugs, education and health
Helps develop drug policies for schools and other educational establishments
Aimed at schools and educational professionals
Research and evaluation section of website
Institute of Alcohol Studies
Aims are to increase understanding of alcohol and help reduce problems associated with its use
Strong group of scientific advisors
Lifeline (Research)
Lifeline gives help and assistance with drug and alcohol related problems
It operates a significant number of drop-in and outreach projects
Enter "research" into the Search box to see a wide range of research papers
