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Scotland - Research Related

•Centre for Addiction Research and Education Scotland (CARES)

CARES is a Scottish based multi-disciplinary academic centre, integrating clinical, basic and social scientists, with the aim of delivering the highest quality healthcare and improving health outcomes to individuals and the Scottish community through the development of research and education in the field of drug, alcohol and tobacco dependence.
 

•Centre for Drug Misuse Research (Glasgow)

"University of Glasgow. "The Centre for Drug Misuse Research was created in 1994 to provide a centre for research into various topics related to drug misuse."
 
•Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
" CRFR generates high quality research on families and relationships and disseminates it widely"
 
•Scottish Addiction Studies
University of Stirling. Scottish Addiction Studies is a collaboration of staff throughout the Department of Applied Social Science with an interest in drug and alcohol misuse.
 
•Scottish Addiction Studies - On-line Library
 
•Scottish Centre for Criminology
The Scottish Centre for Criminology is a not-for-profit organisation based in Glasgow.
 
U.K. - Research Related
 
•Addiction Arena
Addiction Arena provides a one-stop gateway to addiction science resources for academics, researchers, students, practitioners and clinicians.

 
•Drug Misuse Research Initiative at Middlesex University
It is located within the Department of Health Policy Research Programme and currently comprises 14 studies in the areas of drug treatment and prevention .

 
•Economic and Social Research Council
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK’s leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns.
 

•Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is the UK's largest independent social policy research and development charity. It supports a wide programme of research and development projects in housing, social care and social policy.

•London Toxicology Group

The Group membership has a professional interest in the detection and measurement of Drugs, Alcohol, Poisons and their products in man and other biological systems, and with the interpretation of these measurements.
 
•Social Science Information Gateway
The service aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the UK Resource Discovery Network.

•Society for the Study of Addiction

The SSA was founded in 1884. It is a learned society whose key objective is to support the communication of scientific knowledge about dependence on alcohol, nicotine and other drugs.
 

•The National Research Register

The National Research Register (NRR) is a register of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service. The NRR is assembled and published by the Department of Health.
Europe - Research Related
•European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research (EWODOR)
EWODOR (the European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research) was founded in 1983 to provide a forum within which researchers in the field of drug/alcohol treatment, prevention and policy could share research experience and expertise; compare procedures, methods and results; and subject their work to peer examination.
 
•Qualitative European Drug Research
 
"Mission Statement: To assist with general networking of qualitative researchers, to encourage dialogue and the sharing of ideas."
World - Research Related

•Addiction Treatment Forum

Serving the addiction treatment community.
 

•Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.

•Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)

AMERSA is an association of multidisciplinary health care professionals in the field of substance abuse dedicated to improving research and education about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
 
 

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