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National Institute on Drug Abuse
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the principal biomedical and behavioral research agency of the U.S. Government. The NIH is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA; NIH; 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5213; Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9651; U.S.A. 301-443-1124. For additional information, please send e-mail to Information@lists.nida.nih.gov.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) is an arms-length, national agency, established in 1988 by an Act of Parliament. Funded by Canada's Drug Strategy and through its own revenue-generating efforts, the Centre: promotes informed debate on substance abuse issues and encourages public participation in reducing the harm associated with drug abuse; disseminates information on the nature, extent and consequences of substance abuse; and supports and assists organizations involved in substance abuse treatment, prevention and educational programming.
Society for the Study of Addiction
Britain's 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. It aims to encourage the systematic study of dependence and to promote policy analysis.
EMCDDA Home
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has as its goal to provide the European Community and its member states with objective, reliable and comparable information at European level concerning drugs and drug addiction and their consequences.
ASAM: 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 other addictions.”
Preventive Care: What Works?
This important site of the Canadian Preventive Health Guide for the Periodic Health Exam lists all evidence based interventions that have been shown through randomized controlled clinical trials, to be effective in preventive health/health promotion.
Guidelines for Care of Substance-Use Patients
This document, from the Policy manual of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC lists guidelines for proper care of patients with substance use disorders.
Medical Certificates: Physician’s Role and Liability
This section of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Policy Manual explains the physian's role and liability in filling out medical certificates on behalf of patients.
Medical Marijuana: Review of the Evidence
This is the executive summary of the Institute of Medicine panel's review of the evidence on marijuana as medicine.
medbroadcast.com
Listed as one of the top sites for health information for the public, Dr. Baker is a regular columnist for this high-quality website.
Detailed searches of medical literature
For more detailed literature searches of the medical literature listing only scientific-quality medical-scientific findings and clinical opinion.
Return to Work: Physicians’ Guide
This document produced by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario, is extremely useful for physicians in explaining their role in RTW planning.
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