Resources for families of people with struggling with addiction

Advice for all parents about talking to their kids about drugs: https://www.starttalkingnow.org/

Stop Overdose website: https://stopoverdose.org/

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) patient resources page: https://www.asam.org/resources/patient-resources

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) physician search:https://www.aaap.org/patients/find-a-specialist/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 24-hour a day national help line for treatment referrals:https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

Shatterproof (a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the devastation addiction causes families):https://www.shatterproof.org/

Partnership for Drug-Free Kids:https://drugfree.org/

Facing Addiction family and friends portal: https://www.facingaddiction.org/

Sam Harris discusses addiction with Sally Satel, M.D., a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine who examines mental health policy as well as political trends in medicine:https://samharris.org/podcasts/149-problem-addiction/

University of Washington’s Stop Overdose website: http://stopoverdose.org/