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If you are looking for educational materials about alcohol and other drug prevention and treatment your best resource is http://ncadi.samhsa.gov.  This is the site for the National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information.  This site will give you access to research papers, workbooks for different ages of children and youth, as well as librarians that can help you find exactly what you are seeking in terms of materials on alcohol and other drugs.  

However, you must keep in mind that this is a government site that is funded by your taxes and they are supporting those philosophies and programs that meet their political demands.  There are many other types of treatment and many times more effective than you will find at the government site, but don't let that keep you from utilizing their tremendous resources for traditional treatment such as psychologically bases treatment, methadone "treatment" and 12-step recovery.  

Their prevention materials are mush less influenced by political pressure and those materials are a hugh help in setting up prevention programs in your schools, churches and community groups.  

You may have noticed how little attention is being given to alcohol and drug addiction by the Presidential Candidates.  It is not a hot button for the 2008 election.  Not because the problem is handled, but mostly because the public is in apathy about drug abuse and treatment because of the many losses in their own families and in their communities.