Международные, государственные и общественные организации

CEDAR - Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research
	Mission: To elucidate the factors contributing to the variation in the liability to drug abuse and determine the developmental pathways culminating in drug abuse outcome, normal outcome, and psychiatric/behavioral disorder outcome. URL: (http://www.pitt.edu/~cedar/)
CESAR - the Center for Substance Abuse Research
	The Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) is a research center within the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland College Park. A primary mission of CESAR is to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on the nature and extent of substance abuse and related problems in Maryland and nationally. Second, CESAR conducts policy-relevant research on specific initiatives to prevent, treat, and control substance abuse, and evaluates prevention and treatment programs. And third, CESAR provides technical assistance and training to state and local government agencies. CESAR receives annual funding for many of its activities through a grant from the Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention. URL: (http://www.bsos.umd.edu/cesar/cesar.html)
Centre for Drug Research
	The Centre for Drugs Research, (CEDRO), was established in 1996 as a department of the School of Environmental Sciences (Faculteit der Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen), at the University of Amsterdam. Although drug research has been carried out at this faculty for a long time, a separate official research group, currently consisting of five persons, was created only recently. CEDRO's goal is the determination of various aspects of the drug problem from a socio-scientific angle. The Centre mainly relies on outside funding. Due to the outstanding reputation of its researchers as well as the special position held by Amsterdam and the Netherlands in the field of international drug research, CEDRO has gained much esteem in the scientific community and might become even more renowned in the years to come. URL: (http://www.frw.uva.nl/cedro/)
Co.R.A. - Radical Anti-Prohibitionist Co-Ordination
	Радикальная Антипрогибиционистская Координация (СORA), коллективный член: * ТРП - Транснациональной Радикальной Партии (неправительственной организации при ООН с консультативным статусом 1 категории); * Всемирной коалиции за альтернативу войне с наркотиками (The Global Сoalition for Alternatives to the Drug War) URL: (http://www.agora.stm.it/coranet/)
DRC Net (The drug reform coordination network)
	DRCNet was founded in response to the violence, disease and misery spawned by our nation's flawed drug policy. Our position is that the evidence on drug policy overwhelmingly favors decriminalization and that reform is needed immediately. We challenge anyone who disagrees to read the evidence and meet us for The Great Drug Debate. There are no arguments for a total prohibition that stand up to the scrutiny of facts and logic. URL: (http://www.drcnet.org/)
H.R.W. - Human Rights Watch
	Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. URL: (http://www.hrw.org/)
Heffter Research Institute
	Research at the Frontiers of the Mind We are truly at square one. It has been said that there is no force in the universe more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Let us believe together that now is the time. URL: (http://www.heffter.org)
Lindesmith Center - drug policy research institute.
	The Lindesmith Center is a policy research institute founded in 1994 that focuses on broadening the debate on drug policy and related issues. The center houses a library and information center, organizes seminars and conferences, acts as a link between scholars, government and the media, directs a grants program in central and eastern Europe and undertakes projects on special topics such as methadone policy reform and alternatives to drug testing in the workplace. The guiding principle of the center is harm reduction, an alternative approach to drug policy and treatment that focuses on minimizing the adverse effects of both drug use and drug prohibition. Particular attention is focused on analyzing the experiences of foreign countries in reducing drug-related harms. URL: (http://www.lindesmith.org/)
MPP - Marijuana Policy Project
	MPP Projects Making medicinal marijuana legally available Fighting harmful marijuana-related legislation in Congress Reforming federal sentencing guidelines for marijuana cultivation Ad Hoc Projects URL: (http://www.mpp.org/)
Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies
	The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501 (c) (3) IRS-approved corporation chartered in 1986 as a membership-based research and educational organization. Currently numbering 1600 members, MAPS focuses on the development of beneficial, socially-sanctioned uses of psychedelic drugs and marijuana. Such uses may include psychotherapeutic research and treatment, treatment of addiction, pain relief, spiritual exploration, shamanic healing, psychic research, brain physiology research and related scientific inquiries. MAPS pursues its mission by helping scientific researchers design, obtain governmental approval for, fund, conduct and report on psychedelic research in human volunteers. URL: (http://maps.org/)
NIDA - National Institute of Drug Abuse
	Recent scientific advances have revolutionized our understanding of drug abuse and addiction. The majority of these advances, which have dramatic implications for how to best prevent and treat addiction, have been supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). NIDA supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. NIDA supported science addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse, ranging from the molecule to managed care, and from DNA to community outreach research. URL: (http://www.nida.nih.gov/)
NORML - National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
	Since its founding in 1970, NORML has been the principal national advocate for legalizing marijuana. During the 1970s, NORML led the successful efforts to decriminalize minor marijuana offenses in 11 states and significantly lower penalties in allothers. Though the decriminalization movement eventually fell victim to the "war on drugs," NORML has remained the nation's principal organization dedicated to ending marijuana prohibition. Today NORML serves as an informational resource to the national media on marijuana-related stories; lobbies state and federal legislators to permit the medical use of marijuana and to reject recent attempts to treat minor marijuana offenses more harshly; and serves as the umbrella group for a national network of citizen activists committed to ending marijuana prohibition. URL: (http://www.norml.org/)
Stop the Drug War (Global Coalition for Alternatives to the Drug War)
	Это не организация, а один из проектов DRC (Drug Reform Coordination Network) URL: (http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/)
T.R.P. - Transnational Radical Party
	Transnational Radical Party is an association of citizens, parliamentarians and members of government of various national and political backgrounds that intends to achieve, through nonviolent Gandhian methods, a number of concrete objectives aimed at creating an effective body of international law with respect for individuals and the affirmation of democracy and freedom throughout the world. URL: (http://www.radicalparty.org/)
The Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studios
	Brown University established the Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies in 1982. The Center's mission is to promote the identification, prevention and effective treatment of alcohol and other drug use problems in our society through research, publications, education and training. The Center, through its affiliation with the Brown Medical School, occupies a unique position within the university. Over 60 faculty and professional staff from 11 university departments and 8 affiliated hospitals cooperate as clinicians, scholars, teachers, administrators and researchers to comprise a single working unit. The offices are located on the grounds of Butler Hospital, and house Center faculty, staff, researchers and research trainees. URL: (http://center.butler.brown.edu/)