The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is a government department that includes individual agencies devoted to public health. Some of these agencies have the specific purpose of reducing drug abuse through prevention programs as well as treatment programs for substance abusers. These agencies include the following:

%See Organizations of Interest at the back of Volume 3 for address, telephone, and URL.

• The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)ﾀ conducts and funds research on drugs of abuse and their effects on individuals. NIDA is part of the National Institutes of Health.
• The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)ﾀ conducts and funds research on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. NIAAA is also a component of the National Institutes of Health.
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) promotes prevention programs for sub- stance abuse and mental disorders and...