Key Drug Research & Evidence Sources

Australasia Research Sources
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Opioids
  • Stimulants
National Drug Research Institute
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Early detection and brief intervention
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Community services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
Canada Research Sources
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (Research Library) 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
  • Opioids
  • Cannabis
Europe Research Sources
European Union Drugs Agency (Publications & Best Practice Portal) 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
  • Emerging psychoactive substances
  • Stimulants
Global Academic
Google Scholar 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Multi-substance use
Scopus 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Cross-substance / Methodology
Web of Science 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Cross-substance / Methodology
Cochrane 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
PubMed 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Multi-substance use
Global Research Sources
EQUATOR Network
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Cross-substance / Methodology
Campbell Collaboration
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Multi-substance use
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
United Kingdom Research Sources
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Mental health and co-occurring condition screening
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Opioids
National Institute for Health and Care Research
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
United States Research Sources
National Institute on Drug Abuse 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
  • Opioids
  • Cannabis
  • Stimulants
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center) 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Mental health and co-occurring condition screening
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Research & Publications) 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • HIV and substance-related behavioural risk
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
  • Opioids
  • Injection-related risk behaviours