Mission Statement: Alcoholics Anonymous® is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
Mission Statement: The American Beverage Institute is a restaurant trade association dedicated to protecting the on-premise dining experience — which often includes the responsible consumption of adult beverages.
AWARE (All-Wisconsin Alcohol Risk Education)
About: A UW Health-convened coalition to improve the health and safety of Wisconsin residents in the fight against alcohol abuse.
Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
Mission Statement: The mission of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is to advance the concept and practice of problem-oriented policing in open and democratic societies. It does so by making readily accessible information about ways in which police can more effectively address specific crime and disorder problems.
The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is a non-profit organization comprising affiliated police practitioners, researchers, and universities dedicated to the advancement of problem-oriented policing.
The criminal defense practitioner's guide through the internet.
Mission Statement: [The i]nstitute for Behavior and Health views the fight against drugged driving as a significant part of the overall national effort to reduce drug use, and an important way to make the roads safer for everyone who travels on them.
Mission Statement: Erowid is a member-supported organization providing access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related issues. We work with academic, medical, and experiential experts to develop and publish new resources, as well as to improve and increase access to already existing resources. We also strive to ensure that these resources are maintained and preserved as a historical record for the future.
Governors Highway Safety Association
Mission Statement: GHSA represents the state and territorial highway safety offices that implement programs to address behavioral highway safety issues, including: occupant protection, impaired driving, and speeding. GHSA provides leadership and representation for the states to improve traffic safety, influence national policy and enhance program management.
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Mission Statement: The mission of the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention is to assist institutions of higher education in developing, implementing, and evaluating alcohol, other drug, and violence prevention policies and programs that will foster students' academic and social development and promote campus and community safety.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Mission Statement: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation's highways.
The Highway Loss Data Institute shares and supports this mission through scientific studies of insurance data representing the human and economic losses resulting from the ownership and operation of different types of vehicles and by publishing insurance loss results by vehicle make and model.
Mission Statement: MADD was incorporated on September 5, 1980, the mission or purposes of MADD as stated in its Articles of Incorporation were “To aid the victims of crimes performed by individuals driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, to aid the families of such victims and to increase public awareness of the problem of drinking and drugged driving."
Mission Statement: Our vision is that every addict in the world has the chance to experience our message in his or her own language and culture and find the opportunity for a new way of life.
National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI)
Mission Statement: The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) is a non-profit organization that facilitates cooperation between law enforcement, healthcare professionals, state regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the prevention and investigation of prescription drug diversion.
NADDI also sponsors and conducts specialized educational seminars and conferences.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information -- NCADI
From the website's "about us": SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the Nation's one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment.
We staff both English- and Spanish-speaking information specialists who are skilled at recommending appropriate publications, posters, and videocassettes; conducting customized searches; providing grant and funding information; and referring people to appropriate organizations. They are available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to take your calls at 1-877-SAMHSA-7.
National Hardcore Drunk Driver Project
Mission Statement: Founded in 1991 and funded by distillers, we are a national, independent, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, chaired by the Honorable Susan Molinari. An independent National Advisory Board comprised of distinguished leaders in education, medicine, government, business, and other relevant disciplines assists us in the development of programs and policies.
We believe that collective action brings about lasting change. We work with all members of the community – law enforcement, public officials, educators, parents, and students – in our fight against drunk driving and underage drinking.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Mission Statement: NHTSA was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 to carry out safety programs previously administered by the National Highway Safety Bureau. Specifically, the agency directs the highway safety and consumer programs established by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the Highway Safety Act of 1966, the 1972 Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, and succeeding amendments to these laws. Dedicated to achieving the highest standards of excellence in motor vehicle and highway safety, NHTSA works daily to help prevent crashes and their attendant costs, both human and financial. The agency strives to exceed the expectations of its customers through its core values of Integrity, Service, and Leadership.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Mission Statement: NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.
This charge has two critical components. The first is the strategic
support and conduct of research across a broad range of disciplines.
The second is ensuring the rapid and effective dissemination and use of
the results of that research to significantly improve prevention,
treatment and policy as it relates to drug abuse and addiction.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mission Statement: NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by:
- Conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment
- Coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues
- Collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol-related work
- Translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public
National Motorists Association
Mission Statement: The National Motorists Association (NMA) represents and protects the interests of North American motorists. We work for more reasonable speed limits and fight for better driver training, fair enforcement practices and important privacy protections.
National Partnership on Alcohol Misuse and Crime
Mission Statement: The National Partnership on Alcohol Misuse and Crime has joined together public and private sectors to address offenders who misuse alcohol. Together, we are collaborating on finding workable solutions that will benefit the entire U.S. criminal justice system. Our stakeholders are comprised of professionals from a broad cross-section of diverse industries. We are committed to identifying areas of agreement among our entire range of stakeholders. By including everyone’s perspective, we will evaluate and educate the criminal justice system about the most promising “best practices” and solutions to alcohol misuse and crime.
Mission Statement: The American Prosecutors Research Institute's National Traffic Law Center (NTLC)
is a resource designed to benefit prosecutors and our traffic safety
partners. The mission of the NTLC is to improve the quality of justice
in traffic safety adjudications by increasing the awareness of highway
safety issues through the compilation, creation and dissemination of
legal and technical information and by providing training and reference
services.
National Traffic Safety Institute
Mission Statement: Our innovative approach to driving safety stresses personal accountability as the participants explore an interactive curriculum based upon proven behavioral modification principals. We believe drivers understand the importance of following safety standards and stress personal choice as a means of effecting a positive change in driving behavior.
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (USDOJ)
Mission Statement: COPS — the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is the office of the U.S. Department of Justice that advances the practice of community policing in America’s state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies. COPS does its work principally by sharing information and making grants to police departments around the United States.
Mission Statement: SMART Recovery® is the leading self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Our participants learn tools for recovery based on the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups.
Mission Statement: Founded in 2000, SFW is dedicated to reducing tobacco consumption especially by youth through policy change. In pursuing that goal, SFW has worked for smoke-free ordinances, increasing tobacco prevention funding, and raising the tax on tobacco products. As an organization with a single focus, reducing tobacco use in Wisconsin through policy change, SmokeFree Wisconsin is experienced and uniquely positioned to advocate for local tobacco control policy initiatives. SFW provides technical assistance on local policy, assistance on capacity building and strategic planning with local tobacco control coalitions, and assists with media outreach and community organizing.
State Council on Alcohol and other Drug Abuse (SCAODA)
Mission Statement: The purpose of the State Council is to coordinate substance abuse planning across the many agencies in Wisconsin government. We are responsible for reviewing pending legislation, developing a four-year plan to implement our ideas, reviewing the biennial budget and making recommendations to the Governor and Legislature. We have five standing committees, which focus upon prevention, treatment, planning/funding, issues pertaining to diversity of substance abuse needs among state residents, and coordination between member departments regarding alcohol and other substance abuse activities.
Stop Drugged Driving
This website is sponsored and maintained by the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. (IBH). IBH views the fight against drugged driving as a significant part of the overall national effort to reduce drug use, and an important way to make the roads safer for everyone who travels on them. IBH seeks to partner with drunk driving initiatives to build stronger policies and programs that will help achieve three vital public health and public safety goals: making roadways safer, reducing excessive drinking and illegal drug use, and helping people with substance abuse problems get the help they need to become drug-free.
Mission Statement: The Tavern League of Wisconsin is a non-profit trade association dedicated to serving the needs of the retail beverage alcohol segment of the hospitality industry in the State of Wisconsin. The League exists to provide services to members that are not available to them as individuals and to use the collective strength of its membership to accomplish, as a group, goals that cannot be accomplished alone. The League provides their members with services such as legislative and governmental relations, legal information, educational services and promotes the industry on behalf of its membership.
University of Minnesota Alcohol Epidemiology Program (AEP)
Mission Statement: The mission of the AEP is to conduct advanced research to discover effective community and policy interventions to reduce alcohol-related social and health problems.
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mission Statement: The Institute serves as a focal point for applied public health and health policy within the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health as well as a bridge to public health and health policy practitioners in the state.
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
Mission Statement: The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. (WSWA) is the national trade organization representing the wholesale tier of the wine and spirits industry. It is dedicated to advancing the interests and independence of wholesale distributors and/or brokers of wine and/or spirits. Founded in 1943, WSWA has nearly 330 member companies in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Our members distribute more than 70% of all wines and spirits sold at wholesale in the United States.
WisBar - State Bar of Wisconsin
Mission Statement: The purposes of
the association are
to aid the courts in carrying on and improving
the administration of
justice; to foster and maintain
on the part of those engaged in the practice of law high ideals of
integrity, learning, competence
and public service and high
standards of conduct;
to safeguard the
proper professional interests
of the members of
the bar; to
encourage the formation
and activities of local bar associations; to conduct a program of
continuing legal education;
to assist or
support legal education
programs at the preadmission level;
to provide a forum for
the discussion of subjects pertaining to the practice of law, the
science of jurisprudence and law reform
and the relations
of the bar
to the public
and to publish information relating thereto; to
carry on a continuing program of legal research
in the technical
fields of substantive
law, practice and procedure
and make reports
and recommendations thereon
within legally permissible limits;
to promote the
innovation, development and improvement of means to deliver
legal services to the
people of Wisconsin; to the
end that the
public responsibility of
the legal profession may be more
effectively discharged.
Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resource Center
Mission Statement: The concept of risk and protective factors are at the core of the model. Risk factors are defined as individual or environmental markers that are related to the increased likelihood that a negative outcome will occur.
Protective factors are defined as individual or environmental safeguards that enhance a person's ability to resist stressful life events, risks or hazards and promote adaptation and competence. An important but often overlooked aspect of protective process is that they only operate when a risk factor is present.
Risk and protective factors can exist both within individuals and across various levels of the environment in which they live. Diverse problems can share common risk factors.
Risk factors often co-occur, and when they do, they appear to carry additive and sometimes exponential risks. It is often the accumulation of multiple risks rather than the presence of any single risk factor that leads to negative outcomes.
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
The Wisconsin State Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Mission Statement: The Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services’ mission is to support and improve the quality and effectiveness of mental health and substance abuse services in order to create a recovery-focused system for the people of Wisconsin.
