The following is only a small sampling of the agencies, providers and services that treat adolescent and teen addiction and dependency. For a comprehensive list of treatment resources nationwide, click here. For resources for children in addicted families, click here.

Al-Anon/Alateen, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617; (757) 563-1600, (888) 425-2666: Provides support for families and friends of alcoholics.

Association of Recovery Schools, P.O. Box 128576, Nashville, TN 37212; (615) 248-8206: Supports high schools and colleges whose students are in recovery from alcohol and other drugs.

Augsburg College Step-Up Program, 2211 Riverside Ave., Campus Box 82, Minneapolis, MN 55454; (612) 330-1405: Provides support to and special programs for students in recovery at Augsburg College.

CASASTART, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), 633 Third Ave., 19th floor, New York, NY 10017; (212) 841-5200: A community-based, school-centered program from Columbia University, designed to keep high-risk preadolescents – 8 to 13 years old – free of drug and crime involvement.

Chestnut Health Systems, Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment, 1003 Martin Luther King Drive, Bloomington, IL 61701; (309)-827-6026: Provides treatment, counseling and mental health services for adolescents throughout Illinois.

The Courage to Speak Foundation, P.O. Box 1527, Norwalk, CT 06852; (877) 431-3295: Founded in 1996 by parents who lost their son to a heroin overdose, this nonprofit’s mission is to empower youth to be drug free and encourage parents to communicate effectively with their children through the dissemination of a drug curriculum programs for schools, a video a referral help line and other resources.

Crystal Meth Anonymous, 8205 Santa Monica Blvd., PMB 1-114, West Hollywood, CA 90046-5977; (213) 488-4455: A 12-step fellowship for those in recovery from addiction to crystal methamphetamine.

Nar-Anon/Narateen, 22527 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite No. 200 B, Torrance, CA 90505; (800) 477-6291: Provides support for families and friends of drug users.

National Association for Children of Alcoholics, 11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20852; (888) 554-2627; (301) 468-0985: A national non-profit membership and affiliate organization working on behalf of children of alcohol- and drug-dependent parents and all family members affected by alcohol and drug use disorders.

National Association of Native American Children of Alcoholics, 6145 Lehman Drive, Suite 200,Colorado Springs, CO 80918; (719) 548-1000, (866) 480-6751; : Provides a Native American framework for healing children of alcoholics.

Reclaiming Futures, National Program Office, Portland State University, 527 SW Hall, Suite 400, Portland, OR 97201; (503) 725-8911; : An initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to change the way communities respond to adolescent substance abuse and crime, with programs in 10 cities.

Online-only resources:

CheckYourself.com, an online resource supported by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America that offers older teens a quiz and decision games to see how they might act in situations involving drugs and invites them to consider whether their substance use risks turning into a problem.

e-CHUG, an online alcohol intervention and personalized feedback tool designed to reduce drinking among college students, created at San Diego State University and currently in use at over 250 universities and colleges across 42 states and in Canada and Australia.

THC Online Knowledge Experience, a brief, marijuana-specific assessment and feedback tool designed to reduce marijuana use among college students. Each 15-minute intervention is self-guided, requires no face-to-face contact with a counselor or administrator and allows a student to track changes in use and behavior.

(Richard Scheinin is a reporter for The San Jose Mercury News.)

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