Dear List Subscribers: Please excuse this posting but I thought that many or you might be interested in a new vehicle in the battle against substance abuse that has just come online. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) announces the launch of its website at http://www.casacolumbia.org. The site is a resource for research on addiction and substance abuse. It provides access to information, research and commentary on tobacco, alcohol and drug abuse issues including prevention, treatment and cost data. In addition to providing quick access to CASA's reports and findings, the CASA web site has links to a wide range of internet resources; including your organization's site. Please visit us at http://www.casacolumbia.org and help us inform others about the impact of substance abuse by linking back to our site. CASA's research includes: research on the cost of substance abuse to Medicare, Medicaid and Federal entitlement programs; an analysis of the cost of substance abuse in New York City; research on substance abuse and populations including women, teenagers, and college students; research on legalization issues; treatment evaluations; and annual surveys of American attitudes on substance abuse. CASA's projects include two demonstration programs: Children at Risk (CAR), which works with at-risk children and Opportunity to Succeed (OPTS) which works with ex-offenders; and a national evaluation of treatment programs. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) is the only national organization to bring together under one roof all of the professional disciplines (health policy, medicine and nursing, communications, economics, sociology, and anthropology, law and law enforcement, business, religion and education) needed to study and combat all types of substance abuse--illegal drugs, pills, alcohol and tobacco--as they affect all aspects of society. CASA's goals are: to inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives; to identify what works in treatment and prevention; and to encourage every individual and institution to take responsibility to combat substance abuse and addiction.