Addiction Center is Now HONcode Certified

Health on the Net Foundation (HON) Certification

Addiction Center is excited to announce that we’ve been certified through the Health on the Net Foundation! We’ve worked hard from day one to ensure the quality and accuracy of our content, and we’re honored to be recognized by HON as a source of authority in the addiction space.

The HONcode certification is an ethical standard aimed at offering quality health information.

This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here.

HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to ensure the quality of medical information on the web. HON exists to help both patient and medical professional by using the internet to facilitate quick dissemination of important medical news, data and resources. They have a list of ethical principles that every site they certify is carefully reviewed for and must comply with.

HONcode Principles

In order to be accepted for inclusion on the HON site, every organization they review must meet eight standards of quality and reputability. These include:

• Authoritative
• Complementarity
• Privacy
• Attribution
• Justifiability
• Transparency
• Financial Disclosure
• Advertising Policy

Addiction Center’s Promise to You

Although we are still relatively new in the addiction space, we continuously strive to provide the best information on the web for people struggling with addiction and the loved ones of those who are. We’ve developed relationships with qualified addiction professionals and counselors to ensure the accuracy of our content, and are constantly on the lookout for more partnerships to help us make this site the best it can be.

Our promise to you is that we will constantly be reviewing and improving our information and resources to give you the most accurate, up-to-date understanding of addiction and recovery available. We’re always available to help, talk or provide access to a treatment center in your area.

About the Author: Kayla Smith, Editorial Director Kayla Smith is the editorial director for Addiction Center. After working for years as a journalist, she joined the Addiction Center team in hopes of spreading awareness about addiction and mental health issues and helping people get treatment.

Last Edited: September 14, 2017

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Since 2014, Addiction Center has been an informational web guide for those who are struggling with substance use disorders and co-occurring behavioral and mental health disorders. All content included on Addiction Center is created by our team of researchers and journalists. of our articles are fact-based and sourced from relevant publications, government agencies and medical journals.