Coalition Against Drug Abuse

What Coalition Against Drug Abuse does

Coalition Against Drug Abuse is a private, for-profit company headquartered in San Diego, California, that operates DrugAbuse.com, a web-based directory and referral platform for drug and alcohol addiction treatment in the United States. The platform aggregates thousands of licensed rehab facilities across all 50 states plus Puerto Rico, allowing consumers to search by location, level of care (detox, inpatient, outpatient, aftercare), insurance provider, and specialty populations such as veterans, LGBTQ+ patients, and adolescents. The site is free for consumers and pairs a long-form educational library covering addiction by substance, withdrawal, intervention, and recovery with structured facility profiles, reviews, and accreditation signals (The Joint Commission, CARF, NCQA).

The underlying product is a searchable content and listings platform built on a nationwide facility database with filtering by geography, insurance, and treatment type, complemented by dedicated landing pages for major US health insurers (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser, Humana, Magellan, TRICARE) and a referral pathway to affiliated Recovery.com for insurance verification and treatment placement. The platform does not provide treatment itself; it monetizes attention through featured and sponsored facility listings (a "Market Your Rehab With Us" B2B channel) and through affiliate/referral economics tied to insurance integrations and Recovery.com.

The go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer: SEO-driven organic search across thousands of substance-, city-, and state-specific pages feeds top-of-funnel informational demand, which is converted into bottom-of-funnel directory lookups and outbound referrals to listed facilities. The company employs 51–100 people, has no disclosed funding rounds or institutional investors, and operates as part of the Recovery Brands network alongside Recovery.com. There is no evidence of AI/ML features, mobile apps, APIs, or proprietary technology beyond the directory and content platform.

Name

Coalition Against Drug Abuse

Website

https://drugabuse.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Coalition Against Drug Abuse operates DrugAbuse.com, a free nationwide web directory connecting individuals seeking addiction treatment with thousands of drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities across all 50 US states, monetized through facility listings and insurance affiliate referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction Treatment Directory and Referral Services

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services (BPAGACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use Recovery & Harm Reduction Support Services (BPAGAEAO), Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Lifestyle Education (Non-clinical) (EDAAAHAL)

Keywords

• Addiction treatment directory
• Rehab center referral
• Substance abuse treatment search
• Insurance verification rehab
• Treatment center marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Directory Listing Fees / Marketing Services: Treatment centers pay for featured/sponsored listings and enhanced visibility on the platform. The site also includes referral pathways to recovery.com for insurance verification and treatment placement services.
2. Insurance Provider Partnerships: Integration with insurance providers (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, United Healthcare, etc.) to help users verify coverage and find in-network treatment facilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DrugAbuse.com is a web-based directory and referral platform that aggregates thousands of drug and alcohol addiction treatment facilities across the United States. Consumers use it to search and compare rehab centers by location, level of care, insurance provider, and treatment specialization. Treatment centers pay for featured and sponsored directory listings to reach individuals actively seeking treatment.

Product overview

DrugAbuse.com is a single unified web-based directory and referral platform for addiction treatment services. The platform aggregates thousands of rehab facilities nationwide and provides search functionality allowing users to filter by location (state and city), type of care (detox, inpatient, outpatient, aftercare), and insurance provider. The site functions as an informational and referral resource rather than a direct treatment provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DrugAbuse.com Treatment Center Directory

Quantifiable outcome

• Users can access treatment centers across all 50 US states with detailed information about facilities

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Recovery.comcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRecovery.com is an affiliated platform that handles insurance verification and treatment placement services. DrugAbuse.com directs users requiring insurance coverage verification or treatment admission assistance to Recovery.com, which appears to be part of the same corporate family (Recovery Brands network).
• Insurance Providers (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, United Healthcare, Kaiser, Humana, Magellan, TRICARE, and others)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe platform integrates with major insurance providers to help users verify coverage for addiction treatment. Users can search for in-network facilities by insurance provider, and the site includes dedicated landing pages for major insurers.
• The Joint CommissionminorOthersAccrediting body for healthcare organizations. Treatment centers listed on the platform hold licensure from state substance use agencies or national accrediting bodies including The Joint Commission, CARF, or NCQA.
• CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)minorOthersTreatment center accrediting organization. Facilities listed on the platform may hold CARF accreditation as a quality indicator.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rehabs.com: Direct competitor operating a national directory of addiction treatment centers with similar SEO-driven GTM, consumer-facing search functionality, and featured-listing revenue model.
• AddictionCenter.com: Direct competitor running an addiction treatment directory with educational content, facility listings, and treatment referral services targeted at the same consumer persona.
• Recovery.com: Affiliated directory and treatment placement platform operating under the same Recovery Brands corporate umbrella. Handles insurance verification and treatment admission, with DrugAbuse.com routing users to it — making it the closest functional and structural peer.

Regional players

• SAMHSA Treatment Locator: Free, federally-funded official US treatment facility directory. Provides authoritative baseline competition for the same consumer search intent, though limited in features and monetization.

Others

• Healthline: Large consumer health content publisher with extensive addiction and recovery editorial coverage. Competes for organic search traffic and editorial authority on substance use topics rather than facility listings.
• GoodRx: Consumer-facing healthcare marketplace monetized via advertising and affiliate-style referral economics. Most comparable business-model analog (free consumer + pay-for-performance advertiser monetization) in healthcare, though serving the pharmacy vertical.
• Zocdoc: Healthcare appointment-booking marketplace operating a directory-plus-booking model. Structural analog in healthcare lead generation and insurance filtering, though focused on outpatient providers rather than residential addiction treatment.
• WebMD: Major consumer health information site capturing adjacent health-search intent, including significant addiction content. While not a directory, it competes for top-of-funnel organic traffic and brand authority.

Emerging players

• StartYourRecovery.org: Recovery-focused resource site with treatment locator functionality, sponsored by the White House-led recovery initiative. Partial competitor offering directory-style search with a recovery-oriented editorial layer.

Broad incumbents

• American Addiction Centers (AAC): Large publicly-traded addiction treatment operator that also operates a treatment center directory and referral infrastructure. A broader incumbent that competes both as a treatment provider and a lead-generation channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DrugAbuse
• Facebookfacebook.com/Drug.Abuse.Treatment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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