Addiction or misuse of alcohol and other drugs leads to approximately 120,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Improving treatment and preventing substance use can reduce the toll of alcohol and substance use on individuals and society.
Addiction and Substance Abuse
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Citizen Groups Enjoy More Support, Less Isolation, in Local War on Drugs
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
From 1991 to 2000 Join Together engaged in a wide range of activities designed to assist community-based groups in their efforts to reduce, prevent and improve treatment of substance abuse.
Three Segments of "To the Contrary" Focusing on Preventing Teen Substance Abuse Air on PBS Stations Nationwide
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Persephone Productions produced three segments of the television program To the Contrary focusing on the prevention and treatment of teen substance abuse.
Tyrone Chatman
February 28, 2002 | Story
"Mr. Chatman will always be in my heart and mind. He taught me to love myself and others. He gave me a chance when no one else would."
An Innovator Identifies an Alarming Trend for Young People: Listening to Rap Music Could Be Dangerous to Their Health
May 2, 2008 | Story
Denise Herd used her medical anthropologist background and rigorous quantitative methods to explore the hypothesis that rap music has increasingly glamorized the use of illegal drugs by associating drug use with wealth and high social standing.
Hip-Hop CD Delivers Anti-Drug Message
August 4, 2008 | Story
Javier Sanchez credits Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse with helping him integrate his love of hip-hop with his commitment to helping adolescents stay off drugs - and with getting his college degree.
School Districts Respond to New Regulations - Report Changes in Substance Abuse Prevention Programs for Students
February 26, 2007 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed the impact of the 1998 revisions to the federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act on substance abuse prevention programs administered by 104 local school districts in 11 states.
Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol and Crime
January 13, 2011 | Program Result Report
The program focused on assisting juvenile justice systems in 10 communities to work with alcohol and drug treatment providers and community members to help teens not only in trouble with the law but also with drug and alcohol problems.
Paths to Recovery: Changing the Process of Care for Substance Abuse
April 28, 2010 | Program Result Report
Paths to Recovery: Changing the Process of Care for Substance Abuse Programs used process improvement strategies to improve the quality and efficiency of substance abuse treatment at the provider level.
The Influence of Program Mediators on Eleventh Grade Outcomes for Seventh Grade Substance Users and Nonusers
April 3, 2009 | Journal Article
The Take Charge of Your Life (TCYL) campaign was a universal school-based substance abuse intervention. A study of the program found that TCYL participants increased use of certain substances. This article assesses TCYL's effect on mediating factors to substance use.
A New D.A.R.E. Curriculum Gets Mixed Reviews
March 17, 2010 | Program Result Report
A new D.A.R.E. substance abuse prevention curriculum for 7th- and 9th-grade students, designed and evaluated by researchers at the University of Akron, gets mixed reviews.