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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Provision of On-Site Medical Care to Patients with Hepatitis C in Drug Treatment Units
January 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The objective of the study was to explore what characteristics of patients and drug treatment units were related to providing either on-site medical care or a referral for treatment of Hepatitis C viral (HCV). A random sample of drug treatment units ...
Validity of a Self-Reported History of a Positive Tuberculin Skin Test
October 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The purpose of the current study was to investigate if an individual's actual purified protein derivative (PPD) status could be predicted by their reports of their PPD status and what factors were related to any discordance between actual and report ...
Strategic Plan Identifies Unique Needs of Hispanic Drug Abuse Research
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Northeastern University, working through the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse and a panel of scientific experts, produced the National Strategic Plan on Hispanic Drug Abuse Research in November 2003.
Worcester Has Limited Success in Fighting Back Against Drugs
May 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Worcester Fights Back, which formed in 1990 under the auspices of the United Way of Central Massachusetts, worked to substantially reduce demand for illegal drugs and alcohol in Worcester, Mass.
Greater Columbia Fighting Back Shines in Work with Physicians
May 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The overall objective of Greater Columbia Fighting Back, Columbia, S.C., was to reduce the demand for alcohol and other drugs in the greater Columbia area.
Validity of the CRAFFT in American-Indian and Alaska-Native Adolescents
September 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Screening for Drug and Alcohol Risk
In Puerto Rican Community, Families Help Others Combat Drug Abuse Through Head Start
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Aspira de Puerto Rico developed a family-to-family peer mentoring model of substance abuse prevention based on the Latino concept of compadres (godparents).
Cherokee Nation Project Promotes Fitness to Fight Substance Abuse
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Cherokee Nation tribal health department established a project designed to enhance the protective factors that would help keep young people away from substance abuse.
Recovery High School
January 1, 2002 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, best-selling author Digby Diehl tells the story of Recovery High in Albuquerque, N.M., an alternative school for substance-abusing adolescents.
Scientists Discuss Critical Issues in Addiction at National Conference
February 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The California Collaborative Center for Substance Abuse Policy Research, San Francisco, organized and convened a scientific conference, and preceding on substance abuse policy research.