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May 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
The approximately $18 billion spent annually on drug and alcohol treatments is funded primarily by public money, and studies to address the cost effectiveness of these treatments are burgeoning.
July 22, 2009 | Program Result
Innovators Combating Substance Abuse (Innovators) was a national program to foster innovation in the substance abuse field by granting awards to established leaders in substance abuse prevention, treatment and policy to pursue work that might not otherwise be funded.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article focuses on the need to envision a more technologically enabled addiction treatment system in the year 2020, describes how this vision of the future might work, and offers ideas about how to achieve such a system.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
Investigators at University of Pennsylvania's Treatment Research Institute and the Alcohol Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley (analyzed the impact of managed care on substance abuse treatment.
March 1, 2002 | Program Result
St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, N.J., set up a statewide training program to help drug and alcohol treatment providers develop nicotine treatment protocols.
June 1, 2001 | Program Result
The nonprofit Overview Foundation, Canaan, Conn., carried out an expansion of efforts of its Mountainside Treatment Center to incorporate nicotine dependence into its substance abuse treatment program.
June 1, 1998 | Program Result
The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation developed self-help and empowerment groups for pregnant and postpartum women with the aim of reducing substance abuse and improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk communities.
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
From mid-1998 to early 2001, the Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT), Washington, worked to strengthen the involvement of Latino groups in addressing alcohol and tobacco issues and produced a directory of Hispanic/Latino experts, advocates and community-based organizations working on tobacco, alcohol and other substance abuse issues.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
Investigators at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University examined how states addressed substance abuse treatment and prevention as they implemented reforms in their welfare programs.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
The New School University, New York, supported a conference on the historical and cultural aspects of substance abuse. The conference was entitled Altered States of Consciousness.