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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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.
Adopting the Substance Abuse Goal
January 1, 1999 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology describes the staff and board processes that led to shaping and adopting the substance abuse goal, and assesses the consequences over the next six years of adopting that goal.
Free to Grow
January 1, 2006 | Book
Recommended Reading Evaluation of the Free to Grow Initiative: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities Executive Summary: Protecting Children from Substance Abuse Protecting Children from Substance Abuse: Lessons from Free to ...
The Evolution of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Approach to Alcohol and Drug Addiction
January 1, 2006 | Book
The nation's health system does not generally recognize and treat addiction, although nearly one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 has a problem with alcohol or drugs—some 22 million people in all. This chapter offers an inside look at strategies u ...
The Fighting Back Program
January 1, 2004 | Book
This chapter recounts the history of Fighting Back : Community Initiatives to Reduce Demand for Illegal Drugs and Alcohol, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses and the controversy that it sparked.
Join Together and CADCA
January 1, 2004 | Book
During the 1990s, the creation of many community coalitions to fight substance abuse prompted the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to action in making sure that they succeeded. In 1991 and 1992, the Foundation provided two organizations—Join Together ...
Helping Addicted Smokers Quit
January 1, 2003 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology examines the Foundation's efforts to translate research into practice to help smokers quit.
Programs to Improve the Health of Native Americans
January 1, 2002 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Paul Brodeur, a veteran writer for The New Yorker and a frequent contributor to the Anthology series, examines these two programs. The first, Improving the Health of Native Americans, allowed grantees to develop projects addressing any type of health problem they chose. The second, Healthy Nations, focused on substance abuse. Both programs gave tribes and Indian organizations wide latitude in developing strategies consistent with their own values.
The Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Partnership of Larimer County, Colorado
January 1, 2008 | Book
In this chapter, Paul Brodeur, an award-winning journalist and former staff writer for The New Yorker, discusses an approach to organizing services for people with both substance abuse addiction and mental illness.