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.
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January 28, 2011 | Program Results Report
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Study (ASAPS) contributes critical data to the body of research on adolescent substance abuse treatment by revealing deficiencies of a universal school-based intervention, Take Charge of Your Life (TCYL).
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
School-based programs that administer substance abuse prevention curricula generally try to manipulate social attitudes and life skills in order to achieve positive results. This study examined the interplay of these mediating factors within the Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Study (ASAPS).
September 1, 2005 | Journal Article
This article explores the role of changing images of drug use in rap music from the 1970s to the 1990s.
October 1, 2003 | Program Results 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.
January 31, 2008 | Program Results Report
Staff at Bonnie Brae organized a conference of representatives from leading residential treatment providers to identify best practices for the treatment of emotionally disturbed and substance-abusing youth.
August 1, 2001 | Program Results Report
The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America oversaw the development and preliminary assessment of a computer-based interactive, multimedia software program designed to help prevent alcohol and marijuana use among 11- to 15-year-olds.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Looking back, looking ahead to a second decade of an RWJF national program to reshape services to young people served by juvenile justice, and drug and alcohol treatment programs.
May 3, 2011 | Program Results Report
From 2005 to 2010, the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights expanded its efforts to advocate on behalf of low-income families suffering from the impact of a parent's substance abuse.
January 20, 2011 | Audio
Investing in Reclaiming Futures: A Promising Model for Cost-Effective Juvenile Justice Reform