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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Making the Commitment to Turn Their Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | Program Result
Formerly incarcerated men, most of them Black, are drawing on the package of housing, employment and support services provided by Better Futures Minnesota in the Twin Cities to help turn their lives around. Some of the men tell their stories here.
Better Futures Minnesota Helps Turn Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | Program Result
Better Futures Minnesota provides an integrated package of housing, employment, health care, and community support to men with a history of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.
Associations Between Alcohol Use and Homelessness with Healthcare Utilization Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Veterans
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The present article focused on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected veterans and the prevalence of homelessness and alcohol use among this population. Additionally, the study explored how homelessness and alcohol use were related to health ca ...