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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When Students Have an Emergency, the Brookline Resilient Youth Team Steps in
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
In 2004, the Brookline Community Mental Health Center and Brookline High School established the Brookline Resilient Youth Team. It provides counseling and academic help to high school students who are re-entering school after a personal emergency.
Worcester Has Limited Success in Fighting Back Against Drugs
May 1, 2003 | Program Result
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.
States Learn the State of Their Substance Abuse Problem
March 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1994 to 1999, Drug Strategies, Washington, produced and disseminated profiles of substance abuse problems and prevention and treatment efforts in five states and created a how-to guide to aid other states interested in creating their own profiles.
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.
Addressing Tobacco in Health Care
July 11, 2009 | Program Result
Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care supported evaluations of replicable efforts by managed care organizations to integrate effective tobacco-cessation interventions into everyday clinical practice and the basic health care these organizations provide.