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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A Center Fights the Battle Against Addiction
April 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 2002 staff at Columbia University, New York established and sustained the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA).
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Substance Abuse Treatment
February 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
A 2002 report from the Institute of Medicine, Unequal Treatment, found that minorities in the United States generally receive inferior health care and have worse health outcomes than Caucasians. Since then, there have been several efforts to understand and address racial and ethnic health disparities and respond to Congress' goal of reducing these inequities by 2010.
Syringe Access Interventions
January 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Despite substantial evidence that expanded syringe access benefits public health without causing other harms, state laws on syringe distribution and possession, law enforcement practices, and actions by the U.S. Congress that limit federal funding for SEPs may be inhibiting the potential of syringe access programs to prevent HIV.
Teaching Kids about Drug Abuse Through an Interactive Video Game
August 1, 2001 | Program Result 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.
States Learn the State of Their Substance Abuse Problem
March 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
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 Critical Role of Nicotine Addiction in Tobacco Use
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Pyramid Communications, Seattle, organized a national conference presenting the latest research findings on nicotine addiction, the prevention of tobacco use, and state-of-the-art treatment strategies.
The Risks of Adopting Substance-Exposed Infants
August 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1997, the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, Inc., New York, convened a symposium on the adoption of substance-exposed infants and prepared a follow-up publication.
Denial in a White Coat
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The American Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association sponsored the 1998 International Conference on Physician Health entitled "Managing Our Own Care: Surviving the Health Care Revolution," which was held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from April 29 to May 2, 1998.
Experts Try to Predict Factors that Might Influence Future Drug Abuse
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Fletcher Allen Health Care in alliance with the University of Vermont, organized a workshop, "The Future of Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Policy: Scenarios for the 21st Century."
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.