Predictors of Hospitalization for Injection Drug Users Seeking Care for Soft Tissue Infections
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
STIs can affect up to 32 percent of injection drug users at a given time.
Addiction and Substance Abuse
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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Legal Gambling and Problem Gambling as Mechanisms of Social Domination?
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
In this article, the authors consider the social, structural and symbolic effects of the recent and rapid spread of legal gambling in the United States. They contend that problem gambling is not randomly distributed throughout the population and tha ...
Healthy Nations: Reducing Substance Abuse Among Native Americans
September 10, 2007 | Program Results Report
Native Americans suffer disproportionately compared with other groups in the United States from diseases and death due to alcohol, drugs and substance abuse.
Teaching Kids About Drug Abuse Through an Interactive Video Game
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.
States Learn the State of Their Substance Abuse Problem
March 1, 2001 | Program Results 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.
Annual Report 2000
April 1, 2000 | Annual Report
The Challenge of Substance Abuse: Ten Years of Grantmaking.
The Critical Role of Nicotine Addiction in Tobacco Use
June 30, 2000 | Program Results 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 31, 2000 | Program Results 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: Addressing Substance Abuse Among Physicians
September 1, 2000 | Program Results 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 Results 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."