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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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.
Greater Columbia Fighting Back Shines in Work with Physicians
May 1, 2003 | Program Result
The overall objective of Greater Columbia Fighting Back, Columbia, S.C., was to reduce the demand for alcohol and other drugs in the greater Columbia area.
Head Start/Anti-Substance Abuse Program Falters in New Jersey
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
Concerned Parents for Head Start in Paterson, N.J., developed Project Unconditional, a project designed to integrate family and community strengthening components into Head Start to reduce risks for substance abuse.
Cherokee Nation Project Promotes Fitness to Fight Substance Abuse
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
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.
A Scientific Approach to the Goal of Preventing Addiction and Abuse
August 1, 2001 | Program Result
In 2000, the Society for Prevention Research held its eighth annual meeting, "Bridging Disciplines, Building Paradigms, and Crossing Borders in Prevention Science," in Montreal, Canada.
Three Segments of "To the Contrary" Focusing on Preventing Teen Substance Abuse Air on PBS Stations Nationwide
March 1, 2007 | Program Result
Persephone Productions produced three segments of the television program To the Contrary focusing on the prevention and treatment of teen substance abuse.
The Evolution of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Approach to Alcohol and Drug Addiction
January 1, 2006 | Book
The nation's health system does not generally recognize and treat addiction, although nearly one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 has a problem with alcohol or drugs—some 22 million people in all. This chapter offers an inside look at strategies u ...
Large-Scale Unassisted Smoking Cessation Over 50 Years
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Most smokers have been able to stop smoking without any formal assistance such as medication or professional assistance.
Can Tobacco Control Endgame Analysis Learn Anything From the U.S. Experience With Illegal Drugs?
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Tobacco control endgame strategies threaten to create large black markets with potential attendant harms.
Cultivating the Next Generation of Tobacco Endgame Advocates
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Long-term success for any tobacco endgame is contingent not only on acquiring political will, but also on sustaining it over a long period of time, perhaps even for decades.