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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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Join Together: A National Resource Center

November 16, 2012 | Program Result

For two decades Join Together served as a national resource center for local substance abuse initiatives, and promoted policies that enhance prevention and treatment. The Partnership at Drugfree.org is now the portal for these resources.

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.

Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth

January 28, 2011 | Program Result

Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.

Strategy 1 - Science Push

May 25, 2010 | Program Result

Since 1995, RWJF has invested more than $77 million in major programs to increase the use of clinically proven tobacco-dependence treatments as one part of its broader policy-based efforts to prevent and reduce population tobacco use.

Pharmacotherapy for Nicotine Dependence

September 1, 2005 | Journal Article

Pharmacotherapies for smoking reduction and cessation can play a vital role in helping individuals quit smoking. This article summarizes the current rates of smoking and smoking-related disease in the United States, outlines the projected benefits o ...

The Case for Treating Tobacco Dependence as a Chronic Disease

April 1, 2008 | Commentary

This article presents a case report of a smoker who has been successful at quitting only through long-term use of nicotine replacement medication.

Medications Work for Severely Addicted Smokers

January 1, 2005 | Commentary

Previous research has demonstrated that individuals who are severely addicted to cigarettes may have more difficulty quitting, higher rates of relapse and greater risk of smoking-related diseases than lighter smokers. The effectiveness of current to ...

Changes in Drug Use Prevalence in Rap Music Songs, 1979-1997

September 1, 2005 | Journal Article

This article explores the role of changing images of drug use in rap music from the 1970s to the 1990s.

A Center Fights the Battle Against Addiction

April 1, 2003 | Program Result

From 1992 to 2002 staff at Columbia University, New York established and sustained the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA).

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