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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August 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Medical marijuana laws (MMLs) have been suggested as a possible cause of increases in marijuana use among adolescents in the United States. This study examines the effects on four states that have passed MMLs.
May 10, 2013 | Feature/Infographic
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working to increase awareness and understanding of the impact of ACEs and the need to develop effective innovative interventions.
September 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas examines the ways that the gambling industry has designed gambling machines that encourage addiction.
January 28, 2011 | Program Results Report
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.
April 1, 2004 | Program Results Report
The American Indian Prevention Coalition undertook a planning process to develop a program aimed at preventing substance abuse, violence and other risky behaviors among Native American youth living in Phoenix.
May 2, 2008 | Story
Denise Herd used her medical anthropologist background and rigorous quantitative methods to explore the hypothesis that rap music has increasingly glamorized the use of illegal drugs by associating drug use with wealth and high social standing.
December 1, 2006 | Program Results Report
Investigators at the University of Minnesota analyzed data and disseminated findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the largest research study ever undertaken on adolescents in the United States.
May 27, 2005 | Program Results Report
From 1990 to 2001, Working Together-Fighting Back attempted to reduce the demand for illegal drugs and alcohol in Ward 7 and the eastern part of Ward 6 of the District of Columbia.
July 23, 2009 | Story
Wallack used his 2000 Innovators award to capture the story and lessons of the Million Mom March social movement that organized the May 2000 Million Mom March on Washington.
July 23, 2009 | Story
Jack E. Henningfield, PhD, had conducted extensive research to establish that nicotine is an addictive drug and that tobacco use is strongly driven by nicotine addiction.