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Portland Teen Describes What Reclaiming Futures Meant to Her Life

September 2, 2010 | Program Result

At a Capitol Hill briefing in 2006, 19-year-old Tiffiney Hendon of Portland, Ore., described her journey from being a methamphetamine addict to now serving as a mentor to young women with similar struggles.

Reclaiming Futures

January 1, 2010 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, Sara Solovitch, a California-based freelance writer and former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, examines the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Reclaiming Futures program.

States Crack Down on Drunk Driving

May 1, 2008 | Program Result

Researchers at the University of Florida's Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research examined how changes in 46 states' drinking and driving laws enacted between 1976 and 2002 affected alcohol-related crashes and fatalities.

Resource Center Addresses Legal Issues for People with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

February 20, 2007 | Program Result

Eric Schnapper, L.L.B., and a team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Law established the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Legal Issues Resource Center.

2000 Conference Explores Policy Solutions to the Alcohol-Crime Connection

April 1, 2003 | Program Result

The National Crime Prevention Council convened Alcohol Policy XII, "Alcohol and Crime: Research and Practice for Prevention," which took place June 11-14, 2000 in Washington.

A Case for Regulation: Less Access to Alcohol, Fewer Traffic Deaths

December 1, 2003 | Program Result

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center examined the relationship between regulatory practices of alcohol-control agencies and alcohol-related traffic deaths in 107 cities that participate in the NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System.

In Louisiana, the Number of Local Bars Predicts Degree of Violence; Neighborhood Controls Needed

December 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Louisiana State University Medical Center developed the Louisiana Alcohol Policy Needs Assessment Database to understand patterns of alcohol use and to inform alcohol prevention policies.

Does Process Improvement in Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies Change Client Outcomes?

January 12, 2012 | Program Result

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) studied the use of state data to assess changes in Medicaid costs and criminal justice system involvement among patients treated in five substance abuse agencies that used process improvement.

Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol and Crime

January 13, 2011 | Program Result

The program focused on assisting juvenile justice systems in 10 communities to work with alcohol and drug treatment providers and community members to help teens not only in trouble with the law but also with drug and alcohol problems.

Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol and Crime

National Program

An approach to helping teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, trauma and crime by uniting juvenile courts, probation, adolescent substance abuse treatment, and the community.

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