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Improving the Use of Research Results: The Case of D.A.R.E.

June 24, 2010 | Program Result

Researchers at Harvard University examined decisions made by middle and high school officials to continue or drop their D.A.R.E. programs in the face of evidence that D.A.R.E. did not reduce drug use.

A New D.A.R.E. Curriculum Gets Mixed Reviews

March 17, 2010 | Program Result

A new D.A.R.E. substance abuse prevention curriculum for 7th- and 9th-grade students, designed and evaluated by researchers at the University of Akron, gets mixed reviews.

With Help from a National Organization, Volunteers Drive the Work of 4,000 Anti-Drug Coalitions Across the Nation

November 11, 2009 | Program Result

This report covers results from 1992 through December 2003, during which time the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided support for CADCA's core activities.

It is Legal to Prescribe, Dispense Needles to Injection Drug Users in 48 of 52 Jurisdictions Studied

December 9, 2005 | Program Result

Principal investigator Scott Burris, J.D., collected and analyzed laws, regulations and court decisions governing physicians' prescribing and pharmacists' dispensing of sterile needles and syringes to injection drug users.

Getting the Word Out about Teens

January 1, 2003 | Program Result

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and Scholastic Inc. co-sponsored a workshop to help communications professionals find better ways of conveying to adolescents the hazards of using marijuana.

Milwaukee Project Reduces Local Drug Abuse

May 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services developed a project designed to reduce the demand for illicit alcohol and drugs in the central city of Milwaukee.

Researchers Develop a Model for Measuring Heroin Use Based on Dosages of Methadone Given to Addicts

December 1, 2003 | Program Result

Investigators at the University of Chicago and the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan developed a model to measure the consequences of changes in the price of heroin on heroin consumption.

A U.S. Needle Exchange Program Dramatically Reduces HIV Transmission

March 1, 2002 | Program Result

The Yale University School of Organization and Management and the City of New Haven, Department of Health, worked to expand and evaluate a model needle exchange program in New Haven.

Adolescents Respond Best to Interactive Drug Prevention Programs

October 1, 2002 | Program Result

Tobler Research Associates conducted a systematic review of studies examining the effectiveness of tobacco and substance abuse prevention programs.

Substance Abuse Publication Works to Become Self-Sustaining

December 1, 2002 | Program Result

Between 1997 and 2001, the Alcohol Research Information Service, a nonprofit organization in Lansing, Mich., undertook a project to increase circulation of its publications, develop a Web site and become self-sustaining.

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