April 30, 2012
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Study by RWJF scholar finds big increases in women on opiate drugs while pregnant, and newborns suffering withdrawal.
November 11, 2009
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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.
December 1, 2002
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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.
December 1, 2002
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Program Result
In 1997, the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass., convened the first meeting of two groups of researchers who study substance use and abuse - those working in the fields of econometrics and behavioral psychology.
January 1, 2001
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Program Result
RWJF provided support for the Partnership for a Drug-Free America to expand and intensify its national drug education media campaign.
April 1, 2001
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Program Result
The Metropolitan Research and Policy Institute examined state surveys on Latino adolescent substance abuse and compared them with two national surveys conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the CDC.
May 1, 2001
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The American Youth Work Center created, promoted and distributed a 27-minute animated video, entitled Goldtooth, which was designed to educate children on the dangers of inhalant abuse.
February 28, 2000
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Program Result
Harvard University School of Public Health designed and fielded original public opinion surveys on health issues and reviewed and synthesized existing surveys conducted by other organizations.
June 1, 2000
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Program Result
The National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health sponsored a National Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention Research.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
The Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies planned and convened a national conference, "Adolescents, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse: Reaching Teens Through Brief Interventions."