March 1, 2002
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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.
October 1, 2002
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Tobler Research Associates conducted a systematic review of studies examining the effectiveness of tobacco and substance abuse prevention programs.
December 1, 2002
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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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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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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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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.
June 1, 2001
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Drug Strategies, a nonprofit research and education institute, created profiles of substance abuse problems in three cities and developed a how-to manual to assist other communities to produce their own profiles.
June 1, 2001
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The Institute of Medicine produced a book, Marijuana as Medicine? The Science Beyond the Controversy, based on a March 1999 National Academy of Sciences /Institute of Medicine report, Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base.
February 28, 2000
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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.