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Trends in Exposure to Television Food Advertisements Among Children and Adolescents in the United States

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

In this study, researchers examined changes in children's and adolescents' total exposure to food advertising.

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

November 11, 2009 | Program Result Report

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.

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

June 24, 2010 | Program Result Report

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.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Efforts to Combat Drug Addiction

January 1, 2010 | Book

James Bornemeier, a New York City-based writing and editing consultant and former journalist for the Los Angeles Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, presents the broad history of the Foundation's efforts to address addiction to drugs (as distinct from addiction to alcohol) in this chapter of the Anthology.

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

December 9, 2005 | Program Result Report

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.

Advancing Public Health, Medical and Legal Approaches to National Drug Policy

July 30, 2008 | Program Result Report

A group of 37 physicians worked to advance public health and medical approaches to national drug policy. From 2004 to 2007, the legal community joined this effort as part of the new Physicians and Lawyers for National Drug Policy.

National Survey on Drug Policy Shows Education and Insurance-Paid Treatment Best Tools for Curbing Abuse

December 29, 2007 | Program Result Report

Researchers at the National Opinion Research Center surveyed adults across the country to determine their preferences regarding education, interdiction, law enforcement and treatment alternatives for addressing the nation's drug problem.

New York Drug Users Go Untreated Due to Lack of Insurance, Resources

August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services documented barriers to substance abuse treatment services for injection drug users in New York City and its northern suburbs.

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

December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

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.

Positive Profiling

June 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

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.

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