The Role of Demand Reduction in the National Drug Control Strategy: Thirty-ninth ReportU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 104 pages |
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According to the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors ( NASADAD ) , it is conservatively estimated that of the 6.5 million serious drug abusers in the United States , only 834,000 ( 12.83 percent ) are ...
According to the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors ( NASADAD ) , it is conservatively estimated that of the 6.5 million serious drug abusers in the United States , only 834,000 ( 12.83 percent ) are ...
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Millions of people have been deterred from trying drugs through primary prevention and education , and millions of others have stopped experimenting with drugs before dependency . Casual use of cocaine in particular has decreased ...
Millions of people have been deterred from trying drugs through primary prevention and education , and millions of others have stopped experimenting with drugs before dependency . Casual use of cocaine in particular has decreased ...
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We know that millions of people have been deterred from trying drugs through primary prevention and education , and millions of others have stopped experimenting with drugs before dependency . 8 Casual use of cocaine in particular has ...
We know that millions of people have been deterred from trying drugs through primary prevention and education , and millions of others have stopped experimenting with drugs before dependency . 8 Casual use of cocaine in particular has ...
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Target populations According to the census , there are over 33 million people living below the poverty line , most of whom are white . NIDA's 1989 Household Survey reports that four out of five illegal drug users are white , thereby ...
Target populations According to the census , there are over 33 million people living below the poverty line , most of whom are white . NIDA's 1989 Household Survey reports that four out of five illegal drug users are white , thereby ...
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15 African Americans It has been estimated that the 30 million African Americans in the United States make up less than 12 percent of our nation's drug purchasers . Yet , according to testimony by Dr. Bowser , African Americans are nine ...
15 African Americans It has been estimated that the 30 million African Americans in the United States make up less than 12 percent of our nation's drug purchasers . Yet , according to testimony by Dr. Bowser , African Americans are nine ...
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Page 84 - Services (DHHS) conducts treatment-related services and research out of its three institutes, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); and from the Office of Treatment Improvement (OTI).
Page 24 - Services (DHHS) conducts prevention-related services and research out of its three institutes, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); and out of the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP).
Page 47 - I established the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention within the Executive Office of the President, we gained an organization with the necessary resources, breadth, and leadership capacity to begin dealing decisively with the "demand...
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Page 54 - Medica id benefits; and 87 percent had no services available to pregnant women on Medicaid who were addicted to crack. Less than half of the programs that did accept pregnant women provided prenatal care and only two made provisions for patients
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Page 77 - NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT HAS ESTIMATED THAT EVERY YEAR 100,000 BABIES ARE BORN EXPOSED TO CRACK. PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO COCAINE CAN LEAD TO PREMATURE BIRTH, LOW BIRTHWEIGHT, BIRTH DEFECTS, AND RESPIRATORY AND NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS. CRACK BABIES HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATE OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS) THAN BABIES NOT EXPOSED PRENATALLY. WHILE EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT MANY CRACK BABIES WILL SUFFER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE FULL RANGE OF LONG TERM EFFECTS OF PRENATAL COCAINE...
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| Title | The Role of Demand Reduction in the National Drug Control Strategy: Thirty-ninth Report Volume 101, Issue 992 of House report / 101st Congress, 2d session Volume 101, Issue 992 of Report, United States Congress |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 104 pages |
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