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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... Hispanic Americans , the extent of drug and al- cohol problems is unknown , and the resources to address them in the Asian / Pacific communities are meager . No national research or surveys have been conducted to assess the problems in ...
... Hispanic Americans , the extent of drug and al- cohol problems is unknown , and the resources to address them in the Asian / Pacific communities are meager . No national research or surveys have been conducted to assess the problems in ...
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... Hispanics . Sixty - four percent of white people drink alcohol as compared with 60 percent of African Americans and 63 percent of Hispanic people . According to Matthew Myers , director of the Coalition on Smoking or Health , tobacco ...
... Hispanics . Sixty - four percent of white people drink alcohol as compared with 60 percent of African Americans and 63 percent of Hispanic people . According to Matthew Myers , director of the Coalition on Smoking or Health , tobacco ...
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... Hispanics . Critics believe that the media has a responsibility to report on the many facets of the drug culture , since it is a heterogeneous prob- lem facing all Americans . 4. Prevention programming For the purposes of this report ...
... Hispanics . Critics believe that the media has a responsibility to report on the many facets of the drug culture , since it is a heterogeneous prob- lem facing all Americans . 4. Prevention programming For the purposes of this report ...
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... Hispanic and Asian / Pacific communities . The theme which emerged from committee research , hearings and interviews was the issue of resource distribution , and control of that distribution . Community representatives indicated that ...
... Hispanic and Asian / Pacific communities . The theme which emerged from committee research , hearings and interviews was the issue of resource distribution , and control of that distribution . Community representatives indicated that ...
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... Hispanic communities , has not abated . Billboard advertising that is targeted in these communities exacerbates the effects of tobacco use by people of color . The National Drug Control Strategy does not provide the people of the United ...
... Hispanic communities , has not abated . Billboard advertising that is targeted in these communities exacerbates the effects of tobacco use by people of color . The National Drug Control Strategy does not provide the people of the United ...
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ADAMHA addicts African American agencies Alcohol and Drug Anti-Drug Abuse Act April 17 Billboard advertising Center clients cocaine committee communities of color community-based comprehensive Control Strategy budget costs demand reduction Department of Education Detroit Director drug abuse drug abuse treatment Drug Control Strategy drug problems drug strategy drug treatment drug users Drug-Free effective Federal Government Fiscal Year 1990 gateway drugs grams heroin Hispanic Ibid increased individuals inner city John Conyers lack Legislation and National Medicaid ment Michael Isikoff Michael Pfleger Michigan million NASADAD National Drug Control National Security NDATUS needs NIDA Office of Substance ONDCP OSAP percent population pregnant women prevention efforts prevention programming prevention research prevention strategies seeking treatment Subcommittee on Legislation Substance Abuse Prevention substance abuse treatment target tion treat treatment facilities treatment on demand treatment programs treatment services vention waiting lists war on drugs
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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...
Page 24 - Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration The Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA...
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
Page 1 - The Chairman was directed to transmit a copy to the Speaker of the House. I. INTRODUCTION...
Page 27 - IHEs to establish, expand, or enhance programs and activities for the training of counselors, social workers, psychologists, or nurses who are or will provide drug abuse prevention counseling or referral services in elementary and secondary schools.
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...