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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Purpose There is nearly universal consensus that a solution to substance abuse can best be accomplished by reducing both the availability of ( supply ) , and the desire to use ( demand ) , illicit drugs . Yet , nearly three - fourths of ...
Purpose There is nearly universal consensus that a solution to substance abuse can best be accomplished by reducing both the availability of ( supply ) , and the desire to use ( demand ) , illicit drugs . Yet , nearly three - fourths of ...
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Prevention programs are our most constructive , humane and cost effective defense in the war on drugs . Considered a relatively new field in the work on substance abuse , prevention is the most encouraging new area yet it remains ...
Prevention programs are our most constructive , humane and cost effective defense in the war on drugs . Considered a relatively new field in the work on substance abuse , prevention is the most encouraging new area yet it remains ...
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While ridding schools of all substance abusers would ... and has become exacerbated by the growing numbers of disenfranchised youths who are thrust out on the streets and are then at an even higher risk for substance abuse .
While ridding schools of all substance abusers would ... and has become exacerbated by the growing numbers of disenfranchised youths who are thrust out on the streets and are then at an even higher risk for substance abuse .
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ONDCP Director William Bennett recently pointed to the fact that after a nearly fivefold increase between July 1985 and June 1989 , the number of cocaine - related hospital emergencies recorded each quarter by the Drug Abuse Warning ...
ONDCP Director William Bennett recently pointed to the fact that after a nearly fivefold increase between July 1985 and June 1989 , the number of cocaine - related hospital emergencies recorded each quarter by the Drug Abuse Warning ...
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While welcome news , it is a false measure of success , because the rate of addiction has not decreased . Neither the inner cities , nor communities comprised primarily of poor people and people of color , are being reached - because ...
While welcome news , it is a false measure of success , because the rate of addiction has not decreased . Neither the inner cities , nor communities comprised primarily of poor people and people of color , are being reached - because ...
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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...
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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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