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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... factors , the impor- tance of community empowerment , the identification of population groups disproportionately affected by drug abuse , but not afforded access to appropriate resources so as to receive assistance , and allo- cation of ...
... factors , the impor- tance of community empowerment , the identification of population groups disproportionately affected by drug abuse , but not afforded access to appropriate resources so as to receive assistance , and allo- cation of ...
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... factors Discussion of drug prevention and treatment assumes that there are high risk populations - individuals or groups that share some common factors which make them more likely to use drugs . If common threads can be found among ...
... factors Discussion of drug prevention and treatment assumes that there are high risk populations - individuals or groups that share some common factors which make them more likely to use drugs . If common threads can be found among ...
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... factors under consideration in disseminating prevention programming resources . Richard Catalano and David Hawkins from the University of Washington have been researching the concept of risk factors as they apply to the individual and ...
... factors under consideration in disseminating prevention programming resources . Richard Catalano and David Hawkins from the University of Washington have been researching the concept of risk factors as they apply to the individual and ...
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... factor among African Americans who seek refuge in drugs . It also indicates that it is often the best and the brightest youth who turn to illicit drugs because they see more clearly the hopelessness of their situation . A recent study ...
... factor among African Americans who seek refuge in drugs . It also indicates that it is often the best and the brightest youth who turn to illicit drugs because they see more clearly the hopelessness of their situation . A recent study ...
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... factor of hopelessness or despair , " the presence or absence of hope that their lives and the condition of their community will be improved in the future . " 46 Many lower class drug abusers are inner city , unemployed , high school ...
... factor of hopelessness or despair , " the presence or absence of hope that their lives and the condition of their community will be improved in the future . " 46 Many lower class drug abusers are inner city , unemployed , high school ...
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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...