Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Other important documents in HSTAT include the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Conference Reports and Technology Assessment Reports the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) resource documents the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA/CSAT) Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIP) and Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA/CSAP) Prevention Enhancement Protocols System (PEPS) the Public Health Service (PHS) Preventive Services Task Force s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services the independent, nonfederal Task Force on Community Services Guide to Community Preventive Services and the Health Technology Advisory Committee (HTAC) of the Minnesota Health Care Commission (MHCC) health technology evaluations. 

US Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). Online. Available HTTP (accessed 2 April 2003). 

SAMHSA-Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), (301)443-0365. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Know the Facts Marijuana and the Brain. . (April 7, 2002). 

Partnership for a Drug-Free America http //www.drugfreeamerica.org Center for Substance Abuse Prevention http //www.samhsa.gov/centers/csap/csap.html... 

Operated by the Federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, this organization provides a wide range of free information and resources on drug use and abuse, including material from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Addiction, and more. 

The alcohol industry has had some success in the past in pressuring federal agencies to minimize underage drinking prevention. In 1995, the National Beer Wholesalers Association successfully lobbied a House subcommittee to ehminate the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention s discretionary budget for grants and initiatives. According to an article written in the Wall Street Journal, a lobbyist for the National Beer Wholesalers Association said... 

Hawkins and Richard Catalano at the University of Washington. This model was developed from a review of 30 years of research on youth substance abuse and delinquency and is used by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the major federal agency involved with drug prevention, in the development of initiatives. Therefore, it is important to understand this theory. 

The beginning of a concentrated, comprehensive effort to prevent young people from smoking was the passage of the Synar Amendment in 1992 (although the final implementation regulations were not disseminated until 1996). The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention oversees the implementation of the Synar Amendment which... 

In the interests of full disclosure The center 1 directed has several grants and contracts from this agency, including a contract of approximately 3 million a year from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. 

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, No date. Synar amendment Protecting the nation s youth from nicotine addiction, http //prevention.samhsa.gov/tobacco/. 

R Brounstein, J. Zweig,andS. Gardner, 1998. Science-based practices in substance abuse A guide. Rockville, MD Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. 

But, two events finally motivated me to write this book. The first was an initiative called the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, apart of Health and Human Services. These grants started in fiscal year 2004. They are awarded to states and are for 2.35 million a year for 5 years. Nineteen states were funded in fiscal year 2004, 5 in fiscal year 2005, and 12 to 15 more are planned for fiscal year 2006. These grants are designed to help states and communities develop and implement comprehensive, evidence-based prevention programs and strategies. 

Major reviews have identified effective school-based programs that promote positive outcomes for children and adolescents in the areas of positive youth development (Catalano et al., 1998), violence prevention (e.g., Elliot, 1998), drug prevention (e.g., Drug Strategies, 1999 Center for Substance Abuse Prevention,... 

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