Drug Policy Foundation

Associated Terminal and Enabling Objectives include sections on practice foundation skills, direct patient care, drug information, drug policy development, and practice management. 

Cohen, J., L. Forman, and N. Lipkus. 2004. Policy Barriers to Drug Access What are the Issues What are the Solutions Unpublished policy paper for Gates Foundation. 

In 1967, The President s Commission On Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice compiled a public document titled Task Force Report Narcotics and Drug Abuse, Annotations and Consultants Papers, referred to as TFR 1967. I will quote from the various consultants reports to lay a foundation for a better understanding of prohibitionist policies and the long term effects of these policies. 

A primary mission of the National Institute on Drug Abuse is to ensure that science, not ideology or anecdote, forms the foundation for our nation s drug abuse policies. This tuebsite is designed to ensure the rapid and effective transfer of scientific data to policy makers, health can practitioners, and the general public. 

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