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). 

Krasner, Steve. Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse Prevention/Intervention. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information provides information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment to both professionals and the public. 

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

A third model of prevention is the proscriptive approach, which focuses on prohibiting the availability of substances and emphasizes abstention from drug use. The most common substance-abuse prevention interventions have been education and the use of mass media. Most states now require alcohol and drug education in school curricula. 

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. 

It is also interesting that tobacco use among college students and young adults has decreased over the survey period, in contrast to the data on illicit drugs. The most hkely explanation involves the changes in tobacco policies that have taken place since 1996. This will be explored in detail in Chapter 6 where substance abuse prevention is discussed. 

ONDCP has devoted significant resources to discouraging marijuana use, especially among young people. In Chapter 2, the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative begun in 1998 was described, which was primarily designed to reduce youth use of marijuana. In 2002, ONDCP began a Marijuana Initiative. The... 

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... 

Before discussing these recommendations (and noting that Congress has not acted on any of them), the reaction of federal oflBcials and the alcohol industry to the study should be noted. In an editorial in 2003, a journahst connected to a substance abuse prevention research institute wrote ... 

The rationale for substance abuse prevention from a federal perspective is described in the 2002 NDCS ... 

As can be seen, substance abuse prevention involves many different types of activities and these activities can have a variety of target audiences, depending on the purpose of the activity. As we review what is currently being supported in the prevention area through the NDCS, it is important to remember that the most effective prevention programs are comprehensive, incorporating activities from multiple strategies. ... 

The most widely accepted theoretical conceptualization for substance abuse prevention is called the risk and protective factors theory, conceived by David... 

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. 

In Chapter 2, it was noted that the Media Campaign began in 1997 as part of the Clinton administration s Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative. That... 

At the beginning of this chapter, it was noted that there is a lack of evidence that prevention has successfully reduced the harms and consequences of substance abuse. However, the substance abuse prevention field has a research-based theoretical model of risk and protective factors to guide it, a conceptuafization of strategies for program implementation, and research on what types of activities work and don t work. In addition, the federal government has spent a considerable amount of money on prevention. Why isn t this whole effort more successful ... 

However, federal incompetence, bureaucracy, and pofitics cannot totally explain the lack of impact of substance abuse prevention. Even if programs have not been systematically gathering outcome data, evidence-based prevention programs and strategies have been implemented in communities across the country through... 

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