Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative

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... 

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... 

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. 

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