The National Academies of Sciences, Engineers, and Medicine, January 12, 2017 In one of the most comprehensive studies of recent research on the health effects of recreational and therapeutic cannabis use, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences,...
Publications
Facing Addiction in America
The Surgeon Generals Report, 2016 The United States has a serious substance misuse problem. Substance misuse is the use of alcohol or drugs in a manner, situation, amount, or frequency that could cause harm to the user or to those around them. Alcohol and drug misuse...
The Role of Prevention in Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Efforts
National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children, 2010
LESSONS LEARNED AFTER 4 YEARS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), October 2016 In the wake of multimillion-dollar political campaigns funded with out-of-state money, Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana in November 2012. Though it would take more than a year to set up retail...
Not Your Mother’s Scare Tactics: The Changing Landscape of Fear-based Messaging Research
SAMHSA's CAPT, October 2016 Since the 1960s, substance misuse prevention practitioners have relied heavily on scare tactics and fear-based messages as core elements of prevention programming. Focused on eliciting an emotional response, these messages have historically...
Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice
The National Academies Press, 2016 Bullying, long tolerated by many as a rite of passage into adulthood, is now recognized as a major and preventable public health problem, one that can have long-lasting consequences (McDougall and Vaillancourt, 2015; Wolke and...
Positive youth development in the United States: Research findings on evaluations of positive youth development programs.
APA PsycNet, June 2002 The past 30 yrs have seen widespread proliferation of prevention and positive youth development (PYD) programs. More recently, the field has witnessed a greater focus on evaluation of programs emphasizing PYD, the subject of the present study....
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
National Institute on Drug Abuse, January 2014 Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Research evidence supports the effectiveness of various substance abuse treatment approaches for adolescents. Examples of specific evidence-based...
Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse: Understanding Who Is at Risk
SAMHSA, June 3, 2016 This decision support tool provides information from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies on factors that have been shown to increase risk of or protect against the non-medical use of prescription drugs.
Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse: Programs and Strategies
SAMHSA CAPT, June 3, 2016 This decision support tool provides brief summaries of prevention strategies and associated programs that have been evaluated to determine their effects on the non-medical use of prescription drugs, including an overview of the relevant...