NCJ Number: |
120049  |
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Title: |
What Works: An International Perspective on Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention Research |
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Author(s): |
J K Stewart |
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Date Published: |
1989 |
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Page Count: |
16 |
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Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institute of Justice/ Rockville, MD 20849 NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000 |
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Sale Source: |
National Institute of Justice/ NCJRS paper reproduction Box 6000, Dept F Rockville, MD 20849 United States of America
NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America |
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Document: |
PDF |
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Type: |
Presentation |
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Language: |
English |
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Country: |
United States of America |
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Annotation: |
This document addresses the new methods being investigated in drug abuse treatment and prevention. |
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Abstract: |
One reason the drug problem is so pervasive today is that society defined the problem incorrectly during the 1960s and 1970s as solely a problem of the criminal justice system. Due to limited resources and lack of public interest in sanctioning users, drug use was, in effect, decriminalized. However, recent anti-drug strategy has borne a national program for measuring drug use among the people who are the greatest risk to society - those arrested for crimes. Called Drug Use Forecasting (DUF), this program is providing information about drug use by criminals and criminal suspects and can predict crime rates six months to a year in advance. Another effective tool, pretrial drug testing, can both help control crime and reduce demand for drugs by those on pretrial release. |
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Main Term(s): |
Drug research |
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Index Term(s): |
Drug prevention programs; Drug treatment |
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Note: |
This address was addressed to a conference sponsored by Narcotic and Drug Research, Inc. and the New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services on October 23, 1989, in New York. |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=120049 |
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