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Drug
Treatment and Prevention Issues
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This page is for anyone who wants information
on drug treatment programs, research, or
alternatives. The links to the right may
be useful for people with a substance abuse
problem, their friends, family, or care
providers. The links below will be useful
primarily to students and researchers.
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Harm
Reduction Programs
Reducing
Harm: Treatment and Beyond, Drug Policy Alliance,
2004.
This Drug
Policy Alliance (DPA) resource provides information
and statistics about harm reduction methods ranging
from methadone maintenance to needle exchange.
Methadone
Maintenance Treatment, Center
for Disease Control, 2002.
This brief from the Center
for Disease Control (CDC) discusses the effectiveness
of methadone treatment for opiate addiction. Highlighted
are the benefits to the individual as well as benefits
to society through HIV prevention and crime reduction.
High
Success Rates for Various Heroin Addiction Treatment
Medications, NIDA, 2000.
This news release
from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) describes
the high rate of success in treating heroin addiction
with medications such as LAMM, buprenorphine, and high
doses of methadone.
Needle
Exchange and Drug Abuse Rates, National Institute
of Health, 1997.
This NIH statement asserts that needle exchange programs
do not increase, and may actually decrease, intravenous
drug use.
The
Public Health Impact of Needle Exchange Programs in
the United States and Abroad,
University of California, 1993.
This
study conducted for the Center for Disease Control recommends
needle exchange programs for the prevention of HIV transmissions
between IDUs.
Prevention Issues
Is the Local Jail Your Local Mental Hospital?, Michelle Russell, 2003.
This paper, written by CJPF Research Associate Michelle Russell, addresses the connection between drug use, mental illness, and incarceration.
Economics
and Efficacy of Treatment Alternatives
Benefit–Cost in the California
Treatment Outcome Project:
Does Substance Abuse Treatment ‘‘Pay for Itself’’?,
Susan Ettner, et. al., 2005.
In their research of over 3,000 patients receiving substance abuse treatment in California, a UCLA research team calculated that while, on average, substance abuse treatment costs $1,583 per person, it is associated with a monetary benefit to society of $11,487.
Economic
Benefits of Drug Treatment: A Critical Review of the
Evidence for Foriegn Policy Makers, Treatment Research
Institute, 2005.
This University
of Pennsylvania research details the economic benefits
of drugs of substance abuse treatment.
Drug
Abuse Treatment For Connecticut Inmates Reduces Rearrest
Rates, Substance Abuse Policy Research Program,
2004.
This study shows
that treatment is more cost-effective than incarceration
as prisoners who enter substance abuse treatment programs
have a lower recidivism rate than other inmates.
National
and State Findings on the Efficacy and Cost Savings
of Drug Treatment Versus Imprisonment, Justice Policy
Institute, 2004.
This policy brief
shows that treatment is more cost-effective than imprisonment.
It also finds that completing treatment can reduce recidivism.
Crossing
the Bridge: An Evaluation of the Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison
(DTAP) Program, National Center on Addiction and
Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2003.
This research,
funded by NIDA, shows the effectiveness of drug treatment
in reducing criminal behavior. It also concludes that
treatment is a more cost-effective solution than incarceration.
Principles
of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide,
NIDA, 1999.
This NIDA report
highlights the effectiveness of numerous types of drug
treatment programs.
Controlling
Cocaine: Supply vs. Demand Programs, The RAND Corporation,
1994.
This study prepared
for the Office of National Drug Control Policy found
that drug treatment is 15 times more cost-effective
than law enforcement in reducing cocaine abuse.
Research
on Treatment Referrals
Differences
in Marijuana Admissions Based on Source of Referral,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
2005.
This SAMHSA report shows that while marijuana use has
remained stable, treatment referrals from the criminal
justice system have risen 162% since 1992. Additionally,
57.9% of those in treatment for marijuana in 2002 were
referred from the criminal justice system.
State
Estimates of Persons Needing But Not Receiving Substance
Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, 2004.
This research shows that many individuals with substance
abuse problems do not receive the treatment that they
need.
Treatment
Episode Data Set Highlights, SAMHSA, 2003.
This data shows a drop in alcohol and cocaine (smoked
and non-smoked) treatment admissions from 1993 to 2003,
but shows dramatic increases in admissions for marijuana
and stimulants during the same time period.
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