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Promising Strategies to Reduce Substance Abuse
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Developed to highlight best practices in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement, this "toolbox" is an integrated approach to break the cycle of substance abuse and crime. In addition to an executive summary and overview, this report contains sections about: teaching prevention in schools; reaching youth outside school; reaching high-risk groups; building family bonds; empowering communities; family-based treatment; rehabilitating criminal offenders; assessing and treating adolescents; connecting with the community; community policing; problem-oriented policing; reduced drug availability; alternatives to incarceration; and alcohol-related approaches.