ADAM II 2009 Annual Report Factsheet, This fact sheets presents 2009 data from the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program (ADAM II), which uses interviews and testing of biological specimens in order to obtain information on drug use and related issues from adult male booked arrestees in 10 counties across the country.
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ADAM II 2009 Annual Report: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program II, Office of National Drug Control Policy, June 2010. This report documents and analyzes the 2009 data collection for the ADAM II program. Since 2000, ADAM and ADAM II have served as an important source of information on the basic characteristics, drug use, and drug market participation of arrestees, a population often more heavily involved in drugs than other groups surveyed.
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Anti-Meth, Media Campaign, 2010, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2010. This fact sheet provides information and resources on the anti-methamphetamine advertising campaign which provides a variety of media � print, radio, television, and the Internet � to educate and alert Americans to the dangers of methamphetamine and the effectiveness of treatment, as well as the hope of recovery.
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Drug Courts A Smart Approach to Criminal Justice, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2010. This fact sheet provides information on the effectiveness and necessity of drug courts � special courts that promote collaboration among the judiciary, community corrections agencies, drug treatment providers, and other community support groups .
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Helping to Keep America's Youth 'Above the Influence', Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2010. This fact sheet highlights the ATI Campaign which provides resources to keep youth drug free.
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National Native American Anti-Meth Campaign, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2010. This fact sheet provides anti-meth resources for tribal communities.
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New Healthcare Reform Law: Helping to Close the 'Treatment Gap', Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2010. This fact sheet highlights features of the healthcare law that will benefit those in need of treatment for substance abuse problems.
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ONDCP Update: Volume 1, Issue 6, July 2010, This issue of �ONDCP Update� announces the appointment of two ONDCP Deputy Directors. Other articles discuss the effectiveness of prescription drug take-back programs, a new law in Delaware that targets prescription drug abuse, findings about a dramatic rise in prescription drug abuse, and the United Nations 2010 World Drug Report.
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U.S. Response To Security Threats Along The Southwest Border, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2010. This fact sheet provides information and resources on protecting the southwest border.
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ONDCP Update: Volume 1, Issue 5, June 2010, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2010. This issue of the ONDCP Update features articles about the kickoff of the Above the Influence Campaign, a nationwide initiative for America�s teens; a resolution by the United States Conference of Mayors endorsing the 2010 National Drug Control Strategy; and Director Kerlikowske�s speeches to drug court and State alcohol and substance abuse professionals about their vital roles in reducing drug use and its consequences.
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World Drug Report 2010, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2010. This report provides a comprehensive picture of global drug trends, presenting supply (production and trafficking) and demand statistics.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-United States, 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 2010. This report provides results from the 2009 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which reports on high risk behaviors among youth, including use of alcohol and other drugs.
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A Balanced, Collaborative Approach To Reducing Drug Use And Its Consequences, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This fact sheet provides an overview of the 2010 National Drug Control Strategy, which reflects a comprehensive approach to reducing drug use and its consequences.
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Community-Based Prevention Strategies, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This factsheet provides information on the programs available to keep America�s youth drug-free.
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Drug Free Communities Support Program, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This factsheet defines the Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC) and its efforts to mobilize communities to prevent drug use.
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High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program , Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This factsheet highlights the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, which provides assistance to Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug trafficking regions of the United States.
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Laying a Foundation for Improving Public Health and Safety, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This factsheet discusses policy, research and the balanced approach necessary to reduce drug use and its consequences.
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Methamphetamine Trends in the United States, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This factsheet provides data on methamphetamine abuse in the United States and discusses State, Federal and local responses to this issue.
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National Drug Control Strategy 2010 Annual Report, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. The goal of the Strategy is to reduce drug use in America by stopping use before it starts, healing America�s drug users, and disrupting the market for illegal drugs.
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National Drug Control Strategy Data Supplement 2010, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This report provides data on drug use and abuse in the United States, its consequences, illicit drug production and trafficking, and other related statistics.
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National Drug Control Strategy, FY 2011 Budget Summary, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This report identifies resources and performance indicators for programs within the Executive Branch that are integral to the President's drug control policy.
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National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This factsheet highlights the Media Campaign's two distinct areas of focus: a teen-targeted Above the Influence Campaign, and a young adult-targeted Anti-Meth Campaign.
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ONDCP Update: Volume 1, Issue 4, May 2010, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This issue of the ONDCP Update features key strategy objectives for the recently published National Drug Control Strategy. Additional articles include a letter from the director, the request for increased funds 2011 anti-drug funds and the impact of drugs and driving and signature drug control initiatives.
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Prescription Drugs: Weighing the Benefits and the Risks, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This factsheet provides information on misused prescription drugs and how to dispose of these drugs in a safe manner.
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Report to the White House Council on Women and Girls, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This report addresses the unique risks, protective factors, and challenges in preventing and treating substance abuse and addiction among women and girls in the United States. The report also highlights the programs available to help prevent this abuse.
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Working To Get Drugged Drivers Off The Road, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2010. This factsheet discusses Federal prevention programs and local solutions that are available to combat this safety threat. Information on the National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers is also included.
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Fiscal Year 2011 Congressional Budget Submission, Office of National Drug Control Policy, April 2010. This report to congress provides budget information on the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Report information includes overviews of salaries, expenses, budgets and programs of the agency and provides historical funding data.
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ONDCP Update: Volume 1, Issue 3, March-April 2010, Office of National Drug Control Policy, April 2010. This issue of the ONDCP Update newsletter focuses on drug trafficking, use, and governmental efforts at the international level and also looks at emergency room cases involving the misuse of pharmaceutical drugs.
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National Drug Control Budget: FY 2011 Funding Highlights, Office of National Drug Control Policy, February 2010. This resource presents highlights of the President�s requested fiscal year 2011 national drug control budget totaling $15.5 billion to reduce drug use and its consequences in the United States.
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ONDCP Update: Volume 1, Issue 2, February 2010, Office of National Drug Control Policy, February 2010. This issue includes articles on the increased misuse of prescription drugs in the military, the threat of substance abuse to returning veterans, and Project Hope, a program that provides housing for homeless female veterans and their children. Other features include drug use Myths and Facts and a law enforcement update.
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ONDCP Update: Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2010, Office of National Drug Control Policy, January 2010. This monthly newsletter provides updates about the implementation of the 2010 National Drug Control Strategy, along with information about other initiatives being coordinated with ONDCP agency partners, and promising developments in the field.
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2009

Emerging Issues in the Use of Methadone, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009. This Advisory presents information on the increase in deaths related to methadone, particularly in combination with other drugs or substances, but stresses that methadone is effective and safe in the treatment of opioid addiction and chronic pain when it is used appropriately.
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States in Brief Reports, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009. The States in Brief Reports contain brief overviews of substance abuse and mental health issues within each state, including the prevalence of substance use/abuse, treatment resources, mental health indicators, and SAMHSA grant funding.
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Inhalant Abuse: Research Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, November 2009. This report provides information on the effects of inhalants, the scope of inhalant use, and the medical consequences of inhalant abuse.
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Combating Methamphetamine Abuse, Bureau of Justice Assistance, October 2009. This Fact Sheet highlights federally-supported programs aimed at educating communities about meth abuse and aiding law enforcement in their efforts to fight the drug.
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How to Dispose of Unused Medicines, Food and Drug Administration, October 2009. This resource presents guidelines for the proper way to dispose of unused medications that are no longer needed.
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Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs, Office of National Drug Control Policy, October 2009. These guidelines provide information regarding the proper disposal of unused, unneeded or expired prescription drugs.
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Voluntary Guidelines for Methamphetamine Laboratory Cleanup, Environmental Protection Agency, October 2009. These Guidelines provide technical guidance for state and local personnel responsible for methamphetamine lab cleanup.
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Club Drugs Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data and links to source materials on the club drugs ecstasy, rohypnol, GHB, and ketamine.
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Cocaine Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on cocaine with links to source materials.
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A Collection of NIDA Notes Articles That Address Drugs and AIDS, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2009. This resource provides a collection of NIDA Notes articles on drugs and AIDS-related research.
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Crack Cocaine Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on crack cocaine with links to source materials.
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Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2007: Area Profiles of Drug-Related Mortality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2009. The purpose of this publication is to profile the drug-related deaths reported to DAWN by participating medical examiners and coroners for 2007.
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Hallucinogens Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides information and data on substances such as LSD, PCP, psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline, DMT, AMT, Foxy, and DXM with links to source materials.
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Heroin Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on heroin with links to source materials.
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Inadvertent Ingestion of Marijuana -- Los Angeles, California, 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 2009. This article from CDC's Morbitity and Mortality Weekly Report describes an April 2009 case in which a group experienced nausea, dizziness, headache, and numbness and tingling of fingertips after the unknowing consumption of marijuana-laced brownies.
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Inhalants Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on inhalants with links to source materials.
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Juveniles and Drugs Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on youth drug use, treatment, and consequences of use with links to source materials.
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Marijuana Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on marijuana with links to source materials.
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Methamphetamine Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on methamphetamine with links to source materials.
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Minorities and Drugs Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on minority drug use and related information with links to source materials.
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Prescription Drugs Facts & Figures , Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on prescription drugs with links to source materials.
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Results from the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2009. This report provides the latest data on prevalence and correlates of substance use, serious mental illness, related problems, and treatment in the civilian population aged 12 or older in the U.S.
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Steroids Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, June 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on steroids with links to source materials.
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Women and Drugs Facts & Figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 2008. This online resource provides comprehensive data on female drug use and related information with links to source materials.
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Examination of Trends in Illicit Drug Use Among Adults Aged 50 to 59 in the United States, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2009. This report examines the trends, patterns, and characteristics of illicit drug use among persons aged 50 to 59 in the United States.
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National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIV: Teens and Parents, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, August 2009. This report presents results of a survey designed to help track attitudes of teens and those who influence them, like parents.
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The TEDS Report: Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions for Smoked Substances: 1992 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2009. Using data reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), this report examines changes in the drug use and demographic characteristics of substance abuse treatment admissions for smoked substances between 1992 and 2007.
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Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by the Criminal Justice System, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2009. This report examines substance abuse treatment admissions referred by the criminal justice system and compares their characteristics with admissions referred by other sources.
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A Collection of NIDA NOTES Articles That Address Women and Sex/Gender Differences Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2009. Included in this document are selections of topic-specific articles reprinted from NIDA�s research newsletter, NIDA NOTES.
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Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment 2009, National Drug Intelligence Center, July 2009. This assessment provides a strategic overview of cannabis cultivation and marijuana production in the United States.
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The N-SSATS Report: Characteristics of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Offering Acupuncture, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2009. The primary objective of this report is to examine general characteristics of the 587 facilities (4 percent of all facilities nationwide) that offered acupuncture as a part of substance abuse treatment.
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The N-SSATS Report: Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Serving American Indians and Alaska Natives, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2009. This report examines the characteristics of facilities serving the American Indian/Alaska Native population in 2007.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) 2008 Annual Report, Drug Enforcement Administration, July 2009. This report presents the results of drug cases analyzed by forensic laboratories in 2008 from the NFLIS.
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Native American Crime in the Northwest: 2004-2008 - BIA Information from Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, Bureau of Justice Statistics-Sponsored, July 2009. This report provides crime data reported to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from six states in the Northwestern United States and includes data on drug- and alcohol-related offenses.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use Treatment Need and Receipt among Hispanics, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2009. This report examines the need for and receipt of alcohol and illicit drug use treatment among Hispanics aged 12 or older.
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Protecting Children in Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders, Department of Health and Human Services Children's Bureau, July 2009. This manual provides an overview of how child welfare and other related professionals can assist families affected by substance use disorders.
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Protecting Law Enforcement from Today's Hazards, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, July 2009. This article describes standards for law enforcement officers responding to criminal incidents involving the potential hazardous materials, including clandestine drug labs that manufacture substances such as methamphetamine.
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Substance Abuse Prevention Dollars and Cents: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2009. This resource is designed to help policymakers and other stakeholders use the results of cost-benefit analysis as an information tool for decision making and for selecting substance abuse prevention programs.
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Summary of Drug Court Activity by State and County, Drug Court Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance Project, July 2009. Provides state- and county-level information on the number of drug courts that have been operating for at least two years, have recently been implemented, and which are being planned.
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The TEDS Report: Race/Ethnicity of Female Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Aged 25 to 34, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2009. This report examines primary substance of abuse, type of treatment received, educational level, employment status, marital and pregnancy status, and principal source of referral among the approximately 163,300 female admissions aged 25 to 34 to substance abuse treatment in 2007 with known race and ethnicity.
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National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy, Office of National Drug Control Policy, June 2009. An update of the 2007 strategy, the strategy expands its original focus of stemming the inbound flow of illegal drugs from Mexico and addresses the role that the outbound flow of illegal cash and weapons plays in sustaining the cartels.
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NSDUH Report: Young Adults' Need for and Receipt of Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use Treatment: 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2009. This report focuses on the alcohol and illicit drug use treatment needs of young adults (i.e., persons aged 18 to 25) and on the difference between the number who need treatment and those who actually receive it.
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Situation Report: Pseudoephedrine Smurfing Fuels Surge in Large-Scale Methamphetamine Production in California, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2009. The report provides information about pseudoephedrine smurfing and methamphetamine production in California.
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State Estimates of Substance Use and Mental Health From the 2006-2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2009. This report presents State estimates for 23 measures of substance use or mental health problems based on the 2006 and 2007 NSDUHs and determines whether changes in these measures between 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 are statistically significant.
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Summary of Drug Court Activity by State and County: Juvenile/Family Drug Courts, Drug Court Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance Project, February 2009. This report provides state- and county-level data on juvenile and family drug courts that have been implemented and which are being planned.
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Summary of Drug Court Activity by State and County: Tribal Drug Courts, Drug Court Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance Project, February 2009. This report provides state- and county-level information on the number of tribal drug courts that have been implemented and which are being planned.
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Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 2006: Discharges from Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2009. This report provides an array of information about the approximately 1.5 million treatment discharges occurring at reporting state-licensed treatment facilities across the country.
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World Drug Report 2009, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2009. This report provides a comprehensive picture of global drug trends, presenting supply (production and trafficking) and demand statistics.
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ADAM II Report Fact Sheet 2008, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2009. The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM II) program is a data collection program designed to gather information on drug use and related issues from adult male booked arrestees in 10 counties across the country.
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ADAM II 2008 Annual Report: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program II, Office of National Drug Control Policy, April 2009. The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM II) data collection program is designed to gather information on drug use and related issues from adult male offenders within 48 hours of arrest.
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Cocaine: Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2009. This report provides science-based information on the prevalence of cocaine abuse, methods of use, short- and long-term effects of cocaine abuse, and medical complications of chronic abuse. It also describes effective treatment for cocaine addiction and lists resources for more information.
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Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Abuse: Overview of Key Findings 2008, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2009. This report presents trends in the use of licit and illicit drugs, as well as trends in the levels of perceived risk and personal disapproval associated with each drug.
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National Drug Control Strategy: FY 2010 Budget Summary, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2009. This report identifies resources and performance indicators for programs within the Executive Branch that are integral to the President's drug control policy.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use among Women During Pregnancy and Following Childbirth, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2009. This issue of The NSDUH Report examines past month use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among pregnant and parenting women aged 18 to 44 to shed light on how rapidly use of these substances resumes after childbirth.
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Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, May 2009. This report describes the amount of money spent by federal, state, and local governments on substance abuse and addiction.
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2008, Bureau of Justice Statistics, April 2009. This report presents data on crime and safety at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population, and includes information about youth drug use and the availability of drugs on school property.
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Juvenile Arrests 2007, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2009. This report contains data on juvenile arrests for different offenses, including drug abuse violations.
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National Prescription Drug Threat Assessment 2009, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2009. This assessment focuses on domestic diversion of controlled prescription drugs (CPDs) and discusses their distribution, the societal impact of CPD diversion and abuse, and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs that have been established to stem diversion and abuse.
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The NSDUH Report: Children Living with Substance-Dependent or Substance-Abusing Parents: 2002 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2009. This report examines the number of children living with substance-dependent or substance-abusing parents. It focuses on biological, step-, adoptive, and foster children under 18 years of age who were living with one or both parents at the time of the survey interview.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Use of Adderall� among Full-Time College Students, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2009. This report examines the rates of nonmedical use of Adderall� in the past year among full-time college students aged 18 to 22 and comparably aged persons who were not full-time college students.
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The TEDS Report: Treatment Outcomes among Clients Discharged from Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2009. Using data from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), this report examines the characteristics of clients discharged from outpatient treatment.
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The NSDUH Report: Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2009. This resource examines use of inhalants by young people (ages 12-17) from 2002 through 2007.
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Quarterly Report Potency Monitoring Project, Report 104 December 16, 2008 Thru March 15, 2009, Report 104. Dec 16, 2008 � March 15, 2009. The Potency Monitoring Project is funded by the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), and has conducted an ongoing analysis of seized marijuana samples since 1976.
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Drug Field Tests Reduce Lab Backlog, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, February 2009. This article explains how a program that trains law enforcement officers in the field to test for controlled substances, thereby reducing testing backlogs.
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International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009, U.S. State Department, February 2009. This annual report describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2008. Volume I covers drug and chemical control activities, while Volume II covers money laundering and financial crimes.
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The NSDUH Report: Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers: 2002 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2009. This report presents data from the 2002 to 2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health to show trends in nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers (hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine) among the general population aged 12 and older.
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The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS): Teens 2008 Report, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, February 2009. This annual study tracks the elaborate and complex attitudes people have about illegal drugs.
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The TEDS Report: Predictors of Substance Abuse Treatment Completion or Transfer to Further Treatment by Service Type, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2009. This report examines the proportion of treatment clients discharged who completed treatment or transferred to further treatment and the demographic and substance use characteristics that predict treatment completion and transfer.
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The TEDS Report: Treatment Outcomes among Clients Discharged from Residential Substance Abuse Treatment: 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2009. This report examines the characteristics of clients discharged from short-term (30 days or fewer) and long-term (more than 30 days) residential treatment.
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Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS): Highlights - 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2009. This report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of the annual admissions to treatment for abuse of alcohol and drugs in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems.
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National Drug Control Strategy 2009 Annual Report, Office of National Drug Control Policy, January 2009. The goal of the Strategy is to reduce drug use in America by stopping use before it starts, healing America�s drug users, and disrupting the market for illegal drugs. In addition, this report discusses the substantial decline of drug use among America's youth and within the work force.
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National Drug Control Strategy Data Supplement 2009, Office of National Drug Control Policy, January 2009. This report provides data on drug use and abuse in the United States, its consequences, illicit drug production and trafficking, and other related statistics.
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The NSDUH Report: Marijuana Use and Perceived Risk of Use among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2009. This report examines trends in past month marijuana use and perceptions of its risk among adolescents aged 12 to 17 between 2002 and 2007.
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2008

Drug Use Monitoring in Australia: 2007 Annual Report on Drug Use Among Police Detainees, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2008. This report presents findings from Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) project, which interviews detainees in police custody about their drug use.
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From Inception to Implementation: How SACPA has affected the Case Processing and Sentencing of Drug Offenders in One California County, NIJ-Sponsored, 2008. This report uses a case study approach to understand how Proposition 36 changed the case processing and sentencing of drug offenders and the agencies tasked with processing and supervising these offenders in Orange County (California).
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Relationship between State Methamphetamine Precursor Laws and Trends in Small Toxic Lab (STL) Seizures, NIJ-Sponsored, 2008. This report provides a multi-state scientific analysis of the relationships between state methamphetamine precursor policies and trends in STL seizures after the implementation of various precursor control laws.
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Cocaine Smuggling in 2007, Office of National Drug Control Policy, December 2008. This report provides an overview of data related to cocaine smuggling during 2007. Topics covered in the report include coca cultivation and production, cocaine trafficking routes and methods, and cocaine seizures.
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Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, National Institute on Drug Abuse, December 2008. This Research Report provides information on the state of the science of comorbidity, when two disorders or illnesses occur in the same person, simultaneously or sequentially.
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2009, National Drug Intelligence Center, December 2008. This annual assessment provides a strategic overview and predictive outlook of drug trafficking and abuse trends within the United States.
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National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2009, National Drug Intelligence Center, December 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview and outlook of the threat to the United States from the illicit trafficking and abuse of methamphetamine.
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Co-Occurrence of Substance Use Behaviors in Youth, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, November 2008. This study examines the prevalence and overlap of substance-related behaviors among youth, making comparisons based on age group, gender, and race/ethnicity.
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Jails in Indian Country, 2007, Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 2008. This bulletin presents findings from the 2007 Survey of Jails in Indian Country, an enumeration of all 83 confinement facilities, detention centers, jails, and other facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This report includes data on the number of adults and juveniles held for drug offenses.
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Juvenile Arrests 2006, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, November 2008. This bulletin summarizes and analyzes national and state juvenile arrest data from the annual FBI uniform crime reporting program and includes information on drug abuse violations involving juveniles.
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Khat Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2008. This brochure answers the common questions about khat and includes a description of the drug, the risks of abuse and a profile of the typical abuser.
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National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2008. This annual census of substance abuse treatment facilities collects data on the location, characteristics, and use of treatment facilities and services throughout the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions.
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The NSDUH Report: Participation in Self-help Groups for Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use, 2006 and 2007, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2008. This report examines the characteristics of persons aged 12 or older participating in self-help groups for substance use in the past year. It also reports on past month alcohol and/or illicit drug use among persons who participated in self-help groups in the past year and on past year receipt of specialty treatment.
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La Amenaza del Narcotr�fico en Am�rica, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This is the Spanish-language version of a report which provides an overview of the production, trafficking, and consumption of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamine-type-substances in North America.
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Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2005, Bureau of Justice Statistics, October 2008. This report provides information on facilities, inmates, programs (including drug treatment), and staff of correctional facilities throughout the Nation.
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Drug Trafficking as a Security Threat in West Africa, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This report provides an analysis of the threat posed by drug trafficking to West African nations, with particular focus on cocaine trafficking.
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Le Trafic de Drogue comme Menace � la S�curit� en Afrique de l�Ouest, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This is the French language version of a report which provides an analysis of the threat posed by drug trafficking to West African nations, with particular focus on cocaine trafficking.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) 2008 Mid-Year Report, Drug Enforcement Administration, October 2008. This report provides information on the activities of NFLIS from January through June 2008. NFLIS is a DEA program that collects drug analysis results and related information from state and local forensic laboratories across the country.
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Qu� es el Tratamiento para el Abuso de Sustancias? Un Folleto para las Familias, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2008. This is the Spanish-language version of What Is Substance Abuse Treatment?: A Booklet for Families. Created for family members of those dependent on alcohol or illicit drugs, this booklet answers questions often asked by families of people entering treatment.
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Seizures of Drugs in England and Wales, 2006/07, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, October 2008. This publication presents figures for drug seizures made by law enforcement agencies in England and Wales during 2006 and 2007.
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Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This report provides an overview of the production, trafficking, and consumption of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamine-type-substances in North America.
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Tr�fico de Droga como uma Amea�a � Seguran�a na �frica Ocidental, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2008. This is the Portuguese language version of a report which provides an analysis of the threat posed by drug trafficking to West African nations, with particular focus on cocaine trafficking.
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U.S. Sentencing Commission Preliminary Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Data Report, U.S. Sentencing Commission, October 2008. This report provides data on recent court decisions that have considered motions to reduce the length of imprisonment for certain offenders convicted of offenses involving crack cocaine prior to November 1, 2007, the date when an amendment to the Federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses became effective.
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Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention on College Campuses: Model Programs, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, September 2008. This report describes the nature and scope of alcohol- and other drug-related concerns on college campuses, and specifically what 30 institutions of higher education are doing to make their campuses safer and to foster better academic and social environments.
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Amphetamines and Ecstasy: 2008 Global ATS Assessment, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, September 2008. This report provides an overview of the global manufacture, trade, and use of amphetamine-type stimulants and ecstasy.
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CARAVAN� Survey for SAMHSA on Addictions and Recovery, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2008. This report presents the findings of 11 global questions related to addiction, prevention, recovery, and stigma related to addictions.
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Communications Toolkit: Telling Your Weed and Seed Story, Community Capacity Development Office, September 2008. This toolkit is designed to help Weed and Seed communities make the best use of proven communication principles to support their programs.
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Crime in the United States 2007, Federal Bureau of Investigation, September 2008. This annual report presents data tables containing information on offenses known to police, persons arrested and police employees nationwide.
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Gender, Mental Illness, and Crime, NIJ-Sponsored, September 2008. This report summarizes a recent examination of the gendered effects of depression, drug use, and treatment on crime and the effects of interaction with the criminal justice system on subsequent depression and drug use.
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National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy 2008-2011, National Drug Strategy, Australia, September 2008. This strategy outlines the Australian government's strategy to reduce the use of amphetamine-type substances through prevention, supply reduction, and treatment.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) Special Report: Fentanyl, 2003-2006, Drug Enforcement Administration, September 2008. This report presents findings on fentanyl drug items reported to NFLIS between 2003 and 2006.
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Research and Development in Forensic Toxicology Development and Production of Reference Materials for Control and Calibration of Hair Drug Testing, Final Report, NIJ-Sponsored, September 2009. This project developed and produced four reference materials of hair fortified with controlled substances for use as controls and/or calibrators. These reference materials can be used to identify and measure drugs of abuse in hair for forensic purposes.
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Results from the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2008. This report provides the latest data on prevalence and correlates of substance use, serious mental illness, related problems, and treatment in the civilian population aged 12 or older in the U.S.
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Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008: Executive Summary, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, August 2008. The survey collects and analyzes information on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, on the potential production of opium, as well as other socioeconomic dimensions of the problem.
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Campuses and the Club Drug Ecstasy, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, August 2008. This fact sheet offers an overview of ecstasy, possible effects of its use, and implications for institutions of higher education.
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The DASIS Report: First-Time and Repeat Admissions Aged 18 to 25 to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2008. This report examines first-time and repeat admissions using data from the 2006 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2006: National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2008. This publication presents final estimates of drug-related emergency department (ED) visits from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) for 2006.
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Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2007, General Register Office of Scotland, August 2008. This statistical report provides data on drug-related deaths in Scotland during 2007.
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Forensic Toxicology Research and Development Evaluation of New and Novel Direct Sample Introduction, Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (AccuTOF-DART) Instrument for Postmortem Toxicology Screening, Final Report, NIJ-Sponsored, August 2008. The study evaluates the applicability of the direct sample introduction time of flight mass spectrometer (DART-TOF) technology to postmortem toxicology analyses; specifically as a screening technology for detecting toxicologically relevant drugs and toxins.
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InfoFacts: Club Drugs (GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol), National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This resource provides information on the use and effects of the club drugs GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol.
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InfoFacts: Crack and Cocaine, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This resource provides information on the use and effects of powder and crack cocaine.
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InfoFacts: Drug Abuse and the link to HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This fact sheet provides information about HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, the connection between these diseases and drug abuse, and treatment information for substance abusers with these diseases.
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InfoFacts: MDMA (Ecstasy), National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This resource provides information on the effects and use of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA/ecstasy).
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InfoFacts: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2008. This resource presents information on the non-medical use of prescription and over-the-counter substances.
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Marijuana Use Among Students at Institutions of Higher Education, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, August 2008. This fact sheet provides information on marijuana use by college students.
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National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIII: Teens and Parents, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, August 2008. This report provides the findings of a survey that measures attitudes towards drug abuse.
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The NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use and Major Depressive Episode among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2004 to 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2008. This report examines the co-occurrence of inhalant use and major depressive episodes in the past year, based on combined 2004 through 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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Parents in Prison and their Minor Children, Bureau of Justice Statistics, August 2008. The report describes selected background characteristics of parents in prisons, including marital status, citizenship, education, offense type, criminal history, employment, prior experiences of homelessness, drug and alcohol involvement, mental health, and physical and sexual abuse.
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Sustaining Grassroots Community-Based Programs: A Toolkit for Community- and Faith-Based Service Providers, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2008. This toolkit is designed to help grassroots community- and faith-based organizations develop sustainable organizations and program services.
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El Tratamiento para el Abuso de las Drogas y el Alcohol: C�mo Funciona y C�mo Puede Ayudarle, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2008. This is the Spanish language version of the brochure, Alcohol and Drug Treatment: How It Works, and How It Can Help You, which encourages people to seek help for substance use disorders by describing what can be gained through substance abuse treatment before trial or while a person is incarcerated, on probation, or on parole.
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Drug Control: Cooperation with Many Major Drug Transit Countries Has Improved, but Better Performance Reporting and Sustainability Plans Are Needed, Government Accountability Office, July 2008. This report examines how the United States has assisted transit zone countries in disrupting drug trafficking and what factors have impeded these efforts.
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A Guide to Substance Abuse Services for Primary Care Clinicians: Concise Desk Reference Based on Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 24, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2008. This document gives primary care clinicians specific guidance on how to identify indications of substance abuse, how to broach the subject with a patient, and how to choose the appropriate screening and assessment instruments.
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InfoFacts: Heroin, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2008. This resource provides information on the use, effects, and treatment options for heroin.
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InfoFacts: Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2008. This fact sheet provides an overview of drug addiction and how drug abuse affects the brain.
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Nonpharmaceutical Fentanyl-Related Deaths � Multiple States, April 2005�March 2007, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2008. This report summarizes the results of an ad hoc case-finding and surveillance system implemented in May 2006 to identify deaths related to illicitly manufactured nonpharmaceutical fentanyl.
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Technical Report for the Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007, Technical Report, IDA Paper P-4370, Office of National Drug Control Policy, October 2008. This report documents the methodology to the estimation of trends in the price and purity of five major illicit drugs: powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana.
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Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007, Results Report, IDA Paper P-4369, Office of National Drug Control Policy, July 2008. This report extends, improves, and augments previous estimates of trends in the price and purity of five major illicit drugs: powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana.
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Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1996-2006: National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2008. This report presents results from the 2006 TEDS, and trend data for 1996 to 2006. The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of the 1.8 million annual admissions to treatment for abuse of alcohol and drugs.
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Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS): 2005 Discharges from Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2008. Using 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) data, this study provides data on treatment completion rates by type of substance abuse care such as inpatient, outpatient, hospital, and methadone maintenance.
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"You�ve Got Drugs!" V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, July 2008. This annual white paper examined the online availability of controlled prescription drugs over the Internet.
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Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Atlanta High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Atlanta High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Central Valley High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Central Valley California (CVC) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Coca Cultivation in the Andean Region: A Survey of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2008. This report presents the results of the 2007 annual coca cultivation surveys in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru.
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Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2006/2007, National Advisory Committee on Drugs & Public Health Information and Research Branch, June 2008. This bulletin presents data on the prevalence of illegal drug use from a survey of 18-64 year olds in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Illicit Drug Data Report 2006-2007, Australian Crime Commission, June 2008. This report provides an overview of the current drug situation in Australia and includes statistical data on drug arrests and seizures, as well as drug price and purity.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Afghanistan and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Indian Country Drug Threat Assessment 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This report is a comprehensive, strategic assessment of the threat posed to Native American communities by drug trafficking organizations, criminal groups, and gangs and the illicit drugs these groups distribute on reservations throughout the United States.
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InfoFacts: Inhalants, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This resource provides information about the use and health effects of inhalants.
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InfoFacts: Marijuana, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This resource presents information on the use and effects of marijuana.
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InfoFacts: Steroids (Anabolic-Androgenic), National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This resource provides information on the use and health hazards of steroid abuse.
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InfoFacts: Stimulant ADHD Medications - Methylphenidate and Amphetamines, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This resource provides information on the use and effects of stimulant medications which are often prescribed to treat individuals diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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InfoFacts: Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2008. This fact sheet provides information related to effective treatment approaches for drug abuse and addiction.
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InfoFacts: Treatment Statistics, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This fact sheet provides a demographic overview of treatment statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2006.
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Jail Inmates at Midyear 2007, Bureau of Justice Statistics, June 2008. This report presents data on numbers of jails and jail inmates at midyear 2007 and analyzes patterns of growth from 2000 through 2007.
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Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Money Laundering in Digital Currencies, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment describes digital currencies and the digital currency system and how they are used to launder and move funds.
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Nevada High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Nevada High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This report provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the New York/New Jersey (NY/NJ) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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North Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the North Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Substate Regions: 2004 to 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2008. This report presents data from the 2004 to 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on rates of nonmedical use of pain relievers in each of the 345 substate regions of the U.S.
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Oregon High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Oregon High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Prison Inmates at Midyear 2007, Bureau of Justice Statistics, June 2008. This report presents data on prisoners under jurisdiction of Federal or state correctional authorities on June 30, 2007, collected from the National Prisoner Statistics series.
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Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment is a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) region, highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 2008 Drug Market Analysis, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the South Florida Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Substate Estimates from the 2006 NSDUH, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2008. This report presents estimates of the prevalence of substance use or mental health problems in substate regions based on data from the combined 2004-2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs).
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Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Washington/Baltimore (W/B) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- United States, 2007 , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 2008. This report summarizes results from the 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and trends during 1991�2007 in selected risk behaviors, including substance abuse.
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California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the California Border Alliance Group (CBAG) region of responsibility, highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Data on Retroactive Application of the Crack Cocaine Amendment, U.S. Sentencing Commission, May 2008. This report provides preliminary data concerning court decisions considering motions to reduce the length of imprisonment for certain offenders convicted prior to November 1, 2007 of offenses involving crack cocaine.
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Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Interpol's Forensic Report on FARC Computers and Hardware Seized by Colombia, ICPO-Interpol, May 2008. This report presents the findings from a forensic investigation of computers seized from a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) terrorist camp during a raid in March 2008.
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Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) region, highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Milwaukee High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Milwaukee High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) region, highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) region, highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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Painting the Current Picture: A National Report Card on Drug Courts and Other Problem Solving Court Programs in the United States, Volume II, No. 1, National Drug Court Institute, May 2008. This report provides data on the number of active drug and other problem solving court operations and provides information on important drug court research.
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Philadelphia/Camden High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Philadelphia/ Camden High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (PC HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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West Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the West Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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ADAM II 2007 Annual Report: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program II, Office of National Drug Control Policy, April 2008. This report discusses the data collection and findings from the 2007 ADAM II program. Data was collected in ten former ADAM sites: Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Indianapolis, IN; Minneapolis, MN; New York, NY; Portland, OR; Sacramento; CA, and Washington DC. A total of 4,334 booked arrestees voluntarily completed interviews and 3,345 provided urine specimens across the ten sites.
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Chicago High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2008. This assessment is a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Chicago High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) region, highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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A Collection of NIDA NOTES Articles that Address Drug Abuse Prevention Research and the Community, National Institute on Drug Abuse, April 2008. Included in this document are selections of topic-specific articles reprinted from NIDA�s research newsletter, NIDA NOTES.
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Drug-Free Workplace Kit, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2008. The purpose of this Drug-Free Workplace Kit is to provide public and private workplaces with credible, authoritative, evidence-based information, resources, and tools for producing and maintaining drug-free workplace policies and programs.
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Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004, Bureau of Justice Statistics, April 2008. This report presents a complete description of the processing of felony defendants based on data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the Nation's 75 largest counties during May 2004.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Central Asia, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Central Asia and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Illicit Drug Trends in Pakistan, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Pakistan and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008. This report provides an overview of the drug situation in Russian Federation and provides data on drug production, trafficking, enforcement, and abuse.
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InfoFacts: Drugged Driving, National Institute on Drug Abuse, April 2008. This report provides information on the negative consequences of driving under the influence of narcotics, as well as the scope of the problem.
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Michigan High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Michigan High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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The NSDUH Report: Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2008. This report uses data from a sample of parents and their children to examine overall rates of youth cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in the past year, as well as parent awareness of their child's use of these substances.
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The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Persons Aged 18 or Older Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Illicit Drugs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2008. This report presents estimates of past year driving under the influence of alcohol and illicit drugs among current drivers aged 18 or older in each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, based on combined 2004, 2005, and 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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South Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2008. This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the South Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) region, highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
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To Treat or Not To Treat: Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders, NIJ-Sponsored, April 2008. This report provides a cost-benefit analysis on the expansion of therapeutic jurisprudence to more drug-involved offenders.
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The DASIS Report: Adolescent Admissions Reporting Inhalants, 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2008. This report examines the more than 1,400 adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions who reported inhalant abuse in 2006 and compares them with those adolescent admissions who did not report inhalant abuse.
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DASIS Report: Employment Status and Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions, 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2008. This report compares substance abuse treatment admissions among individuals aged 18 to 64 in five employment status groups: full-time employed, unemployed, and three groups not in the labor force: labor force dropouts, people with disabilities, and homemakers. Information from this report was collected from the 2006 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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Exploring the Key Components of Drug Courts: A Comparative Study of 18 Adult Drug Courts on Practices, Outcomes, and Costs, NIJ-sponsored, March 2008. This study examines the practices, outcomes, and costs of various drug courts throughout the country.
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Final Report: Participatory Evaluation of the Lummi Nation's Community Mobilization Against Drugs Initiative/Bureau of Justice Assistance's Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Demonstration Project, NIJ-Sponsored, March 2008. This report presents a participatory evaluation of the Community Mobilized Against Drugs (CMAD) program implemented by the Lummi Nation.
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The NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use across the Adolescent Years, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2008. This report focuses on variations in inhalant use among adolescents aged 12 to 17, by detailed age categories, based on combined 2002 through 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use and Dependence Following Initiation of Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2008. This report examines the development of dependence upon a substance in the 2 years following substance use initiation, based on combined 2004, 2005, and 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, March 2008. The purpose of this discussion paper is to encourage governments and other partners to implement evidence-based drug treatment services which respond to the needs of their populations.
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UNODC Annual Report 2008, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, March 2008. This annual report provides an overview of UNODC activities worldwide during 2007.
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Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey 2008, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, February 2008. This report presents an assessment of the likely opium cultivation trends for the upcoming harvest season in Afghanistan.
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The DASIS Report: Primary Methamphetamine / Amphetamine Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2008. Utilizing information from the 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), this report examines the characteristics of substance abuse treatment admissions in which methamphetamine / amphetamine was the primary substance of abuse and compares them with admissions in which other substances were primary.
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Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985�2004, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, January 2008. This fact sheet provides an overview of drug cases handled by juvenile courts in the United States.
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Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse Volume 1: Highlights and Executive Summary, June 2007, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report is a synthesis of findings presented at the semiannual meeting of the Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG). The information from the CEWG network presented in this report includes an overview of drug abuse patterns and trends in CEWG areas.
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Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse Volume 2: Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, June 2007, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report includes papers presented at the semiannual meeting of the Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG). Papers from 22 areas across the nation are included in this report, each containing data on patterns and trends in drug abuse in these areas.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Stimulant Use, Other Drug Use, Delinquent Behaviors, and Depression Among Adolescents, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2008. This report examines past year nonmedical use of stimulants among youths aged 12 to 17 and its association with other illicit drug use, delinquent activity, and major depressive episodes. Findings presented in this report are annual averages based on combined 2005 and 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Use of Specific Hallucinogens: 2006, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2008. This report examines the prevalence and patterns of the use of various hallucinogenic drugs among persons aged 12 or older, based on 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2005-2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2008. This report presents State estimates for 23 measures of substance use or mental health problems based on the 2005 and 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) and changes in these measures between 2004-2005 and 2005-2006.
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Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2006-07: findings from the National Minimum Data Set, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008. This report provides a statistical overview of substance abuse treatment agencies and client profiles in Australia.
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The DASIS Report: Geographic Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions for Methamphetamine/Amphetamine and Marijuana: 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2008. This report focuses on trends in admission rates for methamphetamine/amphetamine and marijuana in different geographic regions of the United States, using 1995-2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) data.
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Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2007. Volume I: Secondary School Students, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report provides data on the prevalence and frequency of drug use among American secondary school students as well as historical trends in use by students in this population.
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Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2007. Volume II: College Students and Adults Ages 19-45, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008. This report provides findings on the substance use and related behaviors of several segments of the adult population. It also contains findings on attitudes and beliefs about drugs, as well as on several particularly salient dimensions of their social environments.
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The NSDUH Report: Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Substance Use and Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2008. This report analyzes the overall prevalence of substance use and mental health problems, mental health treatment, and unmet treatment needs before and after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita among adults aged 18 or older who lived in the Gulf State Disaster Area and, for comparison, in the rest of the United States.
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The NSDUH Report: Misuse of Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications among Persons Aged 12 to 25, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2008. This report examines the prevalence and patterns of the use of over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medications to get high among persons aged 12 to 25, using data from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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Police drug diversion: a study of criminal offending outcomes, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2008. This report examines the criminal histories and recidivism of persons diverted by the police in each Australian state and territory.
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Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics 2007, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2008. This Sourcebook contains descriptive statistics on the application of the federal sentencing guidelines and provides selected district, circuit, and national sentencing data. The report includes data on drug cases.
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Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2008, Health and Social Care Information Centre, 2008. This annual report provides statistical data on drug abuse among adults and juveniles in England.
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Trends in drug-related deaths and deaths among drug users in Ireland, 1998 to 2005, Irish Health Research Board, 2008. The data presented in this paper describe trends in drug-related deaths in Ireland between 1998 and 2005.
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2007

Drug-facilitated, Incapacitated, and Forcible Rape: A National Study, NIJ-Sponsored, 2007. This study identified key case characteristics of drug-facilitated and forcible rapes and factors that affected women's reporting of rape to police or seeking help from a support network.
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Exploring the Drugs-Crime Connection within the Electronic Dance Music and Hip-Hop Nightclub Scenes, NIJ-Sponsored, 2007. This study examined how the cultural ethos, behavioral norms, activities, and individual and group identities (subcultural features) inherent in the electronic dance music (EDM) and hip hop/rap (HH) nightclubs in Philadelphia, PA, impacted the relationship between alcohol/drugs and crime, with additional attention to victimization.
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Cocaine Trafficking in West Africa: The threat to stability and development (with special reference to Guinea-Bissau), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, December 2007. This report addresses the growing concern over cocaine trafficking and organized crime in the West African sub-region, specifically in regards to Guinea-Bissau.
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The DASIS Report: Male Admissions with Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2007. This report focuses on males with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders admitted to treatment during 2005.
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Drug Situation in Canada 2006, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, December 2007. This report outlines illicit drug trafficking activity in Canada during 2006.
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2007, Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, December 2007. This report presents data on crime and drug use at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population.
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InfoFacts: High School and Youth Trends, National Institute on Drug Abuse, December 2007. This resource presents data on drug use among youth.
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InfoFacts: Khat, National Institute on Drug Abuse, December 2007. This resource provides information on the use and effects of khat, a stimulant drug derived from a shrub that is native to East Africa and southern Arabia.
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National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, December 2007. This assessment provides a strategic overview and outlook of the threat to the United States from the illicit trafficking and abuse of methamphetamine.
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Prisoners in 2006, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2007. This publication reports the number of persons in State and Federal prisons at yearend, compares the increase in the prison population during 2006 with the previous year, and presents prison growth rates since 2000. Estimates are provided on the number of sentenced prisoners by age, gender, race, and Hispanic origin, and type of offense.
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Probation and Parole in the United States, 2006, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2007. This bulletin presents data on the number of persons on probation and parole at yearend 2006, by State, and compares the national totals to counts for yearend 1995 and 2000 through 2005. The Bulletin also includes a national description of the race, gender, and offense composition of these populations.
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The Arrestee Survey: 2003-2006, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, November 2007. This report provides a measurement of self reported drug misuse among a sample of individuals arrested in England and Wales.
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The DASIS Report: Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2007. This report provides an overview of substance abuse treatment admissions among individuals aged 50 or older, using information from the 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP): addressing drug use and offending through �Tough Choices�, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, November 2007. This paper examines the way that the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) engages and directs Class A drug misusers from the point of arrest or charge to the point of treatment, and examines their offending levels before and after identification by DIP.
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The Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study: baseline report, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, November 2007. This study aims to measure the outcomes experienced by those seeking drug treatment in England.
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Methadone Diversion, Abuse, and Misuse: Deaths Increasing at Alarming Rate, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2007. This assessment analyzes the increase in methadone-related deaths since the late 1990s, the increase in legitimately prescribed and disbursed methadone, and the thefts and increased availability of diverted methadone.
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The NSDUH Report: Depression and the Initiation of Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Young Adults, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2007. This report examines past year major depressive episodes (MDE); past year initiation of cigarette, alcohol, and illicit drug use; and the association between MDE and the initiation of cigarette, alcohol, or other drug use in the past year among young adults aged 18 to 25, based on combined 2005 and 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Serious Psychological Distress and Substance Use Disorder among Veterans, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2007. This report examines past year psychological distress (SPD), substance use disorders (SUD), and co-occurring SPD and SUD among veterans aged 18 or older by demographic characteristics, using 2004-2006 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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Using ADAM Data to Investigate the Effectiveness of Law Enforcement, NIJ-sponsored, November 2007. This report analyzes whether arrestee�s responses to ADAM survey questions can provide a basis for evaluating the effectiveness of drug law enforcement interventions.
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Analysis of the Impact of the Crack Cocaine Amendment If Made Retroactive, U.S. Sentencing Commission, October 2007. This document provides an analysis of the impact of lowering the guideline sentencing range for certain categories of offenses and offenders involving cocaine base ("crack").
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Cocaine Trafficking in Western Africa, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2007. This publication reviews recent cocaine seizures in African countries, as well as cocaine seizures originating from African countries and reported by European countries.
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Controlling Methamphetamine Precursors: The View from the Trenches, NIJ-Sponsored, October 2007. This report provides a multi-state scientific analysis of various state-level enacted legislation and adopted regulations restricting access to methamphetamine precursors and their corresponding impact on small toxic lab seizure decreases.
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The DASIS Report: Marital Status and Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2007. Using information from the 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), this report monitors the relationship between marital status and substance abuse treatment admissions.
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Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2006/07 British Crime Survey, England and Wales, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, October 2007. This statistical bulletin considers the extent of illicit drug use among 16 to 59 year olds in England and Wales in 2006 and 2007 and trends in drug use since 1998, based on data from the British Crime Survey.
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Final Report: Participatory Evaluation of the Sisseton Wahepton Oyate IASAP Demonstration Project, NIJ-Sponsored, October 2007. This report presents a participatory evaluation of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Indian Alcohol Substance Abuse Program.
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InfoFacts: Salvia, National Institute on Drug Abuse, October 2007. This resource presents information on the use and effects of Salvia divinorum.
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2008, National Drug Intelligence Center, October 2007. This interagency assessment provides a strategic overview and predictive outlook of the threat to the United States from the illicit trafficking and use of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous drugs.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use Treatment among Women of Childrearing Age, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2007. This report presents estimates of substance use treatment need, receipt of treatment, perceived need for treatment, and reasons for not receiving treatment among women of childrearing age.
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The OAS Report: A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2007. This report presents facts about adolescent substance use, including initiation, and receipt of treatment for substance use "on an average day."
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Opium Poppy Cultivation in South East Asia: Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2007. The survey collects and analyzes information on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, on the potential production of opium, well as other socioeconomic dimensions of the problem.
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Community Monitoring Systems: Tracking and Improving the Well-Being of America's Children and Adolescents, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2007. This resource provides information on the use of community monitoring systems to help bring about genuine and critical improvements in the lives of children and adolescents in every community.
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The DASIS Report: Cocaine Route of Administration Trends, 1995-2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2007. This report compares trends in admissions to substance abuse treatment for two routes of cocaine administration, smoked and inhaled, between 1995 and 2005.
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The Importance of Family Dinners IV, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, September 2007. This survey seeks to identify the relationship between the frequency of family dinners and teen substance abuse risk.
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Results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2007. This annual report provides the latest data on prevalence and correlates of substance use, serious psychological distress, depression, related problems, and treatment in the civilian population aged 12 or older in the U.S.
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Alcohol and Drug Treatment: How It Works, and How It Can Help You, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2007. This brochure encourages people to seek help for substance use disorders by describing what can be gained through substance abuse treatment before trial or while a person is incarcerated, on probation, or on parole.
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Methamphetamine Initiative, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, September 2004. This fact sheet provides an overview of the COPS Methamphetamine Initiative, which supports enforcement, training, and lab cleanup activities nationwide.
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The NSDUH Report: Worker Substance Use by Industry Category, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2007. This report uses data from the combined 2002 to 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to present estimates of past month heavy alcohol and illicit drug use among full-time workers aged 18 to 64 by industry category.
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The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), Parents with children in grades 7-12, 2006, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, August 2007. This report provides a summary of findings from an annual tracking study of parents� attitudes toward drugs and teen drug use.
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Crime Prevention Research Reviews No. 1. Disrupting Street-Level Drug Markets, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2007. To determine what is most effective in street-level drug enforcement interventions, this paper reviewed all available, scientifically rigorous academic studies evaluating a wide range of street-level drug law enforcement interventions.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions with Medicaid as the Primary Expected or Actual Payment Source, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2007. This report compares the characteristics of treatment admissions with Medicaid as the primary expected or actual source of payment with those of all other admissions with a known primary expected or actual source of payment, using data from the 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2004, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2007. This bulletin presents statistics for adults who were convicted of a felony and sentenced in State courts, including drug offenders.
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The NSDUH Report: Demographic and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2007. This report examines variation in the rates of past year injection drug use among persons aged 12 or older by gender, age, race/ethnicity, county type and region, using 2002 through 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Patterns of Hallucinogen Use and Initiation: 2004 and 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2007. This report examines patterns in the use of hallucinogens among persons aged 12 or older using 2004 and 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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State Court Sentencing of Convicted Felons, 2004 - Statistical Tables, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2007. This resource provides detailed information about offenders convicted in State courts and includes specific information about drug offenders.
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Bolivia Coca Cultivation Survey for 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Bolivia.
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Bolivia Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2006, (Spanish language version of the Bolivia Coca Cultivation Survey for 2005) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Bolivia.
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Colombia Coca Survey for 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Colombia.
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Colombia Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2006, (Spanish language version of the Colombia Coca Survey for 2006) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Colombia.
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Comparing Drug Testing and Self Report of Drug Use Among Youths and Young Adults in the General Population, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2007. The purpose of the Validity Study was to provide information on the validity of self-reported drug use in a general population survey by comparing the self-reports of respondents with the results of drug tests of urine and hair specimens obtained from those same respondents.
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The DASIS Report: Admissions with Five or More Prior Treatment Episodes: 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2007. This report compares substance abuse treatment admissions with five or more prior treatment episodes with first-time treatment admissions, using information from the 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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The DASIS Report: Facilities Offering Special Treatment Programs or Groups, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2007. This report examines the characteristics of treatment facilities which offer special treatment programs that address the specific needs of clients such as adolescents or seniors.
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The Illicit Drug Trade in the United Kingdom, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, 2007. The aim of this research report was to understand how high-level dealers operate and how markets for illicit drugs work. The research team addressed these questions using three distinct but interrelated disciplines: business, economics and social networks.
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InfoFacts: LSD, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2007. This resource provides information on the use and effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
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The NSDUH Report: Illicit Drug Use by Race/Ethnicity in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties: 2004 and 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2007. This report presents estimates of past month illicit drug use, past month marijuana use, and past month nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs, by race/ethnicity, in metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties, using data from the 2004-2005 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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Peru Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007. This report provides an estimate of coca cultivation at the national level for 2006 and also presents information on coca yield, prices and other issues related to coca cultivation in Peru.
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Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2007. This report presents results from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) for 2005, and trend data for 1995 to 2005. The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of the 1.8 million annual admissions to treatment for abuse of alcohol and drugs in facilities that report to individual state administrative data systems.
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Worker Substance Use and Workplace Policies and Programs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2007. This report presents findings on substance use among workers and on workplace drug policy and programs from the 2002, 2003, and 2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs).
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2007 National Money Laundering Strategy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, May 2007. The 2007 Strategy provides information on specific money laundering threats and vulnerabilities and identifies methods the U.S. government will use to combat money laundering.
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Addressing Co-Occurring Disorders in Non Traditional Service Settings, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2007. This report highlights how professionals in non-substance abuse and mental health settings can identify and engage persons with co-occurring disorders as well as how these professionals can serve as gateways to integrated systems of care.
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Benzodiazapine Use and Harms Among Police Detainees in Australia, Australian Institute of Criminology, May 2007. This paper investigates self-reported prevalence, patterns and potential harms of benzodiazepine use in a sample of adult police detainees, using data from the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program for the period 1999 to 2005.
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The DASIS Report: Adolescent Treatment Admissions by Gender, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2007. This report compares characteristics of adolescent female to adolescent male treatment admissions using information from the 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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The DASIS Report: Adults Aged 65 or Older in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2007. This report examines substance abuse treatment admissions of adults aged 65 or older from 1995-2005, based on information from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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The DASIS Report: Length of Stay for Outpatient Discharges Completing Treatment: 2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2007. This report examines the median length of stay for outpatient clients who completed treatment in 2004 based on Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) data.
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Esteroides Anabolicos Abuso, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2007. The Spanish version of the Anabolic Steroid Abuse Research Report.
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Methamphetamine-Related Identity Theft, National Drug Intelligence Center, May 2007. This Intelligence Bulletin documents the relationship between the trafficking and distribution of methamphetamine and the crime of identity theft.
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The NSDUH Report: Depression and the Initiation of Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Youths Aged 12 to 17, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2007. This report examines past year major depressive episodes, past year initiation of alcohol and illicit drug use and the association between major depressive episodes and the initiation of alcohol or other drug use in the past year among youths aged 12 to 17. All findings presented in this report are based on 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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Predictive Factors for Illicit Drug Use Among Young People: A Literature Review, Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate, May 2007. This British literature review conducted between January and June 2005 focused on studies that identified factors associated with an increased risk for illicit drug use among youth.
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Report to Congress: Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy, U.S. Sentencing Commission, May 2007. This report provides recommendations to Congress for modifications to the statutory penalty structure for Federal cocaine offenses.
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Understanding Evidence-Based Practices for Co-Occurring Disorders, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2007. This overview paper discusses evidence-based practices and their role in the treatment of co-occurring disorders.
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Veterans in State and Federal Prison, 2004, Bureau of Justice Statistics, May 2007. Using the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, this report presents data on the military and criminal backgrounds of incarcerated veterans, uses new measures to describe their substance abuse and dependence histories and provides a detailed measure of their mental health problems.
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Chinese Connection: Cross-Border Drug Trafficking Between Myanmar and China, NIJ-Sponsored, K. Chin and S. Zhang, April 2007, This report presents findings from a two-year field study of drug trafficking activities between Myanmar (formerly Burma) and China.
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The DASIS Report: Heroin - - Changes in How It Is Used, 1995-2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2007. This report compares trends in primary heroin inhalation and injection treatment admissions in the U.S. between 1995 and 2005.
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The DASIS Report: Hispanic Female Admissions in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2007. This report uses 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) data to examine substance abuse treatment admissions among females of Hispanic origin.
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The NSDUH Report: Patterns and Trends in Nonmedical Prescription Pain Reliever Use: 2002 to 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2007. This report examines patterns and trends in the nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers among persons aged 12 or older based on 2002-2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Youth Activities, Substance Use, and Family Income, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2007. This report examines the associations between past year youth activities, past month substance use, and family income among youths aged 12 to 17. All findings presented in this report are based on 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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Risk, Protective Factors and Resilience to Drug Use: Identifying Resilient Young People and Learning From Their Experiences, Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate, April 2007. This British study identified factors and strategies linked to youths' resilience to drug use, which pertains to behaviors and methods of avoiding drug use in the face of being exposed to a significant number of risk factors.
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The War on Meth in Indian Country, Community Capacity Development Office, April 2007. This article describes recent Federal efforts to fight methamphetamine abuse on tribal reservations.
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The Availability of Southwest Asian Heroin in the United States: A Market Analysis, National Drug Intelligence Center, March 2007. This Market Analysis reports on the availability of Southwest Asian Heroin in the United States.
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Enhancing Motivation for Change Inservice Training, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2007. This resource provides new substance abuse counselors with the basics on how to motivate clients, based on the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) series.
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InfoFacts: Methamphetamine, National Institute on Drug Abuse, March 2007. This resource provides information on the use and health hazards of methamphetamine.
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The NSDUH Report: Patterns and Trends in Inhalant Use by Adolescent Males and Females, 2002-2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2007. This report focuses on lifetime and past year inhalant abuse among male and female juveniles, based on 2002-2005 National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Religious Involvement and Substance Use Among Adults, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2007. This report examines the relationships between religious service attendance and beliefs and substance use among adults, based on data from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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The NSDUH Report: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Substance Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2007. This report examines sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), focusing on young adults aged 18 to 25, along with past month alcohol use and combination of past month alcohol and illicit drug. All findings presented in this report are based on 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data.
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The NSDUH Report: Use of Marijuana and Blunts among Adolescents, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2007. This report focuses on past month marijuana and blunt use among youths aged 12 to 17. All findings are based on data from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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Wasting the Best and the Brightest: Substance Abuse at America's Colleges and Universities, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, March 2007. This report reveals the serious nature of the problem of substance abuse at America�s colleges and universities and summarizes what research shows can be done to prevent and reduce the problem.
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The DASIS Report: Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older: Alcohol Only vs. Alcohol plus a Secondary Drug, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2007. This report provides Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) data on alcohol and alcohol plus a secondary drug treatment admissions during 2005.
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Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, February 2007. This document explains in layman's terms how science has revolutionized the understanding of drug addiction as a brain disease that affects behavior.
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The NSDUH Report: Health Insurance and Substance Use Treatment Need, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2007. This report examines health insurance and the need for and receipt of substance abuse treatment among adults aged 18 or older based on combined 2004 and 2005 SAMHSA National Surveys on Drug Use and Health.
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Substance Abuse: Administrative Issues in Outpatient Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2007. This report, which is part of the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, focuses on the core staffing and retention issues, while exploring managing staff stress and supporting career development.
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Substance Abuse: Clinical Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2007. This report, which is part of the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, presents 14 guiding principles of intensive outpatient treatment along with supporting research.
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Transforming Housing for People with Psychiatric Disabilities Report, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2007. This document offers detailed recommendations to improve the quality of life of board and care home residents and provides a list of measures being implemented which call for a recovery-oriented approach in these facilities.
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Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - An examination of illicit prescription drug markets in Melbourne, Hobart and Darwin, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007. This study seeks to contribute to the law enforcement sector�s understanding of the relationship between benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid use and crime, and the impact of this relationship in three select Australian jurisdictions.
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Containing ecstasy: analytical tools for profiling an illegal drug market , Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007. This report demonstrates how a combination of analytical tools and data sources are required to profile the demand and supply of ecstasy.
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The impact of drugs on road crashes, assaults and other trauma - a prospective trauma toxicology study, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007. This study analyzes evidence suggesting that the use of recreational drugs before/while driving is associated with increased risk of injury occurrence and severity.
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Making sense of partnerships: A study of police and housing department collaboration for tackling drug and related problems on public housing estates, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007. The aim of this project is to explore the realities of partnership working by focusing on collaboration between the police and housing departments to tackle problems associated with illicit drug activity and anti-social behaviour on three Australian public housing estates.
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Measuring the Harm from Illegal Drugs: The Drug Harm Index 2005, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, 2007. This report seeks to measure the harm that illegal drugs cause to society, including individuals, families and local communities.
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The NSDUH Report: Methamphetamine Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2007. This report provides data on methamphetamine use during 2002-2005 as recorded by SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders among American Indians and Alaska Natives, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2007. This report examines the rates of substance use and substance use disorders among American Indians and Alaska Natives aged 12 or older.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use in the 15 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2002-2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2007. This report presents estimates of illicit drug use, binge alcohol use, and cigarette use among the 15 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and compares estimates for each MSA with the Nation as a whole.
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PMP Committee Phase II PMIX Pilot Project: Survey of State Prescription Monitoring Programs, BJA-Sponsored, January 2007. This research report provides data on state prescription monitoring programs (PMP) and addresses critical issues, such as PMP data sharing.
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2006

State Mandates for Treatment for Mental Health Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2006. The report focuses on state-mandated benefits, state laws regulating mental health and addiction treatment workers, and state-recognized mental health clinicians with authority to prescribe psychotropic medications.
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2005 Department of Defense Survey of Health Related Behaviors Among Active Duty Military Personnel, Department of Defense, December 2006. This survey provides comprehensive and detailed estimates of the prevalence of alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco use among military personnel.
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Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, 2004, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2006. This report presents national-level statistics describing characteristics of persons processed and the distribution of case processing outcomes at each major stage of the Federal criminal justice system.
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The DASIS Report: Facilities Operating Opioid Treatment Programs, 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2006. This report provides data on U.S. treatment facilities, both public and private, that operate an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) certified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2002, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, November 2006. This fact sheet provides data on delinquency cases, including drug cases, processed in juvenile courts during 2002.
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Juvenile Delinquency Probation Caseload, 1985�2002, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, November 2006. This fact sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases, including drug cases, resulting in probation.
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Maroc Enqu�te sur le Cannabis 2005, (French language version of the Morocco Cannabis Survey 2005) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, November 2006. This report provides data on cannabis crop cultivation in Morocco.
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Morocco Cannabis Survey 2005: Executive Summary, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, November 2006. This report provides data on cannabis crop cultivation in Morocco.
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The New DAWN Report: Emergency Department Visits Involving Dextromethorphan, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2006. This issue of The DAWN Report examines the characteristics of emergency department visits that involve dextromethorphan (DXM) and products containing DXM.
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The NSDUH Report: How Young Adults Obtain Prescription Pain Relievers for Nonmedical Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2006. This report presents data on the source of prescription pain relievers that were used nonmedically by young adults (aged 18 to 25).
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use Disorder and Serious Psychological Distress by Employment Status, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2006. This report examines the prevalence of past year substance use disorder, serious psychological distress (SPD), and co-occurring SPD and a substance use disorder among the U.S. working-age civilian population (i.e., those aged 18 to 64).
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Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, 2005, Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 2006. This report provides an overview of firearm check procedures in each state, including information on persons prohibited from purchasing firearms due to a drug conviction or addiction.
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Bi-Annual Seizure Report 2006/1, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2006. This report contains data on significant drug seizure cases which have been reported by Governments to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) between January 1 and June 30, 2006.
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The DASIS Report: Facilities Offering Special Programs or Groups for Women: 2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2006. This report presents data on substance abuse treatment facilities that provide special programs or groups for female clients.
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Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004, Bureau of Justice Statistics, October 2006. This Special Report presents data from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities on prisoners' prior use, dependence, and abuse of illegal drugs.
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2007, National Drug Intelligence Center, October 2006. This interagency assessment provides a strategic overview and predictive outlook of the threat to the United States from the illicit trafficking and use of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous drugs.
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Anabolic Steroids: Research Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2006. This report provides information on steroid abuse and effects.
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Assessing Drug Abuse Within and Across Communities: Community Epidemiology Surveillance Networks on Drug Abuse (Second Edition), National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2006. This resource provides guidelines for establishing epidemiology networks to monitor and assess drug abuse patterns/trends and emerging drug problems at community and State levels to provide a foundation of information for public health response.
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Evaluation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, BJA-Sponsored, September 2006. This report examines the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs on the supply and abuse of prescription drugs.
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Just Think Twice: A Guide to Using the Just Think Twice Website for Middle and High School Students, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), September 2006. This teacher�s guide provides lesson plans for students in grades 6-12 based on the DEA's Just Think Twice website.
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Methamphetamine Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2006. This Research Report provides an overview of methamphetamine use, effects, and treatment.
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Misuse of Prescription Drugs: Data from the 2002, 2003, and 2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2006. This report covers the non-medical use of four broad classes of prescription psychotherapeutics including pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives, as well as the specific drugs OxyContin and methamphetamine.
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National Survey on Drug Use & Health: Summary of Methodological Studies, 1971-2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2006. This report provides a comprehensive summary of methodological research conducted on the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Past Year Methamphetamine Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2006. This report is based on data combined from the last four years of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, providing a more detailed picture of who is using methamphetamine.
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Results from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2006. This report presents national data on substance use among Americans aged 12 or older and presents data on other measures related to illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products. Measures related to mental health problems also are included.
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Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 2004: Discharges From Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2006. This report provides information on treatment completion, length of stay in treatment, and demographic and substance abuse characteristics of discharges from alcohol/drug treatment in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems.
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Benefits and Consequences of Police Crackdowns, Office of Community Oriented Policing, M. Scott, September 2003. This Guide series deals with crackdowns, a response police commonly use to address crime and disorder problems, including drug-related crimes.
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Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs, 2nd Edition, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, August 2006. This guide addresses the problem of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories and identifies responses to this problem.
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The DASIS Report: Discharges Who Left Against Professional Advice, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2006. This resource describes the reasons for being discharged from substance abuse treatment services, focusing specifically on those individuals who left against the advice of the treatment providers.
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The DASIS Report: Methamphetamine/Amphetamine Treatment Admissions in Urban and Rural Areas: 2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2006. This resource provides data from SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) on methamphetamine/amphetamine admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in 2004.
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Substate Estimates from the 2002-2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2006. This report presents estimates of the prevalence of substance use or mental health problems in substate areas during 2002-2004 based on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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Underage Drinking, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, K. Johnson, September 2004. This guide describes the problem of underage drinking, identifies a series of questions to help you analyze your local problem, and reviews responses to the problem.
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The DASIS Report: Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2006. In 2004, more than 175,300 admissions to substance abuse treatment facilities were homeless at time of admission. These homeless admissions comprised 13 percent of all admissions in 2004 for which living arrangements were recorded in the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2004, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2006. This report provides national data on Federal officers with authority to make arrests and carry firearms, including the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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InfoFacts: Drug Addiction Treatment Methods, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2006. This resource highlights research findings on effective treatment approaches for drug abuse and addiction.
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InfoFacts: Treatment for Drug Abusers in the Criminal Justice System, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2006. This resource provides information about drug abusers in the criminal justice system and highlights the positive impact drug treatment can have on these offenders.
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The New DAWN Report: Emergency Department Visits Involving Nonmedical Use of Selected Pharmaceuticals, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2006. This DAWN report examines drug-related Emergency Department visits associated with nonmedical use involving three pharmaceuticals that are often used nonmedically: opiates/opioid analgesics (pain relievers), benzodiazepines, and muscle relaxants.
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Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations: A Research Based Guide, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2006. This guide is intended to describe the treatment principles and research findings that are of particular relevance to the criminal justice community and to treatment professionals working with drug abusing offenders.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Young Adult (Aged 18-25) and Youth (Aged 12-17) Admissions, 2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2006. This report compares young adult admissions to the admissions of youths aged 12 to 17, who accounted for 8 percent of Treatment Episode Data Set(TEDS) admissions in 2004.
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Drug Courts: The Second Decade, National Institute of Justice, June 2006. This report presents findings from several recent studies that speak to the concerns of policymakers and practitioners about "what works" in drug courts. Topics addressed include how target populations and participant attributes affect program outcomes, the judge's role in the success of drug court participants, treatment issues, drug court interventions for juveniles, and cost-benefit analyses of drug courts.
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Fentanyl: Situation Report, National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2006. This report provides information on the availability, abuse, production, and distribution of clandestinely produced fentanyl. This drug has been linked to hundreds of fatal and nonfatal overdoses across the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the United States since late 2005.
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A Life in the Community for Everyone� Reducing Substance Abuse in America: Building the Nation�s Demand Reduction Infrastructure� A Framework for Discussion, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2006. This report provides an overview of treatment and prevention initiatives.
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Methamphetamine: A New Tiger to Tame, NIJ-Sponsored, June 2006. This article provides an overview of the multifaceted and complex techniques that are necessary to oppose the new concerns that are presented by methamphetamine.
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Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Threat Assessment 2006, Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, June 2006. This threat assessment identifies the most significant drug-related threats in Washington State and provides participating agencies and decision makers with the information necessary to make effective use of their counter-drug resources.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Users of Pain Relievers, Characteristics of Recent Initiates, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2006. This report focuses on persons aged 12 or older who initiated nonmedical use of pain relievers and OxyContin� in the 12 months prior to the survey.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use Treatment Need Among Adolescents, 2003-2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2006. This report presents estimates of treatment, treatment need, and perceived unmet need among youths aged 12 to 17.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- United States, 2005, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 2006. This report summarizes results from the 2005 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and trends during 1991�2005 in selected risk behaviors, including substance abuse.
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The DAWN Report: Opiate-Related Drug Misuse Deaths in 6 States, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2006. This report examines the involvement of opiates in deaths related to drug misuse in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland, Utah, and New Mexico.
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Local Police Departments, 2003, Bureau of Justice Statistics, May 2006. This report provides information on local police departments including the number and size of agencies, race and gender of sworn personnel, and drug enforcement activities.
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The NSDUH Report: Academic Performance and Substance Use among Students Aged 12 to 17 (2002, 2003, & 2004), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2006. This report examines the differences in self-reported academic performance (i.e., average grades in the last semester or grading period) among students aged 12 to 17 by gender, age, and substance use.
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The NSDUH Report: How and Where Young Adults Obtain Marijuana , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2006. This report focuses on how and where past year marijuana users aged 18 to 25 obtained their most recently used marijuana.
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Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: Teens in Grades 7�12, 2005, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, May 2006. This study tracks attitudes of 7th through 12th graders regarding the use of drugs.
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Sheriffs' Offices, 2003, Bureau of Justice Statistics, May 2006. This report provides information on Sheriffs' departments including the number and size of agencies, personnel, and involvement in drug enforcement activities.
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Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse, May 2006. The Street Terms database contains over 2,000 street terms that refer to specific drug types or drug activity.
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Bi-Annual Seizure Report 2005/2, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2006. This report contains data on significant drug seizure cases which have been reported by Governments to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) between July 1 and December 31, 2005.
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The DASIS Report: Non-Heroin Opiate Admissions, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2006. This report explores differences among admissions for non-heroin opiates and admissions for heroin, using the data on demographic characteristics and substance abuse problems of those admitted for substance abuse treatment that are compiled annually in TEDS.
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OxyContin: Prescription Drug Abuse � 2006 Revision, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, April 2006. An overview of information on OxyContin abuse and treatment.
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Psychiatric Disorders of Youth in Detention, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2006. This OJJDP bulletin examines the prevalence of alcohol, drug, and mental disorders among youth at the Cook County (Illinois) Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
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Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2006. This report presents comprehensive information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and the justice system's response to these problems. Includes drug-related data throughout.
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Methamphetamine and Related Crime: The Impacts of Methamphetamine Abuse, Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, March 2006. This assessment outlines the current methamphetamine threat and the public impact the drug is having in Washington State.
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The NSDUH Report: Characteristics of Recent Adolescent Inhalant Initiates, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2006. This report focuses on youths aged 12 to 17 who initiated the use of inhalants in the 12 months prior to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
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The NSDUH Report: Sources of Payment for Substance Use Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2006. This report focuses on how individuals who received substance use treatment in the past year paid for their last or current treatment and compares sources of payment by gender and family income relative to the Federal poverty threshold.
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Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2005, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, March 2006. This report analyzes crop substitution programs which seek to replace opium poppy and coca leaf crops with legal cash crops.
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State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2003-2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2006. This report presents State estimates for 22 measures of substance use or mental health problems based on the 2003 and 2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health.
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The NSDUH Report: Youth Violence and Illicit Drug Use , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2006. This report presents the estimated number and percentage of youths aged 12 to 17 who engaged in violent behavior in the past year.
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Research Report: MDMA (Ecstasy) Abuse, National Institute on Drug Abuse, February 2006. This report provides information on MDMA abuse, history, and effects.
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What is Substance Abuse Treatment?: A Booklet for Families, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2006. This booklet, created for family members of those dependent on alcohol or illicit drugs, answers questions often asked by families of people entering treatment.
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Bulletin on Narcotics: Review of the world cannabis situation, Volume LVIII, Nos. 1 and 2, 2006, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2006. This bulletin contains a review of the current world cannabis situation, focusing on cannabis production, consumption and markets, along with an assessment of the status of cannabis research.
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The DASIS Report: Facilities Offering Special Programs or Groups for Clients with Co-Occurring Disorders, 2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2006. This report provides data on substance abuse treatment facilities providing special programs or groups for clients with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders.
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Developing and implementing a performance measurement framework for drug law enforcement in Australia, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2006. This report presents a detailed description of a model process for developing a viable performance measurement framework for drug law enforcement in Australia.
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An evaluation of the Standardised Field Sobriety Tests for the detection of impairment associated with cannabis with and without alcohol, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2006. This study examines standardized field sobriety tests in relation to the presence of cannabis and alcohol.
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Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice Annual Report 2005, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, January 2006. This report highlights some of the most pressing juvenile justice issues facing our country.
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Impact of the heroin shortage: Additional research, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2006. The aims of this study were to: assess what impact the heroin shortage had on initiation to heroin use; examine whether the associated increase in cocaine use led to an increase in violent crime and/or prostitution; provide a more detailed and analytical analysis of fatal and non-fatal drug overdose; and provide a closer examination of the impact of law enforcement operations.
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Methamphetamine Use: Lessons Learned, NIJ-Sponsored, D. Hunt, L. Truitt, and S. Kuck. May 2005. This report provides an overview of the methamphetamine problem in the United States. It looks at the history of the problem, trends in use, characteristics of users, adverse effects, trafficking and production and treatment issues.
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2006, National Drug Intelligence Center, January 2006. This assessment addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to the United States. It covers the trafficking and abuse patterns of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, MDMA, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous drugs.
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NCAA Study of Substance Use Habits of College Student-Athletes: 2005, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), January 2006. This study measures the substance use patterns of NCAA college student-athletes.
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The NSDUH Report: Serious Psychological Distress and Substance Use among Young Adult Males, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2006. This report examines serious psychological distress and substance use among young adult males aged 18 to 25.
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Drugs & Crime Facts, Bureau of Justice Statistics. This site summarizes U.S. statistics on drug-related crimes, law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
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Drugs of Abuse: 2005 Edition, Drug Enforcement Administration, 2005. This report provides an overview of commonly abused legal and illegal drugs and their scheduling.
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National Gang Threat Assessment, 2005, BJA-Sponsored, 2005. The results reported in this document are the compilation of information received from law enforcement agencies across the country. It provides information on gang-related crime including drug offenses.
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Process Evaluation of an Effort to Engage Police in Alternative Responses to Neighborhood Drug Problems, Final Report, NIJ-Sponsored, D. Young, C. Stayton, E. Rosenzweig, and L. Wycoff. March 2005. This report presents findings from a process evaluation of efforts by a program in New York City, La Bodega de la Familia, to work with local police on alternative responses to neighborhood drug use and crime.
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Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System: A Treatment Improvement Protocol TIP 44, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, R. Peters and H. Wexler, 2005. Treatment Improvement Protocol was developed to provide recommendations and best practice guidelines to counselors and administrators based on the research literature and the experience of seasoned treatment professionals. It covers the full range of criminal justice settings and all the phases through which an individual progresses in the criminal justice system.
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Juvenile Court Statistics 2001-2002, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 2005. This report profiles the 1.6 million delinquency cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdiction in 2002 and describes trends since 1985.
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The NSDUH Report: Illicit Drug Use Among Persons Arrested for Serious Crimes, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2005. This report presents the estimated number and percentage of adults aged 18 or older who were arrested in the past 12 months for Part I offenses by gender and age and compares rates of illicit drug use for those who had and had not been arrested.
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U.S. Money Laundering Threat Assessment, Drug Enforcement Administration, December 2005. The 2005 Money Laundering Threat Assessment (MLTA) is the first government-wide analysis of money laundering in the United States. The purpose of the MLTA is to help policy makers, regulators, and the law enforcement community better understand the landscape of money laundering in the United States and to support strategic planning efforts to combat money laundering.
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The DASIS Report: Availability of HIV Services in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, 2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2005. This report examines the availability of HIV services including HIV testing; HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support; or specially designed treatment programs for persons with HIV or AIDS among substance abuse treatment programs in the United States.
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Gender Differences in Drug Market Activities: A Comparative Assessment of Men and Women's Participation in the Drug Market, NIJ-Sponsored, N. Rodriguez and M. Griffin, November 2005. This study adds to the existing body of research by examining drug market activity and the manner in which such behavior differs by gender.
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Myanmar Opium Survey 2005, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, November 2005. The survey collects and analyzes information on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, on the potential production of opium, as well as other socioeconomic dimensions of the problem.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use, Dependence, and Treatment among Veterans, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2005. This report provides estimates of substance use, dependence, and treatment differences between veterans and a nonveteran comparison group.
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Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1993-2003: National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2005. This report presents results from the TEDS data set for 2003, and trend data for 1993 to 2003. The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of the 1.8 million annual admissions to treatment for abuse of alcohol and drugs.
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Bi-Annual Seizure Report 2005/1, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2005. This report contains data on significant drug seizure cases which have been reported by Governments to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) between January 1 and June 30, 2005.
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The DASIS Report: Male Admissions with Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Problems, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2005. This report compares male substance abuse treatment admissions with co-occurring problems with all other male admissions using the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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The DASIS Report: Trends in Admissions for PCP: 1993-2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2005. This resource provides data on trends in admissions to treatment for PCP abuse.
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The NSDUH Report: College Enrollment Status and Past Year Illicit Drug Use among Young Adults: 2002, 2003, and 2004, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2005. This report compares the rates of past year illicit drug use among college students and nonstudents aged 18 to 22 using annual averages based on combined 2002, 2003, and 2004 NSDUH data.
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Community Drug Alert Bulletin: Prescription Drugs, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2005. This bulletin provides information on what types of prescription medications are commonly abused, what can be done to prevent prescription drug abuse, and an overview of what treatments are available for prescription drug abuse.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions for Injection Drug Use: 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2005. This report presents characteristics of these 237,000 injection drug admissions (primary and secondary) to treatment.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions in Rural Areas, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2005. This report compares admissions to facilities located in rural counties with admissions to facilities in urban counties.
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Discharges from Substance Abuse Treatment Services: TEDS Discharges, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2005. The report provides information on treatment completion, length of stay in treatment, and demographic and substance abuse characteristics of almost 800,000 discharges from alcohol or drug treatment in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) Special Report Synthetic Drugs, 2001-2004, Drug Enforcement Administration, September 2005. This NFLIS Special Report presents findings on synthetic drugs including methamphetamine, amphetamine, PCP, MDMA and MDA. From 2001 to 2004, nearly 1 million of these selected synthetic drug items were analyzed by state and local forensic laboratories in the U.S., representing about 13% of all items analyzed.
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Results from the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2005. This report presents information from the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 years old or older. This initial report on the 2004 data presents national estimates of rates of use, numbers of users, and other measures related to illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products.
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Substance Abuse and Victimization Video and Guidebook, Office for Victims of Crime, September 2005. This 28-minute video explores the correlations between substance abuse and previctimization and postvictimization. It looks at aspects of the trauma of victimization and substance abuse and discusses the type of assistance victims may need.
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Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: Results From the Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2005. This report discusses the need for substance abuse treatment programming for women and summarizes evidence about the effectiveness of such programming.
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The DASIS Report: Hispanic Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2005. This report compares the characteristics of Hispanic treatment admissions to those of non-Hispanic admissions of known race/ethnicity and compares subgroups within Hispanic admissions.
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Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse Advance Report and Highlights/Executive Summary: Abuse of Stimulants and Other Drugs, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2005. This report is a synthesis of findings presented at the 57th semiannual meeting of the Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG). A highlight of the meeting was a series of presentations by NIDA-supported researchers in a panel on methamphetamine abuse.
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National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2004: Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2005. This report presents results from the 2004 N-SSATS, an annual census of facilities providing substance abuse treatment. Conducted by SAMHSA, N-SSATS is designed to collect data on the location, characteristics, and use of alcoholism and drug abuse treatment facilities and services throughout the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions.
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The NSDUH Report: Binge Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12 to 20: 2002 and 2003 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2005. This report provides information on binge drinking by underage youth (ages 12-20).
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The NSDUH Report: Cocaine Use: 2002 and 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2005. This report examines past year cocaine and crack cocaine use among persons aged 12 or older, as well as cocaine abuse or dependence.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Abuse and Dependence Among Women, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2005. This report focuses on substance use and substance abuse or dependence among women aged 18 or older.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use among Hispanic Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2005. This report examines the prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug use among Hispanic youths aged 12 to 17.
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Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, August 2005. Provides information about commonly abused prescription drugs, their effects, detection, and treatment.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Tranquilizer Substance Abuse Treatment Admission, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2005. This report provide data on tranquilizer-related treatment admissions including demographics, source of referral, and regional information.
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The NSDUH Report: Youths� Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2005. This report provides an overview of data showing that youth who reported seeing or hearing media messages on preventing drug and alcohol use are significantly less likely to report substance use.
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Proceedings of the Border Epidemiology Work Group, September 2004, National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2005. The September 2004 BEWG meeting focused on patterns and trends in methamphetamine abuse in border areas.
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Substance Dependence, Abuse, and Treatment of Jail Inmates, 2002, Bureau of Justice Statistics, D. James and J. Karberg, July 2005. This report presents data from the 2002 Survey of Inmates in Local Jails on inmates� prior use, dependence, and abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs.
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The DASIS Report: Differences in Marijuana Admissions Based on Source of Referral: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2005. This report looks at the characteristics of primary marijuana admissions who were referred to treatment by the criminal justice system, compared with referrals from all other sources.
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Estimate of the Incidence of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault in the U.S., Final Report, NIJ-Sponsored, November 2005. This research was designed to better estimate the rate of drug-facilitated sexual assault and to examine the social aspects surrounding it.
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Laos Opium Survey 2005, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2005. The survey collects and analyzes information on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, on the potential production of opium, as well as other socioeconomic dimensions of the problem.
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Marijuana Abuse Research Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2005. This report provides information on marijuana use, effects, treatment, and more.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use During Pregnancy: 2002 & 2003 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2005. This report examines illicit drug, alcohol, and cigarette use among pregnant and nonpregnant women aged 15 to 44.
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The DASIS Report: A Comparison of Female and Male Treatment Admissions: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2005. This fact sheet compares 2002 treatment admission data for males and females.
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The DASIS Report: Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2005. This report examines treatment admissions of adults aged 55 or older from 1995 to 2002.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Receiving Public Assistance: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2005. This report focuses on treatment admissions receiving public assistance as their primary source of income/support1 and compares them to all other admissions with known sources of income or support.
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Drug Courts: An Effective Strategy for Communities Facing Methamphetamine, Bureau of Justice Assistance, C. Huddleston, May 2005. This bulletin provides an overview of the debilitating effects of methamphetamine, the program components of a drug court, examples of successful drug court programs in areas deeply affected by methamphetamine use, and policy recommendations for implementing a drug court that will target a methamphetamine-using population.
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Heroin Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2005. An overview of the use, effects, and treatment of heroin.
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The NSDUH Report: Age at First Use of Marijuana and Past Year Serious Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2005. This report focuses on the association between age at first use of marijuana and past year serious mental illness.
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The NSDUH Report: Mother�s Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Among Youths, Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2005. This report focuses on the association between mother's serious mental illness and substance use among youths aged 12 to 17.
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Acute Public Health Consequences of Methamphetamine Laboratories - 16 States, January 2000-June 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2005. This report describes examples of meth-associated events, summarizes the events reported to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and suggests injury prevention recommendations, such as how to recognize and properly respond to meth laboratories.
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Anhydrous Ammonia Thefts and Releases Associated with Illicit Methamphetamine Production --- 16 States, January 2000--June 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2005. This report describes examples of anhydrous ammonia thefts associated with illicit meth production, summarizes ammonia theft events reported to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and suggests injury prevention recommendations.
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The NSDUH Report: Injection Drug Use Update: 2002 and 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2005. This report provides data on injection drug use, including information on the sharing of needles.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use among Older Adults: 2002 and 2003 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2005. This report examines the prevalence of cigarette, alcohol, and illicit drug use among older adults as compared with younger adults.
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Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Program, Bureau of Justice Assistance, April 2005. This report provides an overview of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program. RSAT was created to help states and units of local governments develop, implement, and improve residential substance abuse treatment programs in state and local correctional and detention facilities.
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Bi-Annual Seizure Report 2004/2, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, March 2005. This report contains data on significant drug seizure cases which have been reported by Governments to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) between July 1 and December 31, 2004.
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Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS), Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, March 2005. This survey provides a detailed picture of how Canadians aged 15 years and older use alcohol, cannabis and other drugs, and the impact that use has on their physical, mental and social well-being.
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The DASIS Report: Polydrug Admissions: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This report provides treatment admission data on Polydrug abuse (abuse of more than one substance), which is common among alcohol and drug users.
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The DASIS Report: The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This fact sheet presents results highlights from the 2003 N-SSATS. N-SSATS is designed to collect data on the location, characteristics, and use of alcoholism and drug abuse treatment facilities and services.
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The DASIS Report: Trends in Marijuana Treatment Admissions by State: 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This report looks at the changes in the rate of primary marijuana admissions, nationally and by State for the years 1992 through 2002.
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Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2003: Area Profiles of Drug-Related Mortality , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. The purpose of this publication is to profile the drug-related deaths reported to DAWN by participating medical examiners and coroners for 2003.
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Immigrants and Substance Use: Findings from the 1999�2001 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This report presents information on the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use among immigrants aged 18 or older in the United States during 1999�2001.
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National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse Treatment 1991-2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This report provides data on mental health services and substance abuse treatment expenditures in the United States.
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The NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use and Delinquent Behaviors among Young Adolescents, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2005. This report presents the prevalence of inhalant use among young adolescents aged 12 or 13, the association between inhalant use and delinquent behaviors within this age group, and the association between early onset of inhalant use and problems later in life.
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Adult Drug Courts: Evidence Indicates Recidivism Reductions and Mixed Results for Other Outcomes, United States Government Accountability Office, February 2005. This report describes the results of a review of published evaluations of adult drug court programs, particularly relating to (1) recidivism outcomes, (2) substance use relapse, (3) program completion, and (4) the costs and benefits of drug court programs.
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The DASIS Report: Smoked Cocaine vs. Non Smoked Cocaine Admissions, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2005. This report presents data from the 2002 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) on admissions where cocaine was the primary substance of abuse reported.
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The DASIS Report: Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2005. This report describes AI/AN admissions, aged 18 or older, to substance abuse treatment as reported to TEDS in 2002.
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Marijuana and Methamphetamine Trafficking on Federal Lands Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, February 2005. This report provides an assessment of marijuana cultivation and methamphetamine production occurring on and transportation through public federal lands.
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2005 , National Drug Intelligence Center, February 2005. This assessment addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to the United States. It covers the trafficking and abuse patterns associated with cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, MDMA, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous drugs.
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2005 Executive Summary, National Drug Intelligence Center, February 2005. This report summarizes the findings of the National Drug Threat Assessment 2005. Topics covered include new developments and continuing trends, and primary market areas.
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2005 Summary Report, National Drug Intelligence Center, February 2005. This summary report addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to the United States. It covers the trafficking and abuse patterns of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, MDMA, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous drugs.
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2005 Threat Matrix, National Drug Intelligence Center, February 2005. The Threat Matrix provides information such as source locations, transit countries, entry points, primary markets, price range, a profile of the retailers, key developments, and projections for cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, and MDMA.
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The NSDUH Report: Stimulant Use, 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2005. This report focuses on lifetime and past month nonmedical use of stimulants, as well as dependence on or abuse of stimulants.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use and Need for Treatment Among Youths Who Have Been in Foster Care, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2005. This report looks at the need for and receipt of substance abuse treatment among youths who have been in foster care.
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Code of Professional Practice for Drug Analysts, Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs, January 2005. This code provides the framework of ethical values and scientific and legal obligations within which the analyst should operate.
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Community Drug Alert Bulletin: Inhalants, National Institute on Drug Abuse, January 2005. This bulletin provides a synopsis of some of the latest scientific findings on inhalants and inhalant abuse.
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The DASIS Report: Smoked Methamphetamine / Amphetamines, 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report highlights data on methamphetamine/amphetamine treatment admissions.
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The DASIS Report: Trends in Cocaine Treatment Admissions by State: 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report looks at the changes in the rate of primary cocaine admissions, nationally and by State for the years 1992 through 2002.
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Drug Dealing in Open-Air Markets, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, A. Harocopos and M. Hough, January 2005. This guide describes the problem and reviews the factors that increase the risks of drug dealing in open-air markets. The guide also identifies a series of questions that assist in analyzing a local problem and reviews responses to the problem and what is known about these from evaluative research and police practice.
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Drugs and Gangs Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, January 2005. This brochure answers common questions asked about drugs and gangs. It discusses the relation between drugs and gangs, describes the extent of gang operation and crime in the United States, and the dangers associated with gang activity. In addition it describes signs that may indicate youth involvement in gang activity.
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Education and Training, 2005, Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs, January 2005. These recommendations address the minimum education, training, and experience required for analysts in laboratories that conduct analyses of seized drugs.
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Federal Criminal Case Processing, 2002: With Trends 1982-2002, Reconciled Data , Bureau of Justice Statistics, January 2005. This report describes the case processing of defendants in the Federal criminal justice system, including drug offenders.
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The Governance of illicit synthetic drugs, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, January 2005. This project aims to identify the various ways in which law enforcement have engaged with external institutions in attempting to reduce the supply of illicit synthetic drugs.
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The NSDUH Report: Illicit Drug Use Among Lifetime NonDrinkers and Lifetime Alcohol Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report uses data from the 2002 and 2003 NSDUH to compare the patterns of illicit drug use among persons who have used alcohol in their lifetime with the patterns of illicit drug use among persons who have never used alcohol in their lifetime.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Oxycodone Users: A Comparison with Heroin Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report focuses on the characteristics of NSDUH respondents reporting nonmedical oxycodone use and respondents reporting heroin use.
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Operation Weed and Seed, Community Capacity Development Office, January 2005. This fact sheet describes the Weed and Seed program, an innovative and comprehensive multi-agency approach to law enforcement, crime prevention, and community revitalization.
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Quality Assurance General Practices, Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs, January 2005. These recommendations address quality assurance general practices in the qualitative analysis of seized drugs.
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Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs Glossary, Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs, January 2005. This glossary was developed by the Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs for the purposes of its work.
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State Estimates of Substance Use From the 2002-2003 National Surveys on Drug Use & Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2005. This report presents State estimates for 21 measures of substance use or mental health problems based on the 2002 and 2003 NSDUHs.
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Validation of Analytical Methods, Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs, January 2005. These guidelines provide protocols for methods specific to seized drug analysis.
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2004 Weed and Seed Guide to Federal Resources, Community Capacity Development Office, 2004. This guide provides information about federal programs and funding sources that can serve as a resource in implementing a Weed and Seed strategy.
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Drug and Alcohol Use and Related Matters Among Arrestees, 2003, National Institute of Justice, 2004. This data report presents findings from 39 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program (ADAM) sites that collected data during one or more quarters in 2003.
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Drug Use and Offending: Summary Results of the First Two Years of the NEW-ADAM Programme, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, 2004. The New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NEW-ADAM) programme is a national research study of interviews and voluntary urine tests designed to establish the prevalence of drug use among arrestees in England and Wales.
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Weed and Seed Best Practices: Evaluation-based Series, Volume 2, Office of Weed and Seed, 2004. This report was created to share programs and practices that have been successful in reducing drugs, crime, violence, juvenile delinquency, and increasing neighborhood vitality and economic strength.
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American Indians and Crime: A BJS Statistical Profile, 1992-2002, Bureau of Justice Statistics, S. Perry, December 2004. This report summarizes data on American Indians in the criminal justice system and reports the rates and characteristics of violent crimes experienced by American Indians. The findings include the involvement of alcohol, drugs, and weapons in violence against Indians.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Heroin Injection and Inhalation Admissions, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2004. This report compares the characteristics of primary heroin admissions reporting the two major routes of administration, injection and inhalation.
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The DASIS Report: Private-For-Profit and Private-Non-Profit Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities: 2003, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2004. This report compares the characteristics of private-for-profit and private-non-profit treatment facilities.
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Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2003: Interim National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2004. The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is a public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related emergency department (ED) visits for the Nation and for selected metropolitan areas. DAWN also collects data on drug-related deaths investigated by medical examiners and coroners in selected metropolitan areas and States.
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Family Dependency Treatment Courts: Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Using the Drug Court Model, Bureau of Justice Assistance, December 2004. A family dependency treatment court is a court devoted to cases of child abuse and neglect that involve substance abuse by the child�s parents or other caregivers.
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Juvenile Court Statistics 2000, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 2004. This report profiles more than 1.6 million delinquency cases handled by juvenile courts in 2000 and reviews judicial trends since 1985.
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The NSDUH Report: Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Among Young Persons, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2004. This fact sheet examines the prevalence of driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or other drugs while driving by young persons aged 16 to 20.
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Outcome Evaluation of the Crossroads to Freedom House and Peer I Therapeutic Communities, NIJ-Sponsored, K. Klebe and M. O'Keefe, October 2004. This study investigates the effectiveness of two Colorado Residential Substance Abuse Treatment therapeutic community programs for offenders.
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Screening and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: A Resource Guide for Practitioners, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, T. Grisso and L. Underwood, December 2004. This Resource Guide offers a comprehensive, user-friendly synthesis of current information on instruments that can be used to screen and assess youth for mental health- and substance use-related disorders at various stages of the juvenile justice process.
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2C-T-7 Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2004. This brochure answers common questions asked about 2C-T-7, a synthetic drug that produces hallucinogenic effects. It includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse, and presents a profile of the typical abuser.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Prescription and OTC Treatment Admissions, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2004. This fact sheet provides data on treatment admissions involving prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.
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Drug Detection in Prison Mailrooms, National Institute of Justice, November 2004. NIJ sponsored a study to determine whether commercially available drug detection systems can work successfully in prison mailrooms.
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Fry Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2004. This brochure answers common questions asked about Fry, which is a street term for marijuana or tobacco cigarettes that are dipped in PCP (phencyclidine) and/or embalming fluid, and then dried.
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The NSDUH Report: Daily Marijuana Users, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2004. This report examines the associations between daily marijuana use and other substance use, as well as dependence on or abuse of marijuana.
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The NSDUH Report: Female Youths and Delinquent Behaviors, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2004. This fact sheet provides data on how often female youth engaged in delinquent behaviors, including: serious fighting at school or work, stealing or trying to steal something worth more than $50, or selling illegal drugs.
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The NSDUH Report: Male Veterans with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and a Substance Use Disorder, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2004. This fact sheet provides data on drug use and mental illness among the 25.4 million male and 1.6 million female military veterans living in the United States in 2002 and 2003.
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Pharmaceuticals Drug Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2004. This report provides an assessment of prescription drug availability, diversion, and abuse. Also discussed are the threats posed by doctor shopping, prescription fraud, unscrupulous physicians, theft, and internet pharmacies.
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Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981 Through the Second Quarter of 2003, Office of National Drug Control Policy, November 2004. This report extends, improves, and augments previous estimates of trends in the price and purity of five major illicit drugs: powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana.
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Technical Report for the Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981 Through the Second Quarter of 2003, Office of National Drug Control Policy, November 2004. The purpose of this technical report is to provide detailed documentation of all programming and statistical activities involved in the construction of the price and purity series presented in Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981 Through Second Quarter of 2003.
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Teens and Drugs Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, November 2004. This brochure provides an overview of the problem of teen drug abuse in the United States.
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Weed and Seed Strategy, Executive Office of Weed and Seed, 2001. This report provides an overview of the Weed and Seed program.
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Bi-Annual Seizure Report 2004/1, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2004. This report contains data on significant drug seizure cases which have been reported by Governments to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) between January and June 30, 2004.
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Brain Power! The NIDA Junior Scientist Program: Grades 2-3, National Institute on Drug Abuse, October 2004. The goal of the curriculum is to lay the foundation for future scientific learning and substance abuse prevention efforts by providing an early elementary school-age audience with a basis of knowledge and critical thinking skills.
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Brain Power! The NIDA Junior Scientist Program: Grades K-1, National Institute on Drug Abuse, October 2004. Brain Power! is designed to take students through a step-by-step exploration of the processes of science and how to use these processes to learn about scientists and the different work they do, the brain, the nervous system, and the effects of drugs on the nervous system and the body.
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The DASIS Report: Admissions with 5 or More Prior Treatment Episodes: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2004. This fact sheet compares the characteristics of first time substance abuse treatment admissions with those who have had 5 or more prior treatment episodes.
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The DASIS Report: Adolescent Treatment Admissions: 1992 and 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2004. This report looks at adolescent treatment admissions (aged 12 to 17) reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 1992 and 2002.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2004. This fact sheet provides an overview of available data related to homeless female treatment admissions.
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Defining Drug Courts: The Key Components, Bureau of Justice Assistance, January 1997. This document is designed to share information about implementing an effective drug court by providing a set of flexible elements communities can adapt to their specific needs and resources.
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DXM (Dextromethorphan)--Intelligence Bulletin, National Drug Intelligence Center, October 2004. This intelligence bulletin provides an assessment of DXM availability and abuse in the United States. DXM is a common ingredient contained in over-the-counter cough and cold medicines.
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The NSDUH Report: Gender Differences in Substance Dependence and Abuse , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2004. This report looks at substance use, abuse, and dependence among females and males across age groups.
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Profile of Nonviolent Offenders Exiting State Prison, Bureau of Justice Statistics, C. Mumola and M. Durose. October 2004. Provides a description of the general characteristics of prison populations serving time for nonviolent crimes as they exit State prisons. Nonviolent crimes are defined as property, drug, and public order offenses that do not involve a threat of harm or an actual attack upon a victim.
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Alcohol and Illicit Drug Dependence, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, September 2004. This article estimates the prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug dependence among Canadians aged 15 or older.
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Buprenorphine: Potential for Abuse (Intelligence Bulletin), National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2004. This bulletin addresses the use of buprenorphine, a drug recently approved for use in opiate addiction therapy. It examines the drug's effects, advantages of traditional treatment options, and vulnerability to diversion and abuse.
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BZP Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2004. BZP is a common name for the synthetic drug N-benzylpiperazine, a stimulant that is approximately 10 to 20 times more potent than amphetamine.
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The DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2004. This report examines the pregnant treatment admissions between the ages of 15 and 44 in comparison to nonpregnant female admissions in the same age range.
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The DASIS Report: Primary Methamphetamine / Amphetamine Treatment Admissions: 1992-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2004. This report will focus on changes in treatment admissions reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set between 1992 and 2002 in which the primary substance of abuse was methamphetamine / amphetamine.
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Health Services Utilization by Individuals with Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2004. This report provides a literature review that traces recent trends in access to treatment for substance use and mental disorders. Also included are the results from data analyses that provide insights into access, treatment choice, retention in treatment, and costs associated with treatment for substance use and mental disorders.
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Intelligence Bulletin: GHB Trafficking and Abuse, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2004. This report provides an assessment of GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) trafficking and abuse in the United States.
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The NSDUH Report: Risk & Protective Factors for Substance Use among American Indian or Alaska Native Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2004. This report looks at risk and protective factors for substance use among youth aged 12 to 17 comparing American Indian or Alaska Native youths with youths among all other racial/ethnic groups combined.
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Results from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2004. This report on the 2003 NSDUH data presents national estimates of rates of use, numbers of users, and other measures related to illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products. Measures related to mental health problems also are included.
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Soma Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2004. This report provides information on Soma, a trade name for prescription drug carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant legitimately prescribed to relieve pain from muscle injuries and spasms.
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Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1992-2002: National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2004. The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of the 1.9 million annual admissions to treatment for abuse of alcohol and drugs in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems.
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Assessing the Mental Health Status of Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, L. McReynolds, S. Ko, and G. Wasserman. August 2004. This bulletin provides guidance to juvenile justice professionals seeking to establish guidelines for mental health assessment in juvenile justice facilities.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions in Urban and Rural Areas Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2004. This fact sheet examines narcotic painkiller treatment admission rates per 100,000 persons aged 12 or older at five urbanization levels for 1992, 1997, and 2002.
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Intelligence Bulletin: OxyContin Diversion, Availability, and Abuse, National Drug Intelligence Center, August 2004. This report provides an assessment of OxyContin diversion and abuse in the United States.
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National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse IX: Teen Dating Practices and Sexual Activity, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, August 2004. This survey seeks to assess the relationship of a 12- to 17-year olds� social world to that teen�s risk of smoking, drinking, and using illegal drugs.
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The NSDUH Report: Participation in Youth Activities and Substance Use Among Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2004. This fact sheet explores the link between participation in youth activities and a lower risk of substance use among youths.
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The NSDUH Report: Women with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and a Substance Use Disorder, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2004. This fact sheet provides data on women with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders.
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Rave Parties, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Michael S. Scott, August 2004. This guide addresses problems associated with rave parties and provides effective strategies for response.
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Unwelcome Guests: A Community Prosecution Approach to Street Level Drug Dealing and Prostitution, American Prosecutors Research Institute, August 2004. This monograph addresses promising practices to abate these crimes of livability and highlights creative strategies developed by community prosecutors in Kalamazoo County, MI; Multnomah County, OR; Marion County, IN; and Denver, CO.
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The DASIS Report: Discharges from Detoxification: 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This report examines discharge data in the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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The DASIS Report: Marital Status of Women Aged 25-44: 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This report provides data from Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) on the marital status of women in substance abuse treatment.
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The DASIS Report: Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by the Criminal Justice System, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This report examines substance abuse treatment admissions referred by the criminal justice system and compares their characteristics with all other admissions.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This fact sheet provides data on admissions to treatment involving the abuse of narcotic painkillers.
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The DAWN Report: Club Drugs, 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This fact sheet focuses on emergency department visits related to GHB, Ketamine, LSD, and MDMA (commonly known as Ecstasy).
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The DAWN Report: Demographic Characteristics of Benzodiazepine-involved ED Visits, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This report focuses on demographic characteristics of drug abuse-related ED visits that involved the psychotherapeutic sedative, benzodiazepine.
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The DAWN Report: Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Polydrug Use, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2004. This report focuses on drug abuse-related emergency department visits involving two frequently reported opioid pain relievers� oxycodone and hydrocodone.
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Evaluation of Saliva/Oral Fluid as an Alternate Drug Testing Specimen, NIJ-Sponsored, A. Fatah, D. Crouch, J. Baudys, and J. Day, February 2005. This report presents findings from a study to determine whether saliva/oral fluid is a suitable specimen for drug testing in the criminal justice system.
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Fact Sheet on Environmental Assessment for the Methamphetamine Initiative, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, July 2004. This fact sheet provides an overview of the Environmental Assessment, which evaluated the environmental impacts related to activities funded under the Methamphetamine Initiative and identified a variety of possible risks to the human environment as a result of the illicit production of methamphetamine.
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Gambling and Crime Among Arrestees: Exploring the Link, National Institute of Justice, July 2004. Using the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program as a survey vehicle, researchers found significantly more problem gambling among arrestees than in the general population.
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How Much Do Manhattan-Arrestees Spend on Drugs, National Institute of Justice, July 2004. This paper describes a procedure for estimating arrestees� drug expenses.
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Ketamine Intelligence Bulletin, National Drug Intelligence Center, July 2004. This bulletin discusses the trafficking and abuse of ketamine hydrochloride. It presents background information, smuggling from Mexico, abuse, effects, and its use in drug-facilitated sexual assault.
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Profile of Jail Inmates, 2002, Bureau of Justice Statistics, D. James, July 2004. The report describes the characteristics of jail inmates in 2002, including offenses, criminal histories, drug and alcohol use and treatment, and family background.
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Antihistamines and Driving-Related Behavior: A Review of the Evidence for Impairment, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, C. Wilkinson and H. Moskowitz, June 2004. This report provides the findings of a review of the scientific literature concerning the effects of antihistamines on driving-related skills.
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A Collection of Articles That Address Research on Cocaine, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2004. Included in this document are selections of cocaine-related articles reprinted from the research newsletter, NIDA Notes.
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The DAWN Report: Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Emergency Department Visits, 1995-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2004. This fact sheet uses emergency department data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network to provide some insights into the eastward diffusion of methamphetamine abuse between 1995 and 2002.
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Detection and Prevalence of Substance Use Among Juvenile Detainees, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, K. Abram, G. McClelland, and L. Teplin. June 2004. This bulletin assesses substance use detection methods (self-report and urinalysis) and prevalence among high-risk youth detained in Cook County, Illinois.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) Special Report: Narcotics Analgesics, 2001-2003, Drug Enforcement Administration, June 2004. Narcotic analgesics, derived from natural or synthetic opiates, are a category of pain medications that has emerged as a major drug problem in the United States. This special report presents findings on narcotic analgesics reported to NFLIS between 2001 and 2003.
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The NSDUH Report: Adults with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness & a Substance Use Disorder, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2004. This fact sheet provides data on the prevalence and treatment rates of co-occurring serious mental illness and substance abuse.
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The NSDUH Report: Seasonality of Youth's First Time Use of Marijuana, Cigarettes, or Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2004. This report focuses on respondents who recently initiated the use of marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes at an age that was younger than 18.
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The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Persons Needing But Not Receiving Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2004. This report provides an overview of data related to treatment needs in the States.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use Among Youth Who Had Run Away From Home, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2004. This fact sheet compares the prevalence of alcohol, marijuana and other illicit drug use among youth who had run away from home and those who had not.
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Serious Mental Illness and Its Co-Occurrence with Substance Use Disorders, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, C. Murtha, J. Epstein, M. Vorburger, and P. Barker. June 2004. This report presents national estimates of the prevalence and treatment of mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders among adults aged 18 or older.
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Community Drug Alert Bulletin: Club Drugs, National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2004. Describes drugs often used at "raves" and other party events. Explains how and why the drugs are used, lists adverse effects and hazards, including criminal behavior.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Phencyclidine (PCP) Admissions: 2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2004. This report examines primary PCP admissions and compares their characteristics with those of all other admissions reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set in 2001.
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The DAWN Report: Major Drugs of Abuse in ED Visits, 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2004. This report examines geographic variation in emergency department (ED) visits related to cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine.
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Model State Drug Court Legislation: Model Drug Offender Accountability and Treatment Act, National Drug Court Institute, May 2004. This publication functions as a model for policy-makers, state legislators, and drug court professionals who wish to enact or enhance statewide drug court legislation.
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The NSDUH Report: Marital Status and Substance Use Among Women, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2004. This fact sheet provides information on substance abuse among married women aged 21 to 49.
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The NSDUH Report: Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, May 2004. This report focuses on the nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers.
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Painting the Current Picture: A National Report Card on Drug Courts and Other Problem Solving Court Programs in the United States, Vol. I, No. 1, National Drug Court Institute, May 2004. This report represents, for the first time, data, results, and outcomes compiled from numerous sources providing the current state of drug court research as well as results from the National Survey on Problem Solving Courts.
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Prescription Fraud, Office of Community Oriented Police Services, J. Wartell and N. La Vigne, May 2004. This guide describes the problem of prescription fraud and reviews responses to the problem.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- United States, 2003, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 2004. This report summarizes results from a 2003 national school-based survey and trends during 1991�2003 in selected risk behaviors.
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Characteristics of Arrestees at Risk for Co-Existing Substance Abuse and Mental Disorder, National Institute of Justice, April 2004. This study was conducted as a supplemental study to the Cleveland/Cuyahoga County ADAM (Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring) program in order to determine the characteristics of adult arrestees with mental health and/or substance disorders.
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The DASIS Report: Admissions for Co-Occurring Disorders, 1995 and 2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This report compares admissions with co-occurring disorders with all other admissions and examines trends in admissions with co-occurring disorders reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set.
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The DASIS Report: Employed Admissions, 2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This report compares admissions who were employed at the time of entry into treatment with admissions who were unemployed at that time.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions for Primary Alcohol Abuse Among Youth Aged 18-20; 2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This fact sheet provides data on youth admitted to treatment for alcohol abuse.
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The DAWN Report: Benzodiazepines in Drug Abuse-Related ED Visits, 1995-2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This report provides data on emergency department visits related to benzodiazepines, which are psychotherapeutic sedatives used to treat anxiety, insomnia, and seizures.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Buffalo, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 8 hospitals in the Buffalo metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Miami, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 14 hospitals in the Miami metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: New Orleans, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 12 hospitals in the New Orleans metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Phoenix, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 14 hospitals in the Phoenix metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: San Diego, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 16 hospitals in the San Diego metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Seattle, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 15 hospitals in the Seattle metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Methadone-Involved Deaths in 8 Metropolitan Areas, 1997-2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This report focuses on deaths involving methadone in 8 metropolitan areas: Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.
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Drug Abuse & Mental Illness Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2004. This brochure answers the common questions asked about drug abuse and mental illness. Also included is a list of disorders with increased risk of drug abuse.
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Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2004. This brochure answers the common questions asked about drug-facilitated sexual assault. It includes a description of drug-facilitated sexual assault, its prevalence, a description of the drugs used, and how they are obtained.
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Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, B. Logan and J. Couper, April 2004. This collection of fact sheets represent the conclusions of a panel of international experts on drug-impaired driving and include the state of current scientific knowledge in the area of drugs and human performance for 16 drugs.
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Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies With 100 or More Officers, Bureau of Justice Statistics, April 2004. This report presents agency-specific data collected from more than 755 local agencies and 49 state agencies that employed 100 or more sworn officers.
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New Jersey Drug Threat Assessment 2004 Update, National Drug Intelligence Center, April 2004. This report is a brief update to the New Jersey Drug Threat Assessment, which is a strategic assessment of the status and outlook of the drug threat to New Jersey.
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Non-Medical Marijuana III: Rite Of Passage Or Russian Roulette?, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, June 2008. This report provides information on marijuana use and its consequences.
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The NSDUH Report: Graduated Driver Licensing and Drinking Among Young Drivers, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2004. This report examines the associations among binge drinking, heavy drinking, and DUI for drivers aged 15 to 17 by the restrictiveness of State GDL laws.
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Anabolic Steroids - Hidden Dangers, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This report provides information on the dangers of steroid abuse, how steroids are diverted for illegal use, and how to find help for a friend who is abusing steroids.
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A Dangerous and Illegal Way To Seek Athletic Dominance and Better Appearance, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This report provides information about the dangers of steroid abuse, laws and penalties related to steroid abuse, and how to help someone abusing steroids.
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The DASIS Report: Admissions for Detoxification, 2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This fact sheet focuses on differences between admissions for detoxification and admissions for all other types of substance abuse services.
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The DASIS Report: Discharges from Hospital Inpatient Treatment, 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This report presents data on treatment episodes that represent clients who received hospital inpatient treatment.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Atlanta, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 14 hospitals in the Atlanta metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Baltimore, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 20 hospitals in the Baltimore metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Denver, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 9 hospitals in the Denver metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Detroit, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 16 hospitals in the Detroit metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Minneapolis�St. Paul, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 12 hospitals in the Minneapolis�St. Paul metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: New York City, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 30 hospitals in the New York City metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Newark, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 16 hospitals in the Newark metropolitan area for 2002.
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The NSDUH Report: How Youth Obtain Marijuana , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This report focuses on how youths aged 12 to 17 obtained marijuana the last time they used it, from whom they obtained it, and where they were when they obtained it.
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The NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use Among Youths: 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This report focuses on past year inhalant use, but also presents information on the lifetime use of specific inhalants.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, Volume III, Number 2 (March/April 2004), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2004. OJJDP�s bimonthly newsletter presents notices of agency activities, recent publications, funding opportunities, and upcoming events. This issue includes a special feature on OJJDP�s efforts to combat youth substance abuse.
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Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization and Substance Use Among Adults, 2000 and 2001, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, March 2004. This report presents estimates of the prevalence of mental health treatment among adults and describes the types of treatment received and the characteristics of persons receiving treatment.
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Qualitative Study of Ecstasy Sellers in the San Francisco Bay Area, NIJ-Sponsored, S. Murphy, P. Sales, M. Duterte, and C. Jacinto. March 2005. This report provides the findings from a study on the San Francisco Bay Area's Ecstasy drug market.
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Steroid Abuse By Law Enforcement Personnel, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This guide helps police officers understand why anabolic steroids are being abused, and how they can educate law enforcement personnel and others about the dangers of these drugs.
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Steroid Abuse By School Age Children, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This guide helps parents and educators understand why steroids are being misused, and how they can provide counseling and implement procedures to educate youth about the dangers of these drugs.
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Steroid Abuse in Today's Society, Drug Enforcement Administration, March 2004. This guide will help you understand why steroids are being abused, and how you can educate athletes and others about the dangers of these drugs.
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Youth Gangs in Indian Country, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2004. This bulletin presents data regarding the presence and effect of youth gang activity in Indian Country and provides an overview of programmatic responses to the problem.
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Bi-Annual Seizure Report 2003/2, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, February 2004. This report contains data on significant drug seizure cases which have been reported by Governments to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) between July 1 and December 31, 2003.
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The DASIS Report: Discharges from Long-term Residential Treatment, 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2004. This report examines discharge data in the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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The DASIS Report: Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by Schools, 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2004. This report examines admissions aged 18 or younger referred by schools, and compares them with admissions aged 18 or younger referred by other sources.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Los Angeles, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 29 hospitals in the Los Angeles metropolitan area for 2002.
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Juvenile Suicide in Confinement A National Survey, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, L. Hayes, February 2004. This report provides information on the scope and distribution of suicides by youth confined in juvenile facilities and includes information on substance abuse as a risk factor.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence Among Youth Who Have Been in a Jail or a Detention Center, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2004. This report focuses on the substance use, abuse, and dependence rates among youths aged 12 to 17 that have ever been in jail or in a detention center.
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Patterns of Club Drug Use in the U.S., 2004, The Gulf Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center, J. Maxwell, February 2004. This report provides information on the trends in ecstasy, GHB, ketamine, LSD, methamphetamine, and Rohypnol use.
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The DASIS Report: Discharges from Short-term Residential Treatment, 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This fact sheet examines discharge data in the Treatment Episode Data Set.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Philadelphia, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 26 hospitals in the Philadelphia metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: St. Louis, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 18 hospitals in the St. Louis metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights from DAWN: Washington, DC, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 15 hospitals in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Trends in PCP-Related Emergency Department Visits, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This fact sheet examines trends in PCP-related visits to hospital emergency departments nationally and in 21 metropolitan areas.
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Mortality Data From the Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This publication presents information on deaths related to drug abuse based on data collected through the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) for calendar year 2002.
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The NSDUH Report: Availability of Illicit Drugs Among Youths , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This fact sheet focuses on how easy or difficult it would be for youth aged 12 to 17 to obtain illegal drugs if they wanted some and whether or not they had been approached in the past month by someone selling drugs.
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The NSDUH Report: Marijuana Use and Delinquent Behaviors Among Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This fact sheet provides data on problem behaviors among marijuana using youth aged 12 to 17.
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The NSDUH Report: Pregnancy and Substance Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This report examines illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use among pregnant and nonpregnant women aged 15 to 44.
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The NSDUH Report: Religious Beliefs and Substance Use Among Youths, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2004. This fact sheet provides data on religiosity as a protective factor for substance use among youths.
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Drug-Related Mortality Among Newly-Released Offenders, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, 2003. This study provides estimates of the rates of mortality amongst recently released prisoners in England and Wales and provides some evidence of the risk factors associated with this group.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Weed and Seed DEFY (Drug Education for Youth), Executive Office of Weed and Seed, 2003. This report provides information on the Drug Education for Youth (DEFY) program, a comprehensive and multiphased prevention program for kids ages 9 to 12.
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Gender Differences in Outcomes from Prison-Based Residential Treatment, Bureau of Prisons, B. Pelissier, G. Gaes, S. Camp, W. Rhodes, W. Saylor, 2003. Gender differences and similarities in the effectiveness of treatment and in predictors of post-release outcomes were examined.
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Global Illicit Drug Trends, 2003, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2003. The report takes a statistical approach to assessing the status of world supply in and demand for illicit drugs.
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Investing in Drug Abuse Treatment: A Discussion Paper for Policy Makers, United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, 2003. This report examines the characteristics of drug treatment patients, treatment effectiveness, how a treatment system might be constructed, and compares drug treatment with the treatments for other chronic medical illnesses.
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Substance Misuse Treatment Needs of Minority Prisoner Groups: Women, Young Offenders, and Ethnic Minorities, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, 2003. This report summarizes a study that assessed the treatment needs of women, male young offenders, and ethnic minorities in England.
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Vietnam Country Profile, 2003, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2003. This report provides information on the drug problem in Vietnam.
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Arizona Drug Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, December 2003. This report is a strategic assessment that addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to Arizona.
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The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions for Injection of Multiple Drugs: 2000 , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2003. This fact sheet provides data on admissions that reported injecting more than one drug.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Boston, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2003. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 22 hospitals in the Boston metropolitan area for 2002.
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The DAWN Report: Highlights From DAWN: Chicago, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, December 2003. This special report presents findings based on data submitted by 27 hospitals in the Chicago metropolitan area for 2002.
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Fighting Urban Crime: The Evolution of Federal-Local Collaboration, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, M. Russell-Einhorn, December 2003. This publication examines the rise of Federal-local collaboration, the various types of collaborations such as task forces and grant-funded programs, and the advantages collaboration offers both local and Federal authorities.
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Food For Thought: Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, December 2003. This report provides a comprehensive examination of the link between substance abuse and eating disorders.
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La Comunidad Terapeutica, National Institute on Drug Abuse, December 2003. The Spanish language version of Therapeutic Communities presents background information about therapeutic community (TC) treatment programs.
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Marijuana Availability in the United States and Its Associated Territories, Library of Congress � Federal Research Division, December 2003. This report attempts to determine the annual amount of marijuana available in the U.S., the major avenues through which marijuana from foreign sources is smuggled into the U.S. and how much of the total production actually gets seized by law enforcement authorities.
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Methamphetamine Laboratory Identification and Hazards Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, December 2003. This fact sheets provides information on methamphetamine labs and the dangers associated with them.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Benzodiazepine Admissions: 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2003. This report provides an overview of primary benzodiazepine admissions and compares selected characteristics with those of other admissions reported to TEDS in 2000.
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The DASIS Report: Discharges from Outpatient Treatment, 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2003. This report examines discharge data in the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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The DASIS Report: Veterans in Substance Abuse Treatment: 1995-2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2003. This report looks at trends in veteran admissions reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) between 1995 and 2000.
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NIJ Journal, Issue No. 250, National Institute of Justice, November 2003. This issue of the NIJ Journal includes articles on drugs use and violence; drug markets; and drug enforcement task forces.
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The NSDUH Report: Reasons for Not Receiving Substance Abuse Treatment , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2003. In this report, estimates of treatment need, treatment, perceived unmet treatment need and reasons for not receiving treatment are presented separately for illicit drugs and for alcohol.
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The NSDUH Report: Substance Use Among School Dropouts , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2003. This report examines data on substance abuse among school dropouts aged 18 to 24.
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Risky Mix: Drinking, Drug Use, and Homicide, National Institute of Justice, November 2003. This article provides an overview of a study that examined the connection between alcohol and drug use and intimate partner violence, both during the incident and in the year leading up to it.
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Arkansas Drug Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, October 2003. This report is a strategic assessment that addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to Arkansas.
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Bi-Annual Seizure Report 2003/1, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, October 2003. This report contains data on significant drug seizure cases which have been reported by Governments to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) between January 1 and June 30, 2003.
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The DASIS Report: Facilities Primarily Serving Adolescents, 2002, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2003. This fact sheet provides data on the substance abuse treatment facilities that primarily serve adolescents.
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The DASIS Report: New Heroin Users Admitted to Treatment: 1992-2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2003. This report examines data on new heroin users from 1992 to 2000.
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Federal Drug Offenses: Departures from Sentencing Guidelines and Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Fiscal Years 1999-2001, General Accounting Office, October 2003. This report examines the differences in drug offense departures from sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum sentences among federal courts and the documents the USSC used to record and analyze sentences.
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The New York State Adult Drug Court Evaluation: Policies, Participants and Impacts, Bureau of Justice Assistance, A. Bader , A. Cissner, D. Farole, et al, October 2003. This study documents the policies, participant characteristics, and performance of participants in eleven of New York's oldest and largest drug courts.
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The NHSDA Report: Substance Use in the 10 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2003. This report presents comparisons of the prevalence of illicit drug use, binge alcohol use, and cigarette use among large metropolitan statistical areas.
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Northern Mariana Islands Drug Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, October 2003. This report is a strategic assessment that addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to the Northern Mariana Islands.
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OxyContin Diversion and Abuse, Drug Enforcement Administration, October 2003. This report provides an overview of OxyContin use, diversion, and efforts to combat the problem.
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Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents, National Institute on Drug Abuse, October 2003. Provides research-based information to further effective drug abuse prevention programs. <

Texas Drug Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, October 2003. This report is a strategic assessment that addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to Texas.
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The DASIS Report: Women in Treatment for Smoked Cocaine: 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2003. An overview of data related to female smoked cocaine users in treatment.
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Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 1990�1999, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, C. Puzzanchera, September 2003. This fact sheet provides data on delinquency cases waived to criminal court, including drug cases.
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Detention in Delinquency Cases, 1990-1999, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, P. Harms, September 2003. This fact sheet provides data on the number of juveniles in the detention system, including drug offenders.
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Drug Paraphernalia Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2003. This brochure provides information on drug paraphernalia, which refers to any equipment that is used to produce, conceal, and consume illicit drugs.
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Ecstasy and Amphetamines - Global Survey 2003, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, September 2003. The purpose of this survey is to review the size and nature of the amphetamine-type stimulants threat, with the view of exploring what society can do to overcome the problem.
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Foxy Fast Facts, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2003. This brochure provides information on, a synthetic drug with the chemical name 5-methoxy-N, N-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT).
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Information Bulletin: Methadone Abuse Increasing, National Drug Intelligence Center, September 2003. This Information Bulletin addresses a rise in methadone abuse and examines the methods by which abusers acquire this drug.
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Juvenile Court Placement of Adjudicated Youth, 1990-1999, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, C. Puzzanchera, September 2003. This fact sheet provides data on out-of-home placement in delinquency cases, including drug cases.
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The NSDUH Report: Drugged Driving, 2002 Update, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2003. This fact sheet provides data from a National Survey on the rates of driving under the influence of illegal drugs ("drugged driving").
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Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2003. This report presents findings of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, formerly the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.
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State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume II. Individual State Tables and Technical Appendices, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, September 2003. This report provides State level data on measures of substance use, dependence, and receipt of treatment.
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Toward a Drugs and Crime Research Agenda for the 21st Century, National Institute of Justice, September 2003. This report provides an overview of the 2001 Drugs and Crime Research Forum.
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Community Prosecution Strategies, Monograph, Bureau of Justice Assistance, C. Irons-Guynn, D. Weiland, and J. Goldkamp. August 2003. This monograph describes the emergence of community prosecution strategies that target problems such as drug crimes.
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The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2000, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2003. This fact sheet provides data on the number of persons admitted to substance abuse treatment facilities that were homeless at the time of admission.
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The DASIS Report: Services Provided by Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2003. This short report provides information on the distribution of these services across substance abuse treatment facilities by such characteristics as the availability of special treatment programs or groups, facility size, and ownership.
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The DAWN Report: Marijuana-Related Emergency Department Visits by Youth, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2003. This report provides data on marijuana, the most frequently reported drug in emergency department visits by youth.
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Guam Drug Threat Assessment, National Drug Intelligence Center, August 2003. This report is a strategic assessment that addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to Guam.
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Heroin in the Northeast: A Regional Report, National Drug Intelligence Center, August 2003. This strategic assessment addresses the heroin situation in the Northeast region and contains findings derived through detailed analysis of the most recently available reporting from law enforcement, intelligence, and public health agencies.
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Maine Drug Threat Assessment Update, 2003, National Drug Intelligence Center, August 2003. This report is a brief update to the Maine Drug Threat Assessment, which is a strategic assessment of the status and outlook of the drug threat to Maine.
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The NHSDA Report: Comparison of Substance Use in Australia and the United States, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2003. This fact sheet provides information on drug use in the U.S. and Australia.
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The NHSDA Report: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Youth Hallucinogen Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, August 2003. This fact sheet provides data on the use of hallucinogens including LSD, PCP, Ecstasy, peyote, mescaline, and mushrooms.