School-based drug prevention : what kind of drug use does it prevent? /

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School-based drug prevention, popular with the public and politicians alike, is now a nearly universal experience for American youth. Analysis has shown that the best programs can reduce use of a wide range of substances. But questions remain regarding how to think about and, hence, fund, these prog...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
Other Authors: Caulkins, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Paul), 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2002.
Subjects:
Students > Drug use > United States.
Youth > Drug use > United States.
Drug abuse > United States > Prevention.
Toxicomanie > États-Unis > Prévention.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Addiction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
Drug abuse > Prevention
Students > Drug use
Youth > Drug use
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Social benefit and cost results
  • Lifetime drug consumption without prevention
  • School-based prevention's effectiveness at the end of the program
  • School-based prevention's effectiveness at reducing lifetime drug use
  • Adjustments to prevention's effectiveness
  • Social costs of drug consumption
  • Appendix A. Low, medium and high estimates for the ten factors in the prevention model
  • Appendix B. Recoding consumption values from the national household survey on drug abuse
  • Appendix C. Program descriptions
  • Appendix D. Aggregating program effectiveness data
  • Appendix E. Program effectives decay
  • Appendix F. Effects on lifetime consumption.

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