Illegal Drugs
Illegal Drugs | The Youth Drug Problem Is Greater than Reported
In 1995, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) launched an annual survey on public attitudes toward illegal drugs and substance abuse (see our “National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse,” July 1995). This study yielded unique insights into our national crisis of substance abuse. Far and away the most interesting and important results came from a modest subsample of teenagers, 12–17, included in that original survey essentially as an afterthought.
In 1996, we continued our investigation into those factors which...
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- Introduction
- Is There a Drug Abuse Crisis?
- Should Drug Testing Be Allowed?
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Are Antidrug Programs Effective?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The D.A.R.E. Program Is Effective
- Prison Drug Treatment Programs Are Effective
- Cocaine Treatment Programs Are Effective
- Methadone Is an Effective Treatment for Heroin Addiction
- The D.A.R.E. Program Has Been Ineffective
- Drug Treatment Programs Are Often Ineffective
- Classroom Drug Education Has Been a Failure
- Should Illegal Drugs Be Legalized?
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