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Delivered at the 2012 Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness (JMATE), this presentation outlines an ongoing multi-site, four-year evaluation of the Juvenile Drug Court (JDC) and Reclaiming Futures (RF) Initiative. Under the initiative, juvenile drug courts integrate the 16-element JDC model with the 6-step RF model. The Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) at the University of Arizona, Carnevale Associates, and Chestnut Health Systems are conducting the evaluation to:
- Assess operations of the JDC/RF models using established indices for performance, efficiencies, and cost effectiveness
- Improve the empirical knowledge base about juvenile courts, the JDC model, and the RF model
- Analyze the efficacy of combined JDC/RF efforts
- Conduct case studies using administrative, collaborative, and quality indices and the sixteen key elements of Juvenile Drug Courts
- Evaluate the potential for replication of the combined JDC/RF model
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Delivered at the 51st Regular Session of the Inter-American Durg Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in 2012, this presentation explores the importance and relevance of evidence-based drug policy particularly: formulation, monitoring, and evaluation. The presentation also examines how this policymaking method is more efficient than methods that do not utilize such evidence. The presentation condiders general principles of policymaking and explains how to apply those principles to a national drug policy, linking those principles to CICAD's policy framwork, which is compised of: Community, Strategy, Evaluation, and Budget.
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This 2012 presentation highlights current trends in prescription drug abuse and potential policy solutions.
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Delivered at the National Prevention Network (NPN) Conference in Atlanta, GA on September 22, 2011, this presentation created for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) under the Data Analysis Coordination and Consolidation Center (DACCC) explores ways to use prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to inform substance abuse prevention policy and decision making.
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This Policy Brief examines prescription drug takeback programs in the context of substance abuse prevention. Across America, drug takeback programs have become increasingly popular as policymakers struggle to provide individuals with a secure and convenient way to dispose of unused medications. To learn more about takeback programs, Carnevale Associates, LLC surveyed a number of programs to better understand their design, costs, and efficacy to support national efforts to reduce the size and scope of the prescription drug epidemic. Our analysis found that these programs vary substantially in cost and approach. In addition, we found no evidence that takeback programs affect prescription drug abuse. We conclude that additional research is needed before incorporating takebacks into any substance abuse prevention plan.
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