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Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2008
This report presents the 2008 National Drug Control Strategy of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. The overarching goal of the President's Strategy is to reduce drug use in America through a balanced approach that focuses on stopping use before it starts, healing America's drug users, and disrupting the market for illegal…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Drug Use, Prevention, Drug Education
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Cho, Hyunsan; Hallfors, Denise Dion; Iritani, Bonita J.; Hartman, Shane – Evaluation Review, 2009
This study examines prevention practices and perceptions in U.S. schools since passage of federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, using survey data from state education agencies (SEA) and a population-based sample of school districts. Only one third of U.S. public school districts rely on evidence-based prevention curriculum in middle…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Federal Legislation, Prevention, Drug Use Testing
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Bouffard, Jeffrey A.; Bergeron, Lindsey E. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2006
Spurred by large increases in prison populations and other recent sentencing and correctional trends, the federal government has supported the development and implementation of Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiatives (SVORI) nationwide. While existing research demonstrates the effectiveness of the separate components of these programs…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Outcomes of Treatment, Drug Use, Program Effectiveness