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Goodwin, Gretta L. – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for managing the care and custody of approximately 175,000 federal inmates--an estimated 20 percent of whom have been diagnosed with a substance use disorder. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review BOP's efforts to provide drug treatment to federal inmates. This report (1)…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Substance Abuse
Nowliss, Helen H. – 1977
The Drug Education Program is funded by Education Personnel Development funds from the Office of Education. Its goals are: (1) reinforcing non-use of drugs; (2) discouraging experimentation; and (3) preventing or intervening in destructive uses of all substances. Its philosophy emphasizes both use and non-use of substances as behavior, and looks…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Skills, Community Problems, Counseling
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This publication contains the proceedings of the Senate Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse hearings in April 1981, which reviewed and evaluated current alcohol and drug education programs and the role of its government. Statements by government staff as well as nationwide directors of alcohol and drug education programs are provided along…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Programs, Drug Education, Federal Legislation