Topic Pages: Substance abuse

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• Tools
• Funding
• Publications
• Organizations

Tools

• Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
  Locates drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs in each state as well as state substance abuse agencies.
  Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Methamphetamine Information Guide
  Information, resources and frequently asked questions to help address the problem of methamphetamine in rural areas.
  Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
• The National Alcohol Substance Abuse Information Center (NASAIC)
  Provides information about alcohol and drug abuse at no charge. Hotline Call Center is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-784-6776.
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
  Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-729-6686. Staffs both English and Spanish speaking information specialists who can recommend publications, posters, and videocassettes; conduct customized searches; provide grant and funding information; and refer people to appropriate organizations.
  Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Funding

• American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 Communities Putting Prevention to Work
  Funding to reduce risk factors, prevent/delay chronic disease, promote wellness in children and adults, and provide positive, sustainable health change in communities.
      Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
      Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 6, 2009
      Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
      Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Research Project Grant (R01)
  Funding for health services research on the prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse.
      Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
      Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
      Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
• Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Small Research Grant (R03)
  Funding for health services research on the prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse.
      Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
      Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
      Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
• SAMHSA Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants
  Funding for disseminating knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and integrating that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible.
      Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
      Application Deadline: Mar 30, 2010
      Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Publications

• 2003 National Survey on Drug Use & Health: Results
  Presents a survey which is the primary source of information on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco by the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 years old or older. The survey interviews approximately 67,500 persons each year.
  Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  Date: 2003
  Format: HTML
  
• An Analysis of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disparities & Access to Treatment Services in the Appalachian Region (Final Report)
  Presents an analysis of disparities in mental health status and substance abuse prevalence, as well as access to treatment services, in the 410 county Appalachian region comprising all or parts of 13 states.
  Author(s): Zhiwei Zhang, Alycia Infante, Michael Meit, Ned English, Michael Dunn, Kristine Harper Bowers
  Date: 08 / 2008
  Format: PDF
  
• Bringing Excellence to Substance Abuse Services in Rural and Frontier America
  Collection of papers describing ways in which rural and frontier America is addressing alcohol and other drug abuse and the problems that accompany the abuse. 1996 Award for Excellence papers from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NRIADA).
  Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  Date: 1997
  Format: HTML
  
• Combating Methamphetamine Laboratories and Abuse: Strategies for Success
  Discusses the benefits of forming partnerships with local and state agencies to help combat methamphetamine use.
  Author(s): Tom McEwen
  Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Justice
  Date: 08 / 2003
  Format: PDF
  
• Deadly Harvest
  Discusses how meth has become the most dangerous drug problem in small-town rural America.
  Author(s): Jim Patrico
  Journal citation: Progressive Farmer Date: 09 / 2003
  Format: HTML
  
• Drug Abuse in America: Rural Meth
  Provides an overview of methamphetamine abuse and production in the United States. Focuses on problems specific to rural areas.
  Author(s): Pilar Kraman
  Sponsoring organization: Council of State Governments
  Date: 03 / 2004
  Format: PDF
  
• Drug Endangered Children
  Discusses the harmful conditions methamphetamine labs pose for children exposed to them. Contains statistics and data.
  Sponsoring organization: Carnevale Associates
  Date: 10 / 2004
  Format: PDF
  
• Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax
  Fact sheet detailing expected health and economic outcomes of an increase in the cigarette tax in Mississippi.
  Author(s): R. McMillen
  Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
  Date: 01 / 2005
  Format: PDF
  
• Meth a Growing Menace in Rural America: Production and Use of Highly Addictive Drug has Exploded
  Brief article and audio file discuss the increasing problem of meth use in rural America.
  Sponsoring organization: National Public Radio
  Date: 08 / 2004
  Format: Audio
  
• Methamphetamine: Abuse and Addiction
  Provides an overview of this drug, including statistics and data. Discusses the rising use of methamphetamines in rural areas throughout the U.S.
  Sponsoring organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse
  Date: 01 / 2002
  Format: PDF
  
• National Drug Threat Assessment 2009
  Addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to the United States. Covers the trafficking and abuse patterns associated with substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, MDMA, pharmaceutical drugs.
  Sponsoring organization: National Drug Intelligence Center
  Date: 12 / 2008
  Format: PDF
  
• Rural Healthy People 2010: Substance Abuse - Trends in Rural Areas
  Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on substance abuse.
  Author(s): Linnae Hutchison, Craig Blakely
  Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 2003
  Format: HTML
  
• Rural Healthy People 2010: Substance Abuse - Trends in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
  Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on substance abuse.
  Author(s): Linnae Hutchison, Craig Blakely
  Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 2003
  Format: HTML
  
• Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge and Issues
  Monograph of papers from a technical review held on April 26-27, 1994 at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Includes an overview of substance abuse issues in rural areas. In the 2007 NACRHHS Report, one of the recommendations is that this report get updated.
  Sponsoring organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse
  Date: 1997
  Format: PDF
  
• Violence and Rural Teens: Teen Violence, Drug Use, and School-Based Prevention Services in Rural America (Executive Summary)
  Describes a study which had three main purposes: (1) to explore the prevalence of violence-related exposures and drug use among rural teens, (2) to investigate the effects of race and gender on the risk of exposure to violence and drug use, and (3) to compare the policies and mental health care services of rural and urban schools.
  Author(s): Michael D. Mink, Charity G. Moore, Andy Johnson, Janice C. Probst, Amy Martin
  Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 03 / 2005
  Format: PDF
  

Organizations

• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
  Works to build and strengthen the capacity of community coalitions to create safe, healthy and drug-free communities.
• Drug Abuse Resistance Education
  Teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs.
• National Association for Rural Mental Health
  Works to develop and enhance rural mental health and substance abuse services, and to support mental health providers in rural areas.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
  Provides education resources and materials on drugs of abuse, information & facts, curriculum guides, classroom tools, grants & funding, research, clinical trials, and meetings.
• Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
  Administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities for drug and violence prevention that promote the health and well being of students in elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  Works to improve the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
  Coordinates substance abuse research to develop, evaluate, and initiate treatment programs for substance abuse disorders.