Future of Prevention Funding Lies in Broad, Public-Health Approach
Fueled in part by national healthcare reform, a quiet revolution is taking place in how the federal government conceives of prevention and funds preventive services, and the upshot could mean more money for programs that take a public-health approach to addiction and mental health problems and less for standalone programs that focus solely on alcohol and other drugs.
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AP IMPACT: US drug war has met none of its goals
MEXICO CITY – After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what?
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Administration unveils new drug strategy
WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) — A new strategy to reduce drug use uses a balance of prevention, treatment, enforcement and international cooperation, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
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