Substance Abuse
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Key Resources
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National Recovery Month: Prevention Works, Treatment is Effective, People Recover Toolkit, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (2011)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, recently released the National Recovery Month: Prevention Works, Treatment is Effective, People Recover Toolkit. As a key conduit for several of SAMHSA's Strategic Initiatives, Recovery Month increases the understanding of substance use and mental disorders to achieve the full potential of prevention and treatment support services. It also helps people recognize and seek assistance for these health conditions with the same urgency as any other condition and aims to reduce barriers to recovery.
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Understanding Health Reform, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and Signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. This resource explains how the comprehensive health care reform will affect you, your family, and friends.
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Webinar: The Essential Elements of Reentry: Primary Care and the Transitions Clinic Approach, National Reentry Resource Center (2010)
On October, 25, 2010, the National Reentry Resource Center, with the support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, hosted a webinar about implementation of the Transitions Clinic Model which is used in San Francisco to reintegrate recently released individuals that suffer from chronic illnesses back into the community.
To watch the webinar, please click here. To download the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, please click here.
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Topics in Brief: Treating Offenders with Drug Problems: Integrating Public Health and Public Safety, National Institute on Drug Abuse (2009)
This fact sheet summarizes the treatment principles and research findings that have particular relevance to the criminal justice community and to treatment professionals working with drug abusing offenders. -
Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety, Justice Policy Institute (2008)
This research brief summarizes findings on what is known about substance abuse treatment as it relates to public safety and the use of incarceration and also provides a comparison of state data on drug treatment admissions to incarceration rates. -
To Treat or Not to Treat: Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders, Urban Institute (April 2008)
The primary goal of this research is to determine the size of the drug-involved offender population that could be served effectively and efficiently by partnerships between courts and treatment. -
Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations: A Research-Based Guide, National Institute on Drug Abuse (2006)
This booklet — a complement to NIDA's Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide — is intended to describe the treatment principles and research findings that have particular relevance to the criminal justice community and to treatment professionals working with drug abusing offenders.
Web Resources
Substance Abuse News Clips
- Christopher J. Mumola, Substance Abuse and Treatment, State and Federal Prisoners, 1997, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC: 1999), NCJ 172871. Doris James Wilson, Drug Use, Testing, and Treatment in Jails, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC: 2000), NCJ 179999.
- Christopher J. Mumola, Substance Abuse and Treatment, State and Federal Prisoners, 1997, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC: 1999), NCJ 172871. C. W. Harlow, Profile of Jail Inmates, 1996, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC: 1998), NCJ 164620.