Drugs: the complete collection
 Drugs: the complete collection

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Drugs: the complete collection

All Effectiveness Bank analyses to date of documents related to use and problem use of illegal drugs starting with the analyses most recently added or updated, totalling today 815 documents.

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STUDY 1999 PDF file 175Kb
US study establishes optimal durations for drug detoxification and rehabilitation

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
A new computerised network which tracked clients across the Boston treatment system revealed cut-off points beyond which greater retention in residential or outpatient treatment was not associated with higher rates of treatment completion.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 172Kb
Arrest referral cost-effective way to cut drug-related offending

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Synthesis of research on arrest referral schemes in Brighton, Derby and Southwark estimates that such schemes would break even by preventing just four crimes per successful referral.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 184Kb
World's most evaluated education programme also effective among New York's ethnic minorities

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Tested on mainly black or Latino secondary school pupils from deprived areas, the Life Skills Training curriculum led to reduced substance use, but there are methodological and cost-effectiveness reservations.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 238Kb
Mixed results from UK pilot of US's most popular prevention programme

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
An evaluation of the police-led DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) curriculum delivered to 10–11-year-old pupils found disappointing improvements in resistance skills but greater awareness of alcohol and tobacco as drugs.

DOCUMENT 1999 PDF file 321Kb
How to show treatment works

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
The leader of the drug treatment commissioning advisory body for England gives his views on the data services need to provide in order to convince the commissioners that their treatments really do work.


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