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Addiction Rehab Events for first 3 quarters of 2017

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National Association for Court Management (NACM) 2017 Midyear Conference When: February 5-7, 2017 Where: Portland, Oregon More details: https://nacmnet.org/conferences/index.html

NIDA News

Prevention Program Reduces Substance Use By Participants’ Friends
Thursday, December 22, 2016, 8:45 pm
The Strengthening Families Program for Youth 10-14 (SFP10-14), an evidence-based intervention that reduces teen substance use, also reduced participants’ friends’ substance use.

Life Skills Training Shields Teens From Prescription Opioid Misuse
Tuesday, December 01, 2015, 8:26 pm
Communities that implemented Life Skills Training in a trial more than recouped its cost in reduced health, social, and other expenditures related to teen prescription opioid misuse.

Teen Foster Care Program Reduces Drug Use in Early Adulthood
Thursday, September 17, 2015, 4:06 pm
New findings from a follow-up to a NIDA-supported trial indicate that the benefits of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care extend to a reduction in illegal drug use in young adulthood.

Intervention Yields Sustained Health Benefits for American Indian Teen Mothers and Their Children
Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 8:15 pm
Family Spirit, a program that teaches parenting skills to American Indian teen mothers, improved participants’ children’s emotional and behavioral development throughout their first 36 months of life.

Communities That Care System Helps Prevent Problem Behaviors in Youth Through 12th Grade
Monday, December 29, 2014, 8:08 pm
Extending the prevention interventions to target risk factors through the high school years could strengthen effects on substance use and delinquent behaviors on the cusp of adulthood.

Expanded HIV Screening Projected To Decrease Spread of the Virus
Wednesday, April 02, 2014, 3:48 pm
Intensified screening for HIV among injection drug users receiving opioid agonist therapy could prevent more than twice as many new infections as current screening practice.

Intervention Strengthens American Indian Teen Mothers’ Parenting
Monday, March 17, 2014, 3:02 pm
Teen mothers on three American Indian reservations improved on several measures of parenting after participating in Family Spirit, a home-visiting intervention developed with NIDA support.

Women Benefit From Policies To Prevent Teens From Buying Tobacco
Thursday, October 31, 2013, 7:07 pm