Substance Use

RESEARCH BRIEF

Using Marijauna May Not Raise the Risk Of Using Harder Drugs — Jan 1, 2002

A recent analysis by RAND's Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC) suggests that data typically used to support a marijuana gateway effect can be explained as well by a different theory.

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Does Early Smoking Signal Later Problems? — Jan 1, 2002

Whereas earlier studies focused on older adolescents, we have examined the trajectory of smoking from the middle school years to the end of high school and have assessed the association between early smoking and other concurrent high-risk behaviors as well as later behaviors.

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• Children and Families Research Area

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Temporal Relationship Between Emotional Distress and Cigarette Smoking During Adolescence and Young Adulthood — Jan 1, 2002

Empirical evidence regarding the causal nature of the relationship between emotional distress and tobacco use in male and female adolescents provides support for both the distress-to-use and the use-to-distress hypotheses.

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Prospective Risk Factors for Alcohol Misuse in Late Adolescence — Jan 1, 2002

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Phoenix Academy at Lake View Terrace, California: Clinical Manual and Program Description of an Adolescent Therapeutic Community — Jan 1, 2002

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Smoking Cessation During the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood — Jan 1, 2002

The psychosocial and behavioral determinants of smoking cessation from late adolescence to early adulthood were investigated in a sample of 711 individuals followed from 1990 (grade 12) to 1995.

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• Children and Families Research Area

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Reassessing the Marijuana Gateway Effect — Jan 1, 2002

Strong associations between marijuana use and initiation of hard drugs are cited in support of the claim that marijuana use per se increases youths' risk of initiating hard drugs (the 'marijuana gateway' effect). This report examines whether these associations could instead be explained as the result of a common factor-drug use propensity-influencing the probability of both marijuana and other drug use.

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• Health and Health Care Research Area

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Law Enforcement's Role in a Harm Reduction Regime — Jan 1, 2002

Law enforcement can play a valuable role within a harm reduction paradigm, but this possibility is often overlooked.

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• Public Safety Research Area

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Branding Behavior: The Strategy Behind the Truth Campaign — Jan 1, 2002

Future research will investigate the relationships among brand equity, relevant intervening variables, and smoking behavior.

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• Health and Health Care Research Area

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A Search for Guidance: Examining Prenatal Substance Exposure Protocols — Jan 1, 2002

Only half of coded protocols included an implementation date; 37% lacked any goal or statement of purpose.

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• Children and Families Research Area

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Predictors of Late-Onset Smoking and Cessation Over 10 Years — Jan 1, 2002

The author try to identify predictors of smoking onset and cessation between early (age 13 years) and late adolescence (age 18 years) and between late adolescence (age 18 years) and young adulthood (age 23 years).

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Smoking Patterns of Household Members and Visitors in Homes with Children in the United States — Jan 1, 2002

Many children live in homes with ETS. Most respondents who smoke report that smoking occurs in the home every day. Visitors are an additional source of ETS in homes, including some homes where residents do not smoke. Clinicians who take care of children can advise parents, whether or not they smoke, on how to limit their children's ETS exposure.

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• Children and Families Research Area

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The Fiscal Consequences of Trends in Population Health — Jun 1, 2001

This study quantified the fiscal consequences and potential risks of trends in population health for medical care costs, labor supply, earnings, wealth, tax revenues, and government expenditures. The study finds that increased obesity represents the single largest immediate financial risk.

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REPORT

Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Applications to the Starting Early, Starting Smart Program: Executive Summary — Jan 1, 2001

The authors identify the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the analysis of costs and outcomes of early intervention programs and review the prior application of these methods to several programs. The specific recommendations are framed as a set of more general guidelines for decisionmakers to make choices about early childhood intervention programs.

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• Children and Families Research Area

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Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: Report with Background Papers and Focus Group Summary — Jan 1, 2001

This report contains all the outputs of a project undertaken to review the structure and performance of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) and to assess options for strengthening it.

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• Health and Health Care Research Area

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Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Applications to the Starting Early, Starting Smart Program — Jan 1, 2001

The authors identify the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the analysis of costs and outcomes of early intervention programs and review the prior application of these methods to several programs. The specific recommendations are framed as a set of more general guidelines for decisionmakers to make choices about early childhood intervention programs.

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• Children and Families Research Area

REPORT

Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act — Jan 1, 2001

This report synthesizes the findings of a review of the structure and performance of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) and assesses options for reforming it.

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REPORT

Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Scientific Considerations and Policy Implications — Jan 1, 2001

This report presents an overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of cocaine on the developing brain and offers policy considerations for addressing the issues that arise from cocaine use by pregnant women.

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• Children and Families Research Area

REPORT

Directions for Cost and Outcome Analysis of Starting Early Starting Smart: Summary of a Cost Expert Meeting — Jan 1, 2001

In August 2000, RAND convened a meeting of national experts to discuss issues surrounding cost-benefit and related analyses of Starting Early Starting Smart (SESS).

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• Children and Families Research Area

RESEARCH BRIEF

Stopping Violence Before It Starts: Identifying Early Predictors of Adolescent Violence — Jan 1, 2001

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