Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
Indian Health Service
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
National Drug Control Strategy
National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
National Institute of Mental Health
National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Synar Amendment
access to recovery
alcohol public policy
concepts
decriminalization
demand reduction
discrimination against addicted and recovering individuals
drug testing
drugs public policy
economic costs of alcohol and drug abuse
insurance parity
join together
legal action center
legalization of drugs
medical marijuana
moderation approaches to alcohol problems
needle exchange programs
prevention public policy
public health harm reduction
public policy
There is the story that when asked about the making of American foreign policy, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger reportedly responded, “We don't really make policy, instead we make a series of decisions that eventually become the policy.” This anecdote illustrates the difficulties in understanding what policies are, when they emerge, or why. The most important things governments do is make policy. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Public Policy Development]
public policy development
pulse check
single state authorities
state provider associations
substance abuse treatment
supply reduction
tobacco master settlement agreement
treatment public policy
war on drugs