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Substance Abuse
Substance abuse has a range of definitions related to disaproval over use or overuse of mood altering substances. These fall into four main categories: Substance abuse may lead to addiction or substance dependence. Medicaly, dependence requires the development of tolerance leading to withdrawal symptoms. Inpatient Treatment is most often residential in that they require that the client live within the facility during treatment. Inpatient treatment centers and programs are a higher level of care than outpatient programs and provide more intensive services and treatment than lower levels of the care continuum.Binge Drinking:
According to a rent study conducted by Kathryn Graham, et al of the University of Western Ontario psychology department "Depression is most strongly related to a pattern of binge drinking,"
Binge Drinking is defined in the study as consuming at least 5 alcoholic beverages at one sitting.
Whether Binge Drinking resulted in the development depression or whether depression contributed to a persons binge drinking was unclear in this study.
Oxycontin Addiction:
Oxycontin is a prescription painkiller used for moderate to high
pain relief associated with injuries, bursitis, dislocations, fractures, neuralgia,
arthritis, lower back pain and pain associated with cancer. It contains oxycodone,
an opium derivative and is produced in a time released tablet. Oxycontin commonly
referred to as OC, OX, Oxy, Oxycotton and kicker, was introduced in 1996 and has
had a rapid escalation of abuse. The tablets can be chewed, crushed and snorted
like cocaine, crushed and dissolved in water and then injected like heroin. The
most serious side effect is respiratory depression, particularly dangerous for
the elderly. Oxycontin
addiction and demand has resulted in pharmacy robberies and forged
prescriptions. The estimated number of people aged 12 or older with an oxycontin
addiction has increased from 1.9 million in 2002, to 3.1 million in 2004.
The largest increase occurred among young adults aged 18 to 25.
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Organizations
- Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms
Enforces Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco,
firearms, explosives and arson; site includes information about manufacturing
and taxation of alcohol and tobacco
- Bureau
of Justice Assistance
Produces guides for public and law enforcement programs aimed at reducing
and preventing crime
- Bureau
of Justice Statistics
Criminal justice data and publications
- Correctional
Service of Canada
National criminal justice agency, publications and statistics about
correctional substance abuse treatment available
- Corrections
Connection Gateway to public organizations and private companies
serving the corrections industry; offers facility and inmate locator
and special topics such as "Gangs in Prison"
- Federal
Bureau of Prisons
Government agency overseeing federal prisons; data and reports about
correctional substance abuse treatment can be found here
- Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Site links to "Most Wanted," prevention information about
drugs for children and young people, and Uniform Crime Reports
- Justice
Information Center
This clearinghouse is one of the largest repositories of criminal
and juvenile justice information in the world
- National
Criminal Justice Commission Report Card on Safety
Ranks
states in terms of public safety measures such as violence and use
of criminal justice system
- Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Resources and
publications on such topics as gangs, delinquency prevention, and
missing and exploited children
Criminal
Justice Resources
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Behind Bars: CASA Report
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
report examining the relationship between substance abuse and incarceration
- Boot
Camp Drug Treatment and Aftercare Interventions An evaluation
review from the National Institute of Justice
- Consensus
Meeting on Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System
A variety of reports examining effects of prison, family-based, and
alternative programs for offenders
- Crime
Statistics
Links
National, state, local, and international links
- Criminal
Justice Links
Comprehensive links to all aspects of criminal justice, compiled by
Dr. Cecil Greek at Florida State University
- Defining
Drug Courts
U.S. Department of Justice publication defining the ten key components
of effective drug courts
- Drugs
& Crime Facts
This Bureau of Justice Statistics site summarizes drug-related crime,
law enforcement, court, and corrections data; the data are useful
for policymakers, criminal justice experts, researchers, and the general
public
- Hate
Crimes
This Center for Substance Abuse Prevention resource guide presents
the data that are available on perpetrators and victims of hate crimes,
as well as the potential relationship to substance abuse
- HIV
in Prisons U.S. Department of Justice report
- National
Criminal Justice Reference Service This extensive collection
of documents covers the gamut, from juvenile crime statistics to drug
use to gangs
- Prison
Activist Resource Center
"The source for progressive and radical information on prisons
and the criminal prosecution system."
- Prison
Privatization Research Site
Research on private prisons at the University of Connecticut
- Sourcebook
of Criminal Justice Statistics Extensive
collection of statistics, based at The University at Albany
- State
Alcohol Laws
A searchable database covering labeling, retail sales, minimum age
laws, DUI laws, and a wide variety of other state alcohol laws; developed
by the Alcohol Epidemiology Program at the University of Minnesota
- Substance
Abuse Treatment in Adult and Juvenile Correctional Facilities
Recent report about prison treatment, conducted by the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration
- Violence:
An Overview of Its Relationship to Substance Abuse
Literature, videos, classroom materials, and organizations reviewing
this important connection; published by the Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention
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