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Strategies for Prevention

JAMA. 1991;265(16):2102-2107.

Abstract
Efforts to curtail abuse of alcohol and other drugs concentrate on activities designed for supply-and-demand reduction. Many law enforcement and health officials agree that the reduction in supply of drugs cannot succeed as long as the demand for drugs for purposes of abuse occurs in a significant segment of society. Critical to reducing this demand is prevention. Only through an understanding of the correlates and risk factors associated with the use of alcohol and other drugs, along with the identification and implementation of sound strategies, can change occur. Although research has uncovered a considerable body of knowledge about the interplay of personal behavior, risk factors, and health in the prevention of substance abuse, many questions remain unanswered. Until those answers are known, efforts that have proven most effective need to be more widely emphasized.

(JAMA. 1991;265:2102-2107)

Author Affiliations
From the Board of Trustees, American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill.

Footnotes
This report is in response to Resolutions 63(A-88), 67(A-88), 81(A-88), 172(A-88), and 212(A-88), which called on the American Medical Association to review and develop policies on a cadre of issues surrounding the national drug crisis—including health and health care costs; legislation; manufacture and distribution; interdiction legislation; and education, prevention, and treatment for physicians and the public. The third in a series, the report of the Board of Trustees was adopted by the House of Delegates in June 1989.

This report is not intended to be construed or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are determined on the basis of all the facts and circumstances involved in an individual case and are subject to change as scientific knowledge and technology advance and patterns of practice evolve. This report reflects the views of scientific literature as of January 1991.

Reprint requests to Group on Science and Technology, American Medical Association, 515 N State St, Chicago, IL 60610 (William R. Hendee, PhD).

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