Simple Gifts

So what are we missing in drug-use prevention?

There is a vexing problem in prevention mental, emotional and behavioral disorders in the United States, which includes drug use in our youth and teens.  The vexation goes like this:

1.      Marijuana and psychotropic drug abuse has been going up among kids in America.  That’s not a good thing, unless you are part of the supply chain of drugs.

2.      Our current policy models of predicting marijuana or psychotropic drug abuse ...

In March of 2009, the Institute of Medicine issued a new report on the Prevention of Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People.¹ Fundamentally, the report calls for ending the ration of prevention of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders among America’s youth and young adults. Continued rationing of access to scientifically proven prevention causes a serious threat to the country’s national security² and to our economic competitiveness compared to 22 other rich countries.³ Such ...

Almost everyone involved in prevention, and many others in the country, has heard about or knows the alarming news. Alcohol and drug use (marijuana, Ecstasy) are up in multiple surveys: the Pride Survey, Monitoring the Future, from the Partnership for A Drug Free America.  This means delinquency and criminal behavior will increase, too, among youth and young adults. This means more already hard-pressed states, communities, businesses and families will have to “shovel up” for the astounding short and long-term costs ...

PREVENTION FOR EVERYONE:
A Strategy for Deficit Reduction & Health Care Cost Containment 

The prevention of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders is possible, and such prevention is also highly cost-efficient for economic, health, safety and free-enterprise conditions of America. The recent Institute of Medicine Report (March, 2009)on the Prevention of Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (MEB) presents a compelling summary of the evidence for how many of America’s human ills can be easily and cost-effectively prevented.1 We can ...