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The mission of the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP) is to fund substance abuse policy research that can help reduce the harm caused by the use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs in the United States. More info...

SAPRP is authorized through 2009. No further rounds of funding are planned.

Public Health Law Research Call for Proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched a new program called Public Health Law Research (PHLR). The deadline for submitting brief proposals is May 19, 2009, at 3:00 PM Eastern.

Visit NIAAA's APIS Website
The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS) is an electronic resource that provides authoritative, detailed, and comparable information on alcohol-related policies in the United States, at both State and Federal levels. Designed primarily as a tool for researchers, APIS is intended to encourage and facilitate research on the effects and effectiveness of alcohol-related policies. January 1, 2007 update covers all 36 of the APIS "Policy Topics."

Visit RWJF's ImpacTeen Website
ImpacTeen offers several databases available for research purposes. Currently there are databases for drug state-level data and tobacco state-level data. The ImpacTeen Alcohol Legislative Data are incorporated into the NIAAA AIPS database (described ablove).

The SAPRP Knowledge Asset feature of our website to provides the latest research and the policy implications of that research on alcohol, tobacco and drug use in a concise and usable format. Click here to view Knowledge Assets.

Current Assets:

Alcohol Retail Policy

American Indian and Alaska Native Alcohol Policies

Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Addiction

Cigarette Taxes & Pricing

Clean Indoor Air

Cost Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings

Drug Testing of Adolescents in Schools

Drug Treatment for Drug-Abusing Criminal Offenders: Insights from California's Proposition 36 and Arizona's Proposition 200

DUI Policy

Increasing the Use of Smoking Cessation Treatments

Internet Cigarette Sales
Minimum Legal Drinking Age Policy

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Substance Abuse Treatment

Substance Abuse & Welfare Reform

Substance Abuse Treatment Benefits and Costs

Syringe Access Interventions

Treating Opioid Addiction in an Office-Based Practice

Addiction Policy
Research Update
Quarterly Newsletter
- Winter 2009 edition
- View all past issues of Addiction Policy Research Update.

Funded Project Reports
View reports on a selection of SAPRP Projects. New Reports are added on a regular basis.

New RWJF Report on Model Policies for Juvenile Justice and Substance Abuse Treatment Read More

News Releases

- 04/16/09 Press Release - ENFORCING BANS ON CIGARETTE SALES TO KIDS REDUCES YOUTH SMOKING
First-ever nationwide study finds that taxes and a national law prohibiting sale of tobacco to minors lower rates of teen smoking View Press Release

- 04/07/09 Press Release - UNDERAGE DRINKING LAWS REDUCE FATAL ACCIDENTS, SAVING 732 LIVES PER YEAR 165 More Could Be Saved if All States Adopted Use & Lose Laws View Press Release

- 03/31/09 Press Release - HOUSING FOR HOMELESS ALCOHOLICS CAN REDUCE COSTS TO TAXPAYERS JAMA study finds drinking goes down even if residents are allowed to drink View Press Release

- 03/02/09 Press Release - ADOLESCENTS ARE UNDERTREATED FOR ADDICTION: New Study Finds Publicly Funded Programs Offer Few High-Quality Programs for Teens View Press Release

- 02/23/09 Press Release - KIDS WHO WATCH R-RATED MOVIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO SMOKE View Press Release

- 12/30/08 Press Release - SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDS MILLIONS TO MEDICAID’S TOTAL HEALTH CARE COSTS View Press Release

- 11/13/08 Press Release - RAISING ALCOHOL TAXES REDUCES DEATHS: New Study Shows Higher Taxes Reduced Alcohol-Related Disease Mortality View Press Release

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