Winter 2013, Volume 21, Number 1
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The young Californians served by the Monterey County Health Department's Hope for Youth/Esperanza para los Jóvenes face incredible challenges. Primarily Latino, they live in neighborhoods plagued by gangs, violence, criminal behavior, and easy access to alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, and other drugs.
Young people who enter the juvenile justice system often have multiple problems. According to a study by the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, most youth in the juvenile justice system also have a substance use disorder, mental disorder, or both.
The number of people ages 18 to 25 who used prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes in the past month declined from 2.0 million in 2010 to 1.7 million in 2011 (14.3 percent decrease), according to SAMHSA's 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Read more.
In 2003, a high school principal in rural Hunterdon County, NJ, learned that his junior high school-aged son was given alcohol at a party. Read more.
Alcoholism and addiction are among the most severe public health problems facing American Indian and Alaska Native people. Read more.
Preventing and treating mental and substance use disorders require more than clinical skills. Read more.
SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., welcomed former SAMHSA Administrators, current staff members, and behavioral health stakeholders on October 4th, 2012, for SAMHSA: A Celebration of 20 Years.
Since 2001, more than 2.2 million U.S. veterans have served in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom).
SAMHSA's Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series (DBHIS) contains themed installments of resources and toolkits in disaster behavioral health.
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