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Evidence-based resources related to Drug And Alcohol Use (88)
- Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment in Emergency Departments
- Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders
- Treating Concurrent Substance Use Among Adults
- Substance Use Disorders Recovery with a Focus on Employment
- Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults
- Preventing the Use of Marijuana: Focus on Women and Pregnancy
- Practical Tools for Prescribing and Promoting Buprenorphine in Primary Care Settings
- Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth
- First-Episode Psychosis and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Guide
- LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health (youth.gov)
- Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What’s Working in the United States
- Substance Use: Family-based Intervention to Prevent Substance Use among Youth
- Excessive Alcohol Consumption: Privatization of Retail Alcohol Sales
- Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults
- Alcohol – Excessive Consumption: Maintaining Limits on Days of Sale
- Alcohol – Excessive Consumption: Maintaining Limits on Hours of Sale
- Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening
- Retention Strategies for Medications for Addiction Treatment in Adults With Opioid Use Disorder
- Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions
- Motor Vehicle Injury — Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Publicized Sobriety Checkpoint Programs
- Motor Vehicle Injury – Alcohol-Impaired Driving: 0.08% Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Laws
- Motor Vehicle Injury – Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Ignition Interlocks
- Motor Vehicle Injury — Alcohol-Impaired Driving: School-Based Programs – Instructional Programs
- Motor Vehicle Injury – Alcohol-Impaired: Maintaining Current Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) Laws
- Motor Vehicle Injury — Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Multicomponent Interventions with Community Mobilization
- Alcohol – Excessive Consumption: Dram Shop Liability
- Increased Police Patrols for Preventing Alcohol-Impaired Driving
- Alcohol Ignition Interlock Programmes for Reducing Drink Driving Recidivism
- Managed Alcohol as a Harm Reduction Intervention for Alcohol Addiction in Populations at High Risk for Substance Abuse
- Acamprosate for Alcohol Dependence
- Anticonvulsants for Alcohol Dependence
- Baclofen for Alcohol Use Disorder
- Pharmacotherapy for Anxiety and Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorders
- Antidepressants for the Treatment of People with Co-Occurring Depression and Alcohol Dependence
- Alcoholics Anonymous and Other 12-Step Programmes for Alcohol Dependence
- Psychosocial Interventions for Women Enrolled in Alcohol Treatment During Pregnancy
- Pharmacologic Interventions for Pregnant Women Enrolled in Alcohol Treatment
- Anticonvulsants for Alcohol Withdrawal
- Baclofen for Alcohol Withdrawal
- Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal
- Magnesium for Alcohol Withdrawal
- Psychotropic Analgesic Nitrous Oxide for Alcoholic Withdrawal States
- Gamma_Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) for Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal and Prevention of Relapses
- Efficacy and Safety of Pharmacological Interventions for the Treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
- TIP 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
- Alcohol — Excessive Consumption: Enhanced Enforcement of Laws Prohibiting Sales to Minors
- Underage Drinking: Use/Lose: Driving Privileges
- Underage Drinking: Underage Purchase of Alcohol
- Underage Drinking: Prohibitions Against Hosting Underage Drinking Parties
- Underage Drinking: Possession/Consumption/Internal Possession of Alcohol
- Underage Drinking: Minimum Ages for On-Premises Servers and Bartenders
- Underage Drinking: Minimum Ages for Off-Premises Sellers
- Underage Drinking: Furnishing Alcohol to Minors
- Underage Drinking: False Identification for Obtaining Alcohol
- Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide
- Universal School-Based Prevention Programs for Alcohol Misuse in Young People
- Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations – A Research-Based Guide
- Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)
- Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
- Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood
- Psychosocial Interventions for Cannabis Use Disorder
- Brief Interventions for Heavy Alcohol Users Admitted to General Hospital Wards
- Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Helpline
- Health Insurance Parity for Alcohol-Related Treatment
- Treatment for Alcohol Problems: Finding and Getting Help
- Personalised Digital Interventions for Reducing Hazardous and Harmful Alcohol Consumption In Community-Dwelling Populations
- Motor Vehicle Injury – Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Mass Media Campaigns
- Motor Vehicle Injury – Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Lower BAC Laws for Young or Inexperienced Drivers
- Transportation: Open Containers of Alcohol in Motor Vehicles
- Blood and Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Limits: Youth (Underage Operators of Noncommercial Motor Vehicles)
- Blood and Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Limits: Adult Operators of Noncommercial Motor Vehicles
- Portion, Package or Tableware Size for Changing Selection and Consumption of Food, Alcohol, and Tobacco
- Strategies to Improve the Implementation of Workplace-Based Policies or Practices Targeting Tobacco, Alcohol, Diet, Physical Activity And Obesity
- Psychosocial Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Concurrent Problem Alcohol and Illicit Drug Users
- Social Norms Information for Alcohol Misuse in University and College Students
- Motivational Interviewing for the Prevention of Alcohol Misuse in Young Adults
- Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center
- Restricting or Banning Alcohol Advertising to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Adults and Adolescents
- Effectiveness of Brief Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Populations
- Alcohol — Excessive Consumption: Increasing Alcohol Taxes
- Alcohol – Excessive Consumption: Regulation of Alcohol Outlet Density
- Alcohol – Excessive Consumption: Electronic Screening and Brief Interventions (e-SBI)
- Brief Counseling for Marijuana Dependence: A Manual for Treating Adults
- Mentoring Adolescents to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Use
- Universal Multi-Component Prevention Programs for Alcohol Misuse in Young People
- Universal Family-Based Prevention Programs for Alcohol Misuse in Young People
- Brief School-Based Interventions and Behavioral Outcomes for Substance-Using Adolescents