Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act Oversight, 1981: Hearing Before the Senate Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 97th Congress, 1st Session, April 6, 1981

• NCJ Number: 149942
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 107 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress; US Congress
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Legislative Hearing/Committee Report
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Held in April 1981, this Senate subcommittee hearing focused on the Federal and State roles in addressing alcohol and drug abuse, with emphasis on evaluating the alcohol and drug abuse education program established by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970.

Abstract

Speakers included project directors in the school systems of several States, Federal training issues, and the program director. The committee chair noted that the economic costs of alcohol abuse and alcoholism are at least $43 billion annually; drug abuse also imposes substantial costs. The Federal program focuses on training and technical assistance to the schools and has moved from the training of individual schools to interdisciplinary teams within schools, to clusters of teams and schools. The program has reached more than 2,500 schools in the past 10 years, reaching all 50 States and outlying areas. Programs in individual school districts are described