California Collaborative Center for Substance Abuse Policy Research: A History and Update

• NCJ Number: 195265
• Journal: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs Volume: 33 Issue: 4 Dated: October-December 2001 Pages: 339-342
• Author(s): Carroll Estes; Richard B. Seymour; Marie C. Yue
• Date Published: 2001
• Length: 4 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This paper provides an overview of the nature, history, and future priorities of the California Collaborative Center for Substance Abuse Policy Research (CCCSAPR), which is engaged in policy research, training, and information dissemination on substance abuse policy in and for the State of California.

Abstract

The primary purpose of CCCSAPR, which is now in its fourth year of operation, is to provide California with timely, appropriate, scholarly, and objective information to support informed decision making on substance abuse policy issues. The Center is complementary to and not in competition with any existing or future individual research endeavors. The ongoing purpose of the Center is to create an academic environment in which public policy and its consequences can be assessed scientifically by multidisciplinary investigative teams. The Center works with public and private agencies to deal with a range of issues, including therapy outcome research, the socioeconomic cost of addiction, evaluation of addiction therapy within a managed care environment, the impact of addiction on a range of populations from elderly to adolescents, epidemiological field work and survey research, and a variety of other policy and therapy outcome issues. CCCSAPR currently manages four research projects in California: the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Grant, the Drug Court Evaluation Project, County Risk and Need Indicator Research Reports, and Technical Assistance for Prevention Outcomes and Measurements. The Center's priorities for the immediate future include efforts to expand treatment availability under the impetus of Proposition 36 (a legislative measure that emphasizes treatment as the most appropriate response for nonviolent drug offenders) and the development of legislation equivalent to Proposition 36 that pertains to high-risk juveniles involved in drug offenses.