NCJ Number
230655
Date Published
May 2010
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This report presents current and future programs and activities of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the treatment and prevention of drug abuse among women and girls.
Abstract
There are an estimated 7.3 million adult women needing substance abuse treatment (drug and alcohol). The Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) mission is to reduce overall drug use throughout the United States. ONDCP and its partner national drug control agencies throughout the Federal Government implement a number of programs which address the unique risk and protective factors as well as challenges in preventing and treating substance abuse and addiction among women and girls. ONDCP manages and administers two significant programs which prevent substance abuse among girls and women. First, ONDCP's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign utilizes a blend of paid advertising and public communications/earned media outreach, and has developed a brand. Second, ONDCP administers the Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC), a matching grant effort designed to help community coalitions identify and respond to local youth substance use problems. In addition to the programs ONDCP implements, several Federal drug control agencies operate programs which promote substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery among women and/or provide support for their dependent children, such as Family Dependency Treatment Court, Women's Drug Treatment Court, and Prostitution Court. Over the next 3 years, ONDCP's Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC) will continue to encourage local anti-drug coalitions to address the risk and protective factors unique to women and girls in order to continue driving overall drug use down. In addition, ONDCP is facilitating opportunities for its female staff, as well as ONDCP agency experts in substance abuse prevention, treatment, enforcement, and supply reduction are working with their colleagues at the Federal, State, and local level to reduce drug production, trafficking, and abuse and its negative impact on women and children. Tables and figures