drug abuse

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The policy directs billions of dollars to programs that provide homeless people with permanent housing and offer — but do not require them to accept — services like treatment for mental illness or drug abuse.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

The Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, has released an advisory calling for social isolation to be treated as seriously as obesity or drug abuse.

From BBC • May 2, 2023

The “Los Angeles Life Rebuilding Center” that Taormina wants to build would house up to 10,000 homeless people and provide medical and mental health services, job training, immigration help and drug abuse diversion programs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Another new effort could help further close the gap: This month, several NIH institutes launched an R01 program for new investigators from diverse backgrounds, limited to research in neuroscience, drug abuse, and mental health.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 22, 2022

Carefully selected police officers team with drug abuse counselors to lead discussion sessions throughout the fifth and sixth grades.

From What Works: Schools Without Drugs by Education, United States Department of