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1469
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Despite a general consensus among police, educators, and the public that the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program is a success, critics point out the program's high comparative costs and the lack of definitive statistical evidence.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 11, Mar 1994,
p11-12, il
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Record #:
2212
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Funded by approximately forty state companies, the North Carolina Drug-Free Workplace Alliance provides assistance to smaller companies in incorporating substance abuse education and drug screening into their human resources departments.
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27339
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The War on Drugs has long been deemed controversial. According to community members in Wake County, not enough resources are being given to programs for prevention and treatment which prove more effective than incarceration. This review of local efforts provides individual perspectives, testimonies of hope, and support in interviews with a former addict, the Alcoholism Treatment Center’s director of substance abuse services, a counselor for addicted inmates, a DARE officer, and participants at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 50, December 1991,
p9-13
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29180
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In North Carolina more than 635,000 people are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and it is costing the state money. In order to attack the state's drug problem, the North Carolina General Assembly has created a Drug Cabinet to deal with issues in community prevention and treatment systems. Plans within the Cabinet are focused on who is given responsibility to coordinate the state's substance abuse service system; continuum of care; linking a variety of programs, departments, and agencies.
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