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SAMHSA Study Confirms Substance Abuse Treatment Reduces Drug Use, Crime
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U.S. Newswire
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September 9, 1998
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The first nationally
representative study of substance abuse treatment results confirms
that both substance use and criminal behavior are reduced for at
least five years following inpatient, outpatient and residential
drug abuse treatment.
The Services Research Outcomes Study (SROS) was conducted by the
Office of Applied Studies of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Findings of the study were determined through interviews with
1,799 persons (71.4 percent male and 28.6 percent female) who had
undergone substance abuse treatment at 99 facilities selected from
a random sample of treatment programs across the nation. All ...