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Join Together indexes hundreds of helpful publications, online documents, and other resources available from other organizations. Below are the most recent resources we've added to the system. Find more with the search tools on the right, and in "related resources" lists throughout the website.

Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap
This website offers resource sections with impact briefs on key issues, along with links to various studies relevant to the addiction treatment community, the health care debate, and more. 2009

State Estimates of Substance Use and Mental Health from the 2006-2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
This 2009 report provides state-by-state analyses of substance abuse and mental illness patterns, and reveals that there are wide variations in the levels of problems like illicit drug use found among the states, but that every state suffers from these problems. 2009

National Prescription Drug Threat Assessment 2009
This resource analyzes current nonmedical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutic drugs and discusses their distribution, the impact of diversion and abuse, and monitoring programs. 2009

Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets
A major report from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University shows that state governments spend almost 15 percent of their entire budgets on the consequences of substance abuse and addiction -- and just a tiny fraction on prevention and treatment programs to reduce it.

Alcohol Tax Calculator
This new tool from Marin Institute can estimate new annual revenue from an alcohol tax or fee increase in your state. 2009

The Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense
The Justice Policy Institute reports that most youth could be managed safely in the community through alternatives that cost substantially less than incarceration and could lower recidivism by up to 22 percent. 2009

Pruning Prisons: How Cutting Corrections Can Save Money and Protect Public Safety
This report from the Justice Policy Institute shows that states could save a combined $4.1 billion through investments in treatment and parole services. 2009

APHA: Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Guide
This resource from the American Public Health Association (APHA) provides information for public health professionals on the skills and tools needed to conduct screening and brief interventions for at-risk drinkers. 2008

The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year
The Addict opens a window on the very private world of prescription drug addiction, revealing the harrowing and riveting story of a young woman whose life has been taken over by an impulse that she can't control and a need that she can't extinguish. 2009

SAMHSA News
SAMHSA News is the national bimonthly newsletter of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2009

Emerging Drug Trends: Salvia Divinorum
This policy brief from Carnevale Associates gives a brief overview on the halluncinogenic effects, patterns of use, and regulation efforts throughout the U.S. for the drug Salvia Divinorum. 2009

Trends in Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse, and Treatment Among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007 (NSDUH Report)
This report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) describes key findings from SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health on adolescent use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illicit drugs between 2002 and 2007. 2009

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