STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH DRUG ABUSE - REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY DRUG ACTION COMMITTEE, CITY OF CHARLOTTE

• NCJ Number: 10525
• Author(s): G A GRIZZLE
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 29 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of North Carolina
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: MECKLENBURG CRIMINAL JUSTICE PILOT PROJECT

Annotation

THE NATURE OF THE DRUG PROBLEM IN CHARLOTTE IS INDICATED BY THE FINDINGS OF DRUG STUDIES AND ACTION PROJECTS, AND AN EXPLORATION OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT THAT THE WAY IN WHICH A PERSON DEFINES A PROBLEM, CHANNELS HIS THINKING ABOUT COPING WITH THAT PROBLEM, AND INFLUENCES THE CHOICE OF ACTION PROJECTS. FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTERVENTION, WHICH MIGHT BE CONSIDERED IN DEVELOPING A STRATEGY FOR COPING WITH DRUG ABUSE, ARE DESCRIBED. TWENTY PROJECTS, PROPOSED OR IMPLEMENTED IN CHARLOTTE AND ELSEWHERE, ARE CATEGORIZED BY INTERVENTION LEVEL AND EXPECTED IMPACT. ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT CAUSATION, IMPACT, AND INTERVENTION LEVEL, COUPLED WITH THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE, WILL SHAPE THE DRUG ACTION PROGRAM BEING DEVELOPED. A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)