Cannabis Youth Treatment (From Partnerships for Building Safer Communities: Best Practices and Promising Approaches, Conference Papers of the National TASC 8th Conference on Drugs and Crime, P 51-A,-51-H, 2001)

• NCJ Number: 191658
• Author(s): Nancy Hamilton
• Date Published: October 2001
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: National TASC (Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities)
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: See NCJ-191657 and NCJ-191659 for additional conference papers.

Annotation

This conference paper presented at the 2001 Eighth National TASC Conference on Drugs and Crime in Orlando, Florida, provides an overview and description of the Cannabis Youth Treatment Study and the family support techniques utilized in the study.

Abstract

This conference paper offers an overview of the Cannabis Youth Treatment Study. The paper describes three components of the study: (1) rationale; (2) description; and (3) measures and outcomes. Within the rationale, four areas are presented: (1) the rationale for the selection of the target population and the substance abuse problems that would be addressed; (2) the benefits to the participants in the program; (3) description of the innovative methods and activities used and tested by the program and the relationship of these activities to the desired result; and (4) description of the evaluation design and how it would demonstrate the success of the program. Within the description of the program, six areas are presented: (1) need; (2) admission, intake/enrollment; process, and completion/discharge; (3) staffing; (4) organization commitment; (5) budget; and (6) recognition/replication. Lastly, within measures and outcomes, seven areas are discussed: (1) brief description of the process measures; (2) brief description of outcome measures and an analysis of results; (3) data report on the process measures; (4) data report of the outcome measures for the past 2 years; (5) description of the potential benefits of the program to the substance abuse field; (6) list of awards or other public recognition received by the program; and (7) includes information on any external evaluations or reviews by experts.