EFFECTIVENESS OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC POLICIES ON SUBSTANCE-ABUSE PREVENTION

Although the effectiveness of various public policies in reducing subs tance abuse is a subject of enormous theoretical and practical importa nce, few authors investigated the issue during the past year. Importan tly, only a minority of these studies yielded results supportive of th e prevailing control-of-consumption model. As a result of such weak su pport, an alternative model for preventing and reducing substance abus e has been increasingly gaining credibility and support among research ers.