The purpose of the Drug-Free Workplace Kit is to provide public and private workplaces, from small to large and from local to global, with credible, authoritative, evidence-based information, resources, and tools for producing and maintaining drug-free workplace policies and programs. The Kit was assembled by the Division of Workplace Programs (DWP), in the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. DWP has unique and nationally important regulatory, knowledge development, and technical assistance roles and responsibilities for Federal and non-Federal workplaces, with respect to their drug-free workplace policies and programs.

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Date Added: 05/15/08
Inventory #: SMA07-4230

Youth substance use in the past year was generally higher within one-parent households than within two-parent households for both mother-child and father-child pairs and were generally highest among youth in father-child pairs within one-parent households. Parent awareness of youth use of cigarettes and alcohol in the past year increased with the youth’s increasing age among both. Rates of parent awareness of youth substance use in the past year were generally higher among mothers in mother-child pairs than among fathers in father-child pairs and were generally highest among mothers in mother-child pairs within one-parent households.

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Date Added: 05/15/08
Inventory #: NSDUH08-0424

Combined data from 2004 to 2006 indicate that 15.1 percent of current drivers aged 18 or older drove under the influence of alcohol in the past 12 months (“past year”), and 4.7 percent drove under the influence of illicit drugs in the past year. Rates of past year driving under the influence of alcohol were highest among persons aged 18 or older in Wisconsin (26.4 percent), North Dakota (24.9 percent), Minnesota (23.5 percent), Nebraska (22.9 percent), and South Dakota (21.6 percent). Past year rates of driving under the influence of illicit drugs among persons aged 18 or older were highest in the District of Columbia (7.0 percent), Rhode Island (6.8 percent), Massachusetts (6.4 percent), Montana (6.3 percent), and Wyoming (6.2 percent).

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Date Added: 05/15/08
Inventory #: NSDUH08-0417

This TIP, Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence, presents an introduction to the field of domestic violence. It give providers information on the role of substance abuse in domestic violence. Techniques for detecting and eliciting such information are supplied, along with ways to modify treatment to ensure victims’ safety and to stop the cycle of violence in both parties’ lives. Legal issues, including duty to warn and confidentiality, are discussed.

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Date Added: 05/15/08
Inventory #: SMA08-4076

This brochure is based on the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's Treatment Improvement Protocol 36, Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Child Abuse and Neglect Issues (2000). The brochure will help male clients become aware of the pervasiveness of childhood abuse and neglect among people with substance use disorders and the issues that might arise during their substance abuse treatment. The brochure presents information about child abuse and neglect, the connection between substance abuse and child abuse, the symptoms that indicate past abuse may have occurred, and the effects the abuse has on a person when he reaches adulthood. It explains how child abuse issues can affect a man's treatment and recovery. The tone and content aim to allay patient anxieties and to offer hope.

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Date Added: 05/01/08
Inventory #: SMA08-4132

In 2006, admissions who were employed full time were more likely to report alcohol as the primary substance of abuse (58 percent) than admissions who were homemakers (35 percent), unemployed (39 percent), labor force dropouts (39 percent, or disables (46 percent). Admissions who were labor force dropouts were more than twice as likely as admissions who were employed full time to report daily use of their primary substance in the past month (56 vs. 26 percent). Admissions who were homemakers or who were employed full time were more likely to report entering treatment for the first time (59 and 57 percent, respectively) than admissions who were unemployed (40 percent), labor force dropouts (47 percent), or disabled (41 percent).

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Date Added: 05/01/08
Inventory #: NSDUH08-0331

The Division of Workplace Programs (DWP) in the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) recently updated the Drug-Free Workplace Kit! A print version and new website designed for employers are available to the public, allowing you to make additions to your kit by downloading and printing parts of the online version.

Date Added: 05/12/08

Data from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) indicate that 17.0 percent of youth aged 12 to 17 used cigarettes in the past year, 32.9 percent used alcohol, and 13.2 percent used marijuana. Parents are encouraged to communicate with their children about drugs and alcohol, and some research has examined the extent to which parents are aware of their children’s drug and alcohol use. Studies focusing on the general population have found high levels of parent awareness of adolescent cigarette use, but awareness of alcohol use is low; findings on parent awareness of adolescent marijuana use are mixed.

Date Added: 05/06/08

Impaired driving continues to be a severe and persistent threat to public safety, and the number of deaths from traffic crashes involving impaired drivers is higher than the number of deaths from all other causes among persons aged 3 to 33. In 2006, an estimated 30.5 million persons aged 12 or older drove under the influence of alcohol at least once in the past 12 months (“past year”), and 10.2 million persons aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs during the past year.

Date Added: 04/29/08

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's Knowledge Application Program (CSAT KAP) is pleased to offer its first online e-learning course, Acamprosate: A New Medication for Alcohol Use Disorders. The course provides information about the use, side effects, and contraindications of acamprosate; information to discuss with clients; and a comparison of medications used to treat alcohol use disorders.

Date Added: 04/24/08

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has several resources and materials available to the public that relate to Alcohol Awareness Month, taking place this April.

Date Added: 04/22/08

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2008 for Cooperative Agreements for Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health (Project LAUNCH).

Date Added: 04/18/08

National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (May 1 - 31, 2008)
National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week (May 11 - 17, 2008)

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the Criminal Justice System
  
• My Sibling Has a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Can I Catch It?
  
• The Physical Effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  
• What Do I Do? Helping Your Kids Understand their Sibling's Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
  
• What You Need to Know: How Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Co-Occur with Mental Illness
  
• What You Need to Know: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders among Native Americans
  
• What You Need to Know: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders by the Numbers
  
• What You Need to Know: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: When Your Child Faces the Juvenile Justice System
  

Mental Health Month (May 1 - 31, 2008)

• Campaign for Mental Health Recovery: What a Difference a Friend Makes Brochure (PDF)
  
• Campaign for Mental Health Recovery: Un Amigo Marca Una Gran Diferencia (Spanish Version, PDF)
  
• National Consensus Statement on Mental Health Recovery
  
• Building Bridges Mental Health Consumers and Primary Health Care Representatives in Dialogue
  
• Recovering Your Mental Health: Action Planning for Prevention and Recovery - A Self-Help Guide
  
• Recovering Your Mental Health: Developing A Recovery and Wellness Lifestyle - A Self-Help Guide
  

Children’s Mental Health Week (May 4 - 10, 2008)

• Helping Children and Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Systems of Care
  
• Sistemas de cuidado: Ayudando a ninos y jovenes con trastorno bipolar (Spanish Version)
  
• Family Guide to Systems of Care for Children with Mental Health Needs
  
• Helping Children and Youth with Bipolar Disorder: Systems of Care
  
• Helping Children and Youth with Conduct Disorder & Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  
• Helping Children and Youth with Major Depression: Systems of Care
  
• Helping Children and Youth with Serious Mental Health Needs: Systems of Care
  
• Tips for Talking to Children after a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
  

National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day (May 7, 2008)

• Anxiety Disorders
  
• Tips for Managing and Preventing Stress: A Guide for Emergency Response and Public Safety Workers (PDF)
  
• Tips for Survivors of a Traumatic Event: Managing Your Stress During a Disaster (PDF)
  

There are no upcoming observances for June.

Alcohol Awareness Month (April 1 - 30, 2008)
National Alcohol Screening Day (April 5, 2008)

• Alcohol and Drug Addiction Happens in the Best of Families
  
• Alcohol and Drug Addiction Happens in the Best of Families (Spanish Version)
  
• Alcohol and Drug Treatment: How It Works, and How It Can Help You
  
• Are You in Recovery from Alcohol or Drug Problems? Know Your Rights
  
• Esta Recuperandose de Problemas con el alcohol o Las Drogas Conozca sus Derechos (Spanish Version)
  
• Drugs, Alcohol and HIV/AIDS: A Consumer Guide for African Americans
  
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Among Native Americans
  
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the Criminal Justice System
  
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders by the Numbers
  
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: When Your Child Faces the Juvenile Justice System
  
• How Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Co-Occur with Mental Illness
  
• My Sibling Has a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Can I Catch It?
  
• Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory Spring 2007 Vol 6 Issue 1: Naltrexone for Extended-Release Injectable Suspension for Treatment of Alcohol Dependence
  
• The Physical Effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  
• What Do I Do? Helping your Kids Understand their Sibling's Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
  
• When It's Not Your Kid, How Do You Deal with Drug and Alcohol Use? (Early Intervention Adult Influencer brochure)