Substance Abuse in Georgia

In order to create a snapshot of substance use and abuse in Georgia, the Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research requested access to data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). SAMHSA would not provide access to the raw data; instead, the Institute was given a series of tables with estimates of the average annual number of users of various substances among Georgians ages 12 and older between the years 2002 and 2008. SAMHSA also provided estimates of the percentages of members of various demographic subgroups who use each of the substances included in the survey

RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION OFFICE REGARDING THE YOUTH ENTERING SERVICE TO AMERICA FOUNDATION

Youth service today operates from an expanding base of well-organized programs utilizing the energy and idealism of young people to address significant community needs. This programmatic base currently includes 50 full-time state and local youth corps; 450 campus-based community service programs; more than 3,000 junior and senior high school community service programs; additional community-based programs; and federal civilian service programs including the Peace Corps, VISTA, and the Youth Conservation Corps

Report of the Surgeon General

Cover title.Shipping list no.: 1994-0111-P.Also available via Internet from the NIH Web site. Address as of 8/26/04: http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/C/F/T/%5F/nnbcft.pdf; current access available via PURL.Also available on the World Wide Web.Includes bibliographical references (p. 11)