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Creating School and Community Partnerships for Substance Abuse Prevention Programs

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The article reviews the scope and scale of the problem, explores a transactional view of etiology, and summarizes the prevailing approaches to prevention, exemplary and promising approaches, and standards for research and practice. The authors stress the importance of addressing the complexity of the problem through creation of comprehensive, multifaceted approaches to reduce substance abuse. Effective intervention frameworks are presented that weave together the resources of school, home, and community.

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