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Policy and Enforcement
A variety of law enforcement and interdiction initiatives have been implemented that attempt to reduce illicit drug use. One such policy is drug testing. In one study conducted by a PIRE researcher (citation below), the efficacy of workplace drug-testing programs in reducing injury incident rates and workers' compensation experience-rating modification factors (MODs) within the construction industry was examined. Analyses indicated that companies with drug-testing programs experienced a 51% reduction in incident rates within two years of implementation. Furthermore, companies that drug test their employees experienced a significant reduction in their MODs.
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Published Literature
- Moving toward a common evidence base for alcohol and other drug prevention policy, in Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice. New York: Wiley. (2005). Author(s): Holder, Harold D.; and Treno, Andrew J.
- Implementing evidence-based substance use prevention curricula in North Carolina public school districts, Journal of School Health (2004). Author(s): Pankratz, M.; and Hallfors, D.
- An assessment of drug testing within the construction industry, Journal of Drug Education (2002). Author(s): Gerber, Jonathan K.; and Yacoubian, George S., Jr.
- Measuring perceptions of innovation adoption: the diffusion of a federal drug prevention policy, Health Educ Res (2002). Author(s): Pankratz, M.; Hallfors, D.; and Cho, H.
- Assessing the Relationship Between Drug Use and Violence in the General Population (1995). Author(s): Flewelling, R. L.; Collins, J.J.; and Moore-Gurrera, M.E.
- Cocaine in the hair of mother-infant pairs: Quantitative analysis and correlations with urine and self-report, American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (1993). Author(s): Marques, P.R.; Tippetts, A.S.; and Branch, D.G.
- Validity, ethics, and utility of measuring drugs in hair, in Alcohol, drugs and traffic safety - T-92: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on alcohol, drugs and traffic safety, Cologne, 28 September - 2 October 1992 (1993). Author(s): Marques, Paul R.
- Public health, not social warfare: a public health approach to illegal drug policy, Journal of Public Health Policy (1991). Author(s): Mosher, James F.; and Yanagisako, Karen
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Staff Experts
- Denise Hallfors, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
- Knowlton Johnson, MSSW, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
- David Levy, PhD, Senior Scientist
- Paul Marques, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
- Valerie Nelkin, MA, Program Director
- Judith Pokorni, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
- Chris Ringwalt, DrPH, Senior Research Scientist
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PIRE Projects
- Flavored Alcoholic Beverages (Alcopops): Their Legal Classification under Illinois Law, Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association (IADDA) (11/8/2005 - 12/31/2005)
- A Community Trial to Prevent Inhalant Use in Alaska, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (9/30/2004 - 1/31/2014)
- Determine the Effectiveness of Drug Per Se Laws, NHTSA (9/7/2004 - 3/7/2007)
- Neighborhoods, Drug Use, & Violence, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (4/1/2004 - 3/31/2007)
- Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America Training and Technical Assistance, Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007)
- Using Randomized Incidents in Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (8/15/2003 - 2/28/2005)
- Social Networks Among Drug-Using Ethnic Minority Youth, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (7/1/2002 - 12/31/2003)
- Neuropsychological Development of School-Age Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine, U.S. Department of Education (7/1/1998 - 12/31/2002)
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