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• Substance abuse prevention — Substance abuse prevention, also known as drug abuse prevention, is a process that attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems associated with using psychoactive substances. Prevention efforts may focus on… …   Wikipedia

• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention — The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is an agency of the United States government under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Established in 1992 …   Wikipedia

• Substance abuse — Classification and external resources Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction tr …   Wikipedia

• Substance-related disorder — Classification and external resources Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in a …   Wikipedia

• Prevention (medical) — In medicine, prevention is any activity which reduces the burden of mortality or morbidity from disease. This takes place at primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels. #Primary prevention avoids the development of a disease. Most… …   Wikipedia

• Prevention of dementia — is the attempt to avoid developing dementia.Although no cure for dementia is available, there are many ways to decrease the risk of acquiring dementia in the first place, including both lifestyle changes and medication.LifestyleMental activity… …   Wikipedia

• Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport — The use of performance enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term doping , particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance.… …   Wikipedia

• Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act — The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act,1971 is a law in India prohibiting desecration of or insult to the country s national symbols, including the flag, constitution, and anthem.The earliest version of the law was passed hastily by the …   Wikipedia

• Relapse prevention — Relapse prevention, or RP for short, is a cognitive behavioral approach with the goal of identifying and preventing high risk situations such as substance abuse, obsessive compulsive behavior, sexual offending, obesity, and depression.Witkiewitz …   Wikipedia

• Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse — The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University (CASA) was established in 1992 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. The stated official goals of the organization are: Inform Americans of the economic and social costs of… …   Wikipedia

• Responsible drug use — is a harm reduction strategy which argues that a person can use illegal drugs, or illegally use legal drugs, with reduced or eliminated risk of negatively affecting other parts of one s life or the lives of others. Some critics believe that all… …   Wikipedia