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...Gladys, who inspired him to enter rehab. In 2006, Olmo was one of an estimated 22 million Americans with a substance abuse or dependency problem; today, he's one of just 2.5 million of those addicts to enter a hospital or clinic for treatment, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA...
...more than 30 years since Richard Nixon famously announced America's "War on Drugs," it's hard to know exactly how far we are from victory, partly because the facts are so elusive: Who uses illegal drugs? Which drugs? How often? The answers come mainly from SAMHSA's national survey, a complex and carefully worded questionnaire administered continually throughout the year. It is one of the government's primary sources of statistical information on the use of illegal drugs by the U.S. population, but its data are far from perfect...
...bottom line is, we learn about drug use by asking people about their behaviors," says Dr. Wilson Compton, director of the Division of Epidemiology Services and Prevention Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "But because it's survey research, there are multiple ways it can be improved...
...inherent drawback of self-reporting is the tendency for respondents to simply lie about their illicit drug use, for obvious reasons. To address this problem, SAMHSA introduced hand-held computer modules in 1999, eliminating the need for a government mediator to administer the survey face-to-face. To encourage better response rates, the agency began offering a $30 cash incentive. More recently, a new challenge has arisen: as the number of Spanish-speaking Americans continues to grow, officials face problems in translation. Certain Spanish words mean different things to Puerto Ricans than they do to Cubans or Mexicans, according...
...while any candidate faces challenges in running against a well-financed incumbent, a recent poll by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center shows Shaheen topping Sununu, a 1991 graduate of the Business School, by a 54 to 38 percent margin...