Research
National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study
The National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study is a Congressionally mandated five-year study of the impact of drug and alcohol treatment on thousands of clients in hundreds of treatment units that received public support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
Key points from the research include:
- Research suggests that treatment can cut drug use in half, drastically decrease criminal activity, and significantly reduce arrests.
This document is available at http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govstudy/f027/.
