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Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Outpatient Marijuana Treatment for Adolescents: Economic Evaluation of a Multisite Field Experiment.
French, Michael T.; Roebuck, M. Christopher; Dennis, Michael L.; Godley, Susan H.; Liddle, Howard A.; Tims, Frank M.
Evaluation Review, v27 n4 p421-59 Aug 2003
Conducted an economic evaluation of five outpatient adolescent treatment approaches (12 total site-by-conditions) to identify average economic costs to society. Results suggest that some types of substance-abuse intervention for adolescents can reduce social costs immediately after treatment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Costs, Economic Factors, Evaluation Methods, Marijuana, Patients, Program Evaluation, Therapy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Note: Research supported by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment grants T111317, T111320, T111321, T111323, T111324, and contract No. 270-97-7011 and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grants no. R01 DA11506 and 3P50DA7705.
