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Rural Drug Abuse: Prevalence, Relation to Crime, and Programs

PEMD-90-24 Published: Sep 14, 1990. Publicly Released: Sep 14, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the nature and extent of the drug crisis in rural areas of the United States focusing on: (1) the prevalence of substance abuse and its relationship with crime; and (2) program effectiveness in the prevention and treatment of rural substance abuse.

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