Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Substance Abuse Treatment (posted 9/9)

The Substance Abuse Policy Research Program recently released a policy brief on the 2002 Institute of Medicine publication Unequal Treatment (Smedley et al, 2002) that found that minorities in the United States generally receive inferior health care and have worse health outcomes than Caucasians.  The policy brief entitled Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Substance Abuse Treatment reviews the efforts that have been made since the release of Unequal Treatment to understand and address racial and ethnic disparities and respond to Congress' goal of reducing these inequities by 2010.  The policy brief states that the efforts that have been made to date are unlikely to succeed if improvements in substance abuse prevention and treatment are not achieved. For all Americans, not just racial and ethnic minorities, substance abuse is one of the most damaging, difficult and expensive health problem facing the country today.  Click here for more information.  To read the policy brief click here.

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