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The Texas School Safety Center will conduct 14 Texas Tobacco-Free Teen Leadership Summits during the Spring of 2012 to train and equip community and school-based organizations to invest in youth. At these summits young people and adult allies will come together to create positive social change concerning tobacco use and prevention. This more

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New Reports Highlight Important Substance Abuse Treatment Statistics in Key Metropolitan Areas across the Country

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed a series of Metro Briefs providing detailed statistical snapshots of substance abuse treatment activities occurring in 27 metropolitan areas. This series of briefs is based on SAMHSA’s Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) which collects information on the characteristics of persons admitted to substance abuse treatment, and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual survey of treatment facilities.

Each brief provides the a wide range of information about the nature and scope of substance abuse treatment admissions in a metropolitan area through a variety of charts, graphs and accompanying text.

Brief for Houston, TX: http://oas.samhsa.gov/metro/Houston/508HTML_Houston.htm

Brief for Dallas, TX: http://oas.samhsa.gov/metro/Dallas/508HTML_Dallas.htm