Drug abuse -- Prevention
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Social Health Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SW0045
Abstract
The records chronicle the American Social Health (originally "Hygiene") Association's efforts to control and prevent venereal disease, prostitution, and drug addiction through educational, legal, and medical measures. The records reflect considerable interaction with the armed forces, particularly during periods of war or full mobilization. Field reports document conditions in individual cities and the influence of housing, recreation, sanitation, and other factors on vice and public health....
Dates:
1905-2005
YMCA urban work and Urban Group records
Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.59
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, reports, program proposals, area and population studies, financial documents, pamphlets, maps, newspaper articles and other records of the North American YMCA’s urban work, focusing on topics including race relations and institutional inequality, youth services and outreach, prevention of drug use and crime, war work and war affected persons, human services programs, varying social conditions in the city, experimental programs, and the integration of international...
Dates:
1929-2004; Majority of material found within ( 1950s-1970s)