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January 24, 2002
 Steps to Success: Baltimore Drug and Alcohol
Treatment Outcomes Study
The Baltimore Drug and Alcohol Treatment Outcomes Study is a large
scale drug treatment outcomes study that focuses on a single city.
The study was conducted as one of the key components of Baltimore's strategy to rigorously
evaluate and continuously improve the public treatment system, as it
expands to meet the needs of the city's uninsured citizens. Overall,
the study found a marked reduction in drug and alcohol use, crime,
risky health behaviors, and depression among participants who
voluntarily entered publicly funded outpatient drug and alcohol
programs in the city of Baltimore.
This study is the result of a
collaboration between the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins
University, and Morgan State University, with the cooperation of 16
treatment programs and nearly 1,000 treatment participants.
Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, the agency responsible for
publicly funded treatment in the city, funded the study. 
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