Workplace drug prevention programs: does zero tolerance work?

Do workplace health promotion (wellness) programs work?

OBJECTIVE To respond to the question, "Do workplace health promotion programs work?" METHODS A compilation of the evidence on workplace programs' effectiveness coupled with recommendations for critical review of outcome studies. Also, reviewed are recent studies questioning the value of workplace programs. RESULTS Evidence accumulated over the past three decades shows that well-designed and...

Suicide prevention: time for 'zero tolerance'.

Despite predictable outbreaks of concern in the popular media and the professional literature, youth suicide is often viewed as a troubling, yet irrefutable aspect of our world rather than a public health disaster. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults, behind only accidents and homicide, yet our societal investment in addressing youth suicide as a major pu...

Trump’s Zero-tolerance Policy: Would a Political Response to a Humanitarian Crisis Work?

Prevention Programs That Work For Youth: Violence Prevention

Dead on Arrival : Zero Tolerance Laws Don ’ t Work

By 1998 all states had passed laws lowering the legal blood alcohol content for drivers under 21 to effectively zero. Theory shows these laws have ambiguous effects on overall fatalities and economic efficiency, and the data show they have little effect on driver behavior. A panel analysis of the 1988-2000 FARS indicates that zero tolerance laws have no material influence on the level of fatali...