There are some communities that are in denial, and there are some communities where drug abuse does not even enter the radar screen. It has no funding. It has to be a high priority. It involves getting things from selected sites down to local sites where local decisionmakers can actually make decisions. Both theory and intuition are needed with the data.
Logic models can help guide policy and evaluation.
Science can tell us a great deal about prevention. Yes, it can. Logic models are embodied in many of the things that Elaine Johnson talks about and a lot of the work that community partnerships and coalitions have been trained to do. This involves listing things that are equivalent to risk and protective factors and then seeing how the programs that we are addressing match up with that list. This can be a valuable tool for communities to use.