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Welcome to Carnevale Associates
Carnevale Associates, LLC offers guidance to governments, organizations, and communities as they confront the
public policy and program challenges of the 21st century. The firm is organized into three practice groups to provide
value and insight to our customers-Strategic Planning, Integrated Communications, and Policy Research and
Data Analysis. Regardless of the project, our mission is the same: to assist clients in the development and implementation
of creative and practical solutions to public concerns.
Recent News/Publications
Federal Drug Budget Trend: Least
Effective Programs Being Emphasized,
February 2008. This Policy Brief shows
that federal drug control budget since
federal fiscal year 2002 has emphasized the
least effective ingredients of an
evidence-based drug control policy.
Our analysis shows that the current
administration has favored supply reduction
programs over demand reduction programs to
achieve its goal of reducing the demand for
drugs. Funding for treatment and
prevention are emphasized the least over
this period (prevention is actually cut).
The mismatch between the budget and what
evidence shows is effective programming
translates into almost a decade of poor
performance and lost opportunity for
success. Prescription
Drug Monitoring Programs Effective,
August 2007. This Information Brief
describes the results of a recent study that
concludes that state sponsored prescription
drug monitoring programs are effective at
reducing the per capita supply of
prescription pain relievers and stimulants
and, in turn, reduce the probability of
abuse for these drugs. | 
