Prevention Populations

In many sciences, one learns about the nature of things through classification systems (e.g., Mendelov's Table) and, subsequently, sees patterns among various elements and formulates hypotheses about tendencies. Developing good descriptive systems serve as a "launching pad" of theory creation. As yet, there is no established consensual taxonomy of drug abuse prevention or cessation strategies that segments types of delivery according to the needs of different groups of people. There are, however, the beginnings of different descriptive systems that may [Page 704]divide programming by community factors, level of risk, or stage of human development.