Talk:The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

Criticism
The article reads like puffery to me. I think the notability is marginal, but lean towards improving rather than deleting. I copy-pasted in some criticisms from previous versions of the page as well as from the current revision of the Joseph A. Califano article. Daf (talk) 19:05, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Merge
There are two pages for the same organization (the other is National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse). Should they be combined?

Source
This Wikipedia entry was started on 10-11-05 using my “Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse” as the source. The material in bold is from that source.David Justin 00:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) was established in 1992 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. The stated, official goals of the organization, now called the National Center on Substance Abuse at Columbia University, are
 * To inform Americans of the costs, both economic and social, of substance abuse and its negative impact.
 * To identify effective prevention, treatment, and law enforcement practices.
 * To promote individual and institution actions to combat substance abuse and addiction.
 * To eliminate the stigma of substance abuse.

CASA was established with more than $2 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, more than $5 million from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Rockefeller Foundation, and an initial $8 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which shortly thereafter later gave over $13 million more. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation continues to provide the “primary core funding.“ In its first ten years, ‘’’CASA raised over $150 million.]]] Its total assets are now over $71,000,000 and it owns over $40,000,000 in stocks, bonds and other investments.

The organization has about 75 employees who work in three divisions (1) Health and Treatment, (2) Policy Research and Analysis, and (3) Program Demonstration. It has produced over 55 reports on subject of its interest. The group has been criticized for releasing its reports without peer-review.

Removed "Controversy" section - February 2011
I removed the criticism section because the source does not meet WP:RS even with the disclaimer of POV. To readd, the study or its author's opinions need to be sourced to independent news reporting. See the history of this subject here. Flowanda | Talk 02:19, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Grounds for deletion
Good afternoon, I work for Partnership to End Addiction. In 2018 The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University changed its name to Partnership to End Addiction. There is already a very detailed page for Partnership to End Addicton. Thus this page should be deleted Zblockattoendaddictiondotorg (talk) 19:33, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I've ooposed the PROD and redirected to Partnership to End Addiction, assuming these are the same organisations. However this page is the senior by several years, and therefore should be kept for the history. Possibly grounds for a history merge if another admin is keen enough to attempt it. — Voice of Clam 18:48, 29 August 2022 (UTC)