Contemporary Drug Problems back issues from January 2006:
Errata
Jan 01, 2006; ... Errata: Barry Goetz and Roger E. Mitchell, Pre- Arrest/Booking Drug Control Strategies: Diversion to Treatment, Harm Reduction, and Police ...
Alcohol and Islam: an overview
Jan 01, 2006; ... Alcohol and Islam is a relatively understudied topic, although alcohol abuse is a significant social problem both in Muslim majority countries and among Muslim minorities. Questions of religious identity as they relate to food and drink prescriptions and proscriptions also make alcohol and Islam ...
Differences in predictors of alcohol-related aggression and non-alcohol-related violent perpetration: An exploratory analysis in a sample of young adult drinkers
Jan 01, 2006; ... In a secondary analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the present article explored whether drinking behaviors, early behavioral problems, risk-taking and demographic variables were differentially associated with alcohol-related aggression (arguments or fights after ...
Social processes underlying acculturation: a study of drinking behavior among immigrant Latinos in the Northeast United States
Jan 01, 2006; ... Study Goals: To identify social processes that underlie the relationship of acculturation and heavy drinking behavior among Latinos who have immigrated to the Northeast United States of America (USA). Method: Community-based recruitment strategies were used to identify 36 Latinos who reported ...
The interplay between perceived self-choice and reported informal, formal and legal pressures in treatment entry
Jan 01, 2006; ... This article focuses on the interplay between reported informal, formal and legal pressure and self-choice in treatment entry. The representative sample of those entering treatment for alcohol or drugs problems in Stockholm County, Sweden includes 1865 clients (71% men). Most respondents ...
Why not treatment? - untreated substance abusers' accounts of their lifestyles and efforts to change
Jan 01, 2006; ... In this study a sample of non-abstinent untreated amphetamine users' accounts of lifestyles, living conditions and efforts to change were described and analyzed. The objective was to inductively identify the qualitative characteristics of their potential distance to the treatment system. The ...
Speaking addictions: substitution, metaphor and authenticity in newspaper representations of methadone treatment
Jan 01, 2006; ... Press coverage of addiction tends to be prolific if not always accurate or considered. This article examines the ways in which methadone treatment is reported in three respected daily newspapers, the New York Times, the Times (London) and the Sydney Morning Herald. To conduct this analysis I ...