Recently added articles from Journal of Drug Issues:
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AT 14 YEARS AND YOUNG ADULTS' USE OF CANNABIS: AN AUSTRALIAN BIRTH COHORT STUDY
Apr 01, 2008; ... This study examines, firstly, the association between school performance at 14 years and frequency of use of cannabis in early adulthood and, secondly, whether this association is explained by family and individual characteristics, including child cognitive capacity in childhood and adolescence ....
"ALCOHOL ALLOWS YOU TO NOT BE YOURSELF": TOWARD A STRUCTURED UNDERSTANDING OF ALCOHOL USE AND GENDER DIFFERENCE AMONG GAY, LESBIAN, AND HETEROSEXUAL YOUTH
Apr 01, 2008; ... This paper explores how homosexual and heterosexual women and men exploit situational and behavioral aspects of alcohol consumption using alcohol-related excuses to justify divergent gender displays. Seventy-eight in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of youth are used to examine how ...
ASSESSING THE "GATEWAY HYPOTHESIS" AMONG MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TENNESSEE
Apr 01, 2008; ... The current study examines the applicability of the "gateway hypothesis" to drug use patterns of secondary school students from a nonmetropolitan area in Tennessee. The data were collected from students in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades at three secondary schools, using self-administered ...
NONMEDICAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE AND DELINQUENCY: AN ANALYSIS WITH A NATIONAL SAMPLE
Apr 01, 2008; ... There is an abundance of research on the association between substance use and delinquency. However, an area yet to be examined is the association between nonmedical prescription drug use and delinquency. This is important given the substantial increase in nonmedical prescription drug use in ...
"I'M NOT A REAL DEALER": THE IDENTITY PROCESS OF ECSTASY SELLERS
Apr 01, 2008; ... We present findings from a qualitative study of 80 women and men who sold Ecstasy in private settings. In this paper we explore Ecstasy sellers' identity processes and pathways to dealing. Interviewees believed "real dealers" sold in public settings to people they did not know and relied on drug ...
HEAVY DRINKING AND POLYDRUG USE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
Apr 01, 2008; ... Excessive alcohol consumption is a serious problem on college campuses but may not be adequately captured by traditional methods of defining binge drinking. This study examined a new approach to categorizing alcohol use and its relationship with illicit drug use. A survey was administered to 484 ...
INJECTING AND NONINJECTING HEROIN ADMINISTRATION: TRANSITIONS AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES ACROSS 36 MONTHS
Apr 01, 2008; ... To examine long-term stability in route of administration and treatment outcomes for noninjecting (NIHU) and injecting (IHU) heroin users, a cohort of 429 heroin users were followed over 36 months. Across follow-up, 35.3% of NIHU injected heroin and a transition to primary heroin injecting was ...
SUBSTANCE USE, DRUG TREATMENT, AND CRIME: AN EXAMINATION OF INTRA-INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN A DRUG COURT POPULATION
Apr 01, 2008; ... This study examines the association between substance use and crime by modeling change within subjects over an 11 month period in a sample of 157 chronic drug-using offenders. For this sample, increased substance use-cocaine or heroin use as well as alcohol use-was significantly related to ...
PREDICTORS OF TRAUMA AND PTSD AMONG HEROIN USERS: A PROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION
Apr 01, 2008; ... This study is the first to examine exposure to trauma and the development of PTSD prospectively among heroin users. Participants were 309 heroin users followed up over two years as part of the Australian Treatment Outcome Study. Forty-one percent reported trauma exposure, and 5.8% developed PTSD ...
POLY-DRUG USE AMONG ECSTASY USERS: SEPARATE, SYNERGISTIC, AND INDISCRIMINATE PATTERNS
Apr 01, 2008; ... The main objective of this paper is to explore poly-drug use among young adult ecstasy users. This phenomenon of using multiple substances within a specific time period is multi-faceted. In this paper, we focus on the various patterns of poly-drug use and the reasons for combining multiple drugs ...
DUAL SUBSTANCE ABUSERS SEEKING TREATMENT: DEMOGRAPHIC, SUBSTANCE-RELATED, AND TREATMENT UTILIZATION CHARACTERISTICS
Apr 01, 2008; ... High comorbidity exists between alcohol and drug-related disorders. However, little information is available on characteristics of clients abusing both alcohol and illicit drugs (so-called dual substance abusers). The proportion of dual substance abusers and their characteristics are examined in ...
RESEARCH NOTE: CRIME, CHEMICALS, AND CULTURE: ON THE COMPLEXITY OF KHAT
Apr 01, 2008; ... In 2006, khat was the object of a federal government operation, which dismantled a Somali trafficking organization and seized five tons of the plant valued at $2 million. Khat is an evergreen tree that grows in Africa. Its leaves are chewed as a stimulant by six million people every day. This ...