Biological processes underlying co-use of alcohol and nicotine: neuronal...

Alcohol Research & Health;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Alcohol and nicotine are two of the oldest and most commonly used...availability likely contributes to the strong correlation between alcohol and nicotine use, several lines of evidence suggest that biological factors play a role as well. For example, both alcohol and nicotine act on a brain system called ...

Alcohol use and great expectations. (physical effect of alcohol)

Science News;  October 3, 1987 ;     410 words ...Alcohol use and great expectations Some people think of alcohol as a kind of magical elixir that replaces unpleasant feelings...social and physical pleasures. Mix this expectation with alcohol's two-faced' physical effects--it acts as a stimulant at...

Clinic Nurses: Confronting Campus Alcohol Use on the Frontline.

Journal of American College Health;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Abstract. Alcohol use is common on college campuses. Nurses...prevent problems related to the use of alcohol and other drugs. In this article, the...opportunities for helping students face their alcohol-related problems. Key Words: alcohol...

Alcohol: The Most Widely Abused Drug

The Arab American News;  September 7, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Alcohol: The Most Widely Abused Drug Over the past twenty years, staff from the Arab-American and Chaldean Council's (ACC) Substance Abuse Prevention Program have dealt with the problems associated with tobacco, alcohol and drug use. Alcohol is the most widely abused drug in the U.S. today. Although ...

Examining Developmental Trajectories in Adolescent Alcohol Use Using...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...ALCOHOL USE typically begins in adolescence. Findings from the Monitoring the Future Study...indicated that 9.5% of 8th graders and 5.5% of 10th graders reported having used alcohol by the 4th grade. Among 12th graders, 9.8% reported that they first used alcohol by the 6th grade. A number of studies have ...

Alcohol and Islam: an overview

Contemporary Drug Problems;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Alcohol and Islam is a relatively understudied topic, although alcohol abuse is a significant social problem both in Muslim majority...food and drink prescriptions and proscriptions also make alcohol and Islam a worthwhile topic. This article offers a general...

Factors related to alcohol use among 6th through 10th graders: the...

Journal of School Health;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Alcohol represents the leading drug of abuse among teen-agers in...legal drinking age is 21 years, most US youth have used alcohol by the time they graduate from high school. (3) About one-ha...10th graders, and 80% of 12th graders report having tried alcohol. (4) Approximately 22% of eighth graders, 39% of ...

Alcohol: The Ambiguous Molecule.(Review)

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Alcohol: The Ambiguous Molecule, by Griffith Edwards. London, England...pages, 7.99 [pounds sterling] (paper). Throughout history alcohol has played a significant role in religious and social events...has caused or exacerbated tragedies too numerous to list. Alcohol has played multiple roles within the ...

Every day more than 70 victims seek help after alcohol-fuelled attacks

The Scotsman;  December 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ALCOHOL-FUELLED violence is responsible for nearly 30,000 admissions...seeking treatment for injuries picked up as a result of alcohol-related assaults, according to research conducted by NHS...involving guns. In 73 per cent of cases drink was to blame. Alcohol was also a contributory factor in three of 264 ...

The relationship between prospective self-rating of alcohol sensitivity...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ALCOHOL SENSITIVITY AND ALCOHOL CRAVING represent two important theoretical constructs in the alcoholism literature. It is widely recognized that the way individuals experience the effects of alcohol may influence their pattern of use (Schuckit...

Familial and "on-the-street" risk factors associated with alcohol use...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ALCOHOL USE MAY SERVE a number of functions for members of a vulnerable...adolescents. Victimization research posits that youth may turn to alcohol as a coping strategy to help deal with childhood trauma...al., 2000; Hawke et al., 2000; Kilpatrick et al., 2000). Alcohol use may also represent another ...

Alcohol use among American Indian high school youths from adolescence and...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ALCOHOL USE HAS RECEIVED extensive attention among American Indian samples, especially youths. Large alcohol-related research studies with American Indian populations...1999), Oetting and Beauvais' surveillance of adolescent alcohol use (Beauvais, 1992, 1998), and Costello's examination...

Alcohol use in early adolescence: the effect of changes in risk taking,...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ALCOHOL IS THE DRUG of choice for adolescents and young adults...end of sixth grade (Johnston et al., 2004). Furthermore, alcohol use among young people is not limited only to experimentation...graders drink to intoxication on a monthly basis. Adolescent alcohol use poses serious public health concerns; ...

The Role of Alcohol in Physical Assault Perpetration and...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......and female arrestees acknowledged they had used alcohol prior to committing a violent offense (Reiss and...techniques, have examined the relationship between alcohol use and violence. Pernanen (1991) found that alcohol was present in 50% of the incidents reported in...51% of assailants and 30% of victims ...

Alcohol and Unnatural Deaths in Sweden: A Medico-Legal Autopsy...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...ALCOHOL IS RESPONSIBLE for considerable morbidity, mortality and...and Sempos, 1995; Shaper, 1990). Despite the fact that alcohol is the most commonly abused substance in Sweden, little...total mortality in the country. Accurate determination of alcohol-related mortality in a population is difficult. It is ...