Drug abuse prevention for the media.

Mode of access: Internet.

Proceedings : NIAAA-WHO Collaborating Center Designation Meeting & Alcohol Research Seminar /

Item 498-C-1

A comprehensive state plan and human services plan for the prevention/intervention/treatment of alcoholism and other drug dependency for fiscal years ...

Vols. for 1989/1992 and subsequent supplements also have title: Confronting tomorrow today

A simulator study of the combined effects of alcohol and marihuana on driving behavior. Phase II. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

A simulator study of the combined effects of alcohol and marihuana on driving behavior. Phase I. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Alcohol and your unborn baby.

Mode of access: Internet.

Helping your students say no to alcohol /

Mode of access: Internet.

Alcohol and nutrition : proceedings of a workshop, September 26-27, 1977, Indianapolis, Indiana /

Mode of access: Internet.

Normative approaches to the prevention of alcohol abuse and alcoholism : proceedings of a symposium, April 26-28, 1977, San Diego, California /

Mode of access: Internet.

Here's to your health : alcohol facts for women.

Mode of access: Internet.

Drug program report : the National Training System, a year of transition, 1981-1982.

"Written for the Training Division, National Institute on Drug Abuse by the Career Development Center, HCS, Inc., ... under contract number 271-80-4807"--T.p. verso.

Alcohol use and risk taking among regular ecstasy users

We examine alcohol use in conjunction with ecstasy use and risk-taking behaviors among regular ecstasy users in every capital city in Australia. Data on drug use and risks were collected in 2004 from a national sample of 852 regular ecstasy users (persons who had used ecstasy at least monthly in the preceding 6 months). Users were grouped according to their typical alcohol use when using ecstasy: no use, consumption of between one and five standard drinks, and consumption of more than five drinks (binge alcohol use). The sample was young, well educated, and mainly working or studying. Approximately two thirds (65%) of the regular ecstasy users reported drinking alcohol when taking ecstasy. Of these, 69% reported usually consuming more than five standard drinks. Those who did not drink alcohol were more disadvantaged, with greater levels of unemployment, less education, higher rates of drug user treatment, and prison history. They were also more likely than those who drank alcohol when using ecstasy to be drug injectors and to be hepatitis C positive. Excluding alcohol, drug use patterns were similar between groups, although the no alcohol group used cannabis and methamphetamine more frequently. Binge drinkers were more likely to report having had three or more sexual partners in the past 6 months and were less likely to report having safe sex with casual partners while under the influence of drugs. Despite some evidence that the no alcohol group were more entrenched drug users, those who typically drank alcohol when taking ecstasy were as likely to report risks and problems associated with their drug use. It appears that regular ecstasy users who binge drink are placing themselves at increased sexual risk when under the influence of drugs. Safe sex messages should address the sexual risk associated with substance use and should be tailored to reducing alcohol consumption, particularly targeting heavy alcohol users. The study's limitations are noted.

Couple communication and female problem drinking: A behavioral observation study

Couples with alcohol and relationship problems often report poor communication, yet little is known about the communication of maritally distressed couples in which the woman abuses alcohol (MDWA couples). Compared with maritally distressed couples without alcohol problems (MDNA) and couples with neither problem (NDNA), MDWA couples showed a distinctive pattern of negative communication. Similar to MDNA men, MDWA men spoke negatively to their partners but listened positively to their partners much like NDNA men. MDWA women listened negatively, much as MDNA women did, but spoke positively, like NDNA women did. The interactions of MDWA couples can be characterized as a male-demand-female-withdraw pattern, which is a gender reversal of the female-demand-male-withdraw pattern often observed in MDNA couples.

Offender Assessments Help Guide Use of Treatment Resources, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, December 2009

The Department of Corrections contracts with Spectrum Health Systems to conduct front-end substance abuse assessments at the inmate reception center – Iowa Medical and Classification Center. Such assessments are considered vital in so far as 80-85% of offenders in DOC institutions list alcohol/drug problems as one of their top three need areas.

LSI-R Scores: Change Matters - Part III, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, June 2009

In this issue, we take a closer look at the individual risk factors measured by the LSI-R. There are several risk factors that the LSI-R assessment tool measures: Criminal History; Education/Employment; Financial; Family/Marital; Accommodations (Living Situation); Leisure/Recreation; Companions; Alcohol/Drug Problem; Emotional/Personal; and Attitudes/Orientation.