Analyzing HIV/AIDS and Alcohol and Other Drug Use as a Social Problem

Timing of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Many Americans who drink alcohol are polydrug users--that is, they also use other psychoactive drugs, such as nicotine, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, and other illicit substances. Polydrug use is a general term that describes a wide variety of substance use behaviors. Different types of polydrug use can be described with regard to the timing of the ingestion of multiple substances. Concurrent poly...

the effect of lexical and grammatical collocation instruction through input flooding versus awareness raising on short-term and delayed retention as well a active use

this study attempted to explore if teaching english collocations through two different modes of awareness-raising and input flooding has any possible differential effect on immediate retention as well as retention in a delayed assessment. it also compared the possible differential effect of teaching english collocations implicitly and explicitly on actively using the items in writing. m...

Tobacco, alcohol and other drug use among medical students.

The non-medical use of dependence-producing drugs is not a new phenomenon. The use of tobacco, which is known to be a dependence-producing substance causing serious physical illness, is so widespread as to constitute a major public health problem; the fact that it does not have major psychotoxic effects, even when consumed in large amounts, has allowed tobacco to become a socially acceptable dr...

Update: alcohol and other drug use among vehicular crash victims.

Pharmacotherapy of adolescent alcohol and other drug use disorders.

Alcohol Health & Research World Medications are playing an increasingly important role as adjuncts to psychosocial strategies of alcoholism treatment. Although problems associated with the use of alcohol and other drugs (AODs) often appear in adolescence, most studies of AOD pharmacotherapy have been conducted in adults. Because youth may react differently from adults to both the therapeutic an...