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Katz, Debra A.; Hays, Lon R. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
OxyContin, a prescription pain reliever, is a controlled-release form of oxycodone hydrochloride. The medication is supplied in 10-mg, 20-mg, 40-mg, and 80-mg tablets and provides delivery of oxycodone over a 12-hour period. It is indicated for the management of moderate to severe pain. Although all prescription narcotics have the potential for…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Abuse, Adolescents, Outcomes of Treatment
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Laux, John M.; Perera-Diltz, Dilani; Smirnoff, Jennifer B.; Salyers, Kathleen M. – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2005
The authors investigated the psychometric capabilities of the Face Valid Other Drugs (FVOD) scale of the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-3 (SASSI-3; G. A. Miller, 1999). Internal consistency reliability estimates and construct validity factor analysis for 230 college students provided initial support for the psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Narcotics, Validity, Substance Abuse
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Milling, Leonard S.; Reardon, John M.; Carosella, Gina M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The mediator role of response expectancies and the moderator role of hypnotic suggestibility were evaluated in the analogue treatment of pain. Approximately 1,000 participants were assessed for hypnotic suggestibility. Later, as part of a seemingly unrelated experiment, 188 of these individuals were randomly assigned to distraction,…
Descriptors: Pain, Expectation, Responses, Narcotics
Mangan, Katherine; Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
The failure of at least seven medical researchers to disclose their financial ties to the makers of antidepressants prompted The Journal of the American Medical Association to toughen its conflict-of-interest policy. It also issued a correction of an article those researchers wrote warning of the potential dangers to pregnant women who stop using…
Descriptors: Researchers, Professional Associations, Narcotics, Females
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Wright, Patricia B.; Stewart, Katharine E.; Fischer, Ellen P.; Carlson, Robert G.; Falck, Russel; Wang, Jichuan; Leukefeld, Carl G.; Booth, Brenda M. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2007
We examined data from a community sample of rural stimulant users (n = 691) in three diverse states to identify gender and racial/ethnic differences in HIV risk behaviors. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses were conducted with six risk behaviors as dependent variables: injecting drugs, trading sex to obtain money or drugs, trading money or…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Racial Differences, Prevention
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 2008
Since the mid-1960s, when illicit drug use burgeoned in the normal youth population, substance use by American young people has proven to be a rapidly changing phenomenon. Smoking, drinking, and illicit drug use are leading causes of morbidity and mortality, both during adolescence as well as later in life. How vigorously the nation responds to…
Descriptors: Stimulants, Substance Abuse, Smoking, Narcotics
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Dhand, Amar – Ethnography and Education, 2006
As part of an ongoing ethnographic study, this paper aims to consider the practice of poetry, "sher-o-shayari", as naturalistic peer learning among a group of heroin addicts in Yamuna Bazaar, New Delhi. By examining meanings given to "sher-o-shayari" and experiences of participating in the practice, this article makes the claim…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poetry, Narcotics, Learning Processes
Todays Educ, 1969
Part of "Students and Drug Abuse, prepared by the Public Information Branch and Center for Studies of Narcotic and Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Health, in cooperation with the staff of Today's Education.
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Legislation
Snarr, Richard W.; Ball, John C. – 1969
The study investigated the life career of a sample of native Puerto Rican narcotic addicts who were treated at the Lexington, Kentucky Public Health Service Hospital. Specifically, it deals with the relationship between the addicts' involvement in a drug subculture and their subsequent drug use and abstinence. The hypothesis presented states that…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Therapy, Ethnic Groups
Lowinger, Paul – 1970
Marihuana which has an indigenous history in our country is smoked by approximately 20 million Americans. Its main effects are on the brain and they are mediated by the personality of the user and the situation in which the drug is taken. Studies have demonstrated that it is not addictive and that it produces no permanent effects, but since…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Legislation, Health Education, Laws
National Inst. on Drug Abuse (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information. – 1973
Concerned with clarifying some of the more complex issues in drug abuse, the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information has prepared this special report on methaqualone. Background information is provided through a summary of its history, legal status, and the opinions of authorities in the field. Significant research on the subject is…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Narcotics
National Inst. on Drug Abuse (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information. – 1973
Concerned with clarifying some of the more complex issues in drug abuse, the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information has prepared this special report on methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), commonly called Mellow Drug of America. Background information is provided through a summary of its history, legal status, and the opinions of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Narcotics
Mathieson, Moira B. – 1972
This bibliography consists of a total of 215 entries dealing with drug education, including curriculum guides, and drawn from documents in the ERIC system. There are two sections, the first containing 130 annotated citations of documents and journal articles, and the second containing 85 citations of journal articles without annotations, but with…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Drug Legislation
Case, Helen E. – 1972
This is a 1972 report of the NEA Task Force on Drug Education. Because of the critical proportion which drug misuse has reached in the United States, the federal government has undertaken a major national leadership role in drug education. More than a quarter of a billion dollars will be spent over the next five years in education, rehabilitation,…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education, Drug Legislation
Petersen, Robert C., Ed. – 1972
This report studies the effects of marihuana on the individual's physical and psychological health, as well as the effects of cannibas use on the society. A major purpose of this report is to serve as an up-to-date compendium of scientific information bearing on the issue of marihuana and health. In order to make the report maximally useful to the…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Legislation, Foreign Culture
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