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Fernandez-Calderon, Fermin; Lozano, Oscar M.; Vidal, Claudio; Ortega, Josefa Gutierrez; Vergara, Esperanza; Gonzalez-Saiz, Francisco; Bilbao, Izaskun; Caluente, Marta; Cano, Tomas; Cid, Francisco; Dominguez, Celia; Izquierdo, Emcarni; Perez, Maria I. – Journal of Drug Education, 2011
Drug use in mainstream rave parties has been widely documented in a large number of studies. However, not much is known about drug use in underground raves. The purpose of this study is to find out the polysubstance use patterns at underground raves. Two hundred and fifty-two young people between the ages of 18 and 30 who went to underground raves…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drug Abuse, At Risk Persons, Late Adolescents
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Substance Abuse, 2012
This article presents abstracts from the 2011 AMERSA National Meeting. It includes 2011 best abstracts on research, programmatic, and curricular presentations.
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse
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Brown, Randall T.; Zuelsdorff, Megan; Gassman, Michele – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2009
Drug treatment courts (DTCs) provide substance abuse treatment and case management services to offenders with substance use disorders as an alternative to incarceration. Studies indicate that African Americans less frequently complete DTC programming. The current study analyzed data from the Dane County Drug Treatment Court (n = 573). The study…
Descriptors: African Americans, Substance Abuse, Cocaine, Courts
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – Institute for Social Research, 2012
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adults through age 50. It has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research since its inception in 1975 and is supported under a series of investigator-initiated, competing research grants from the National…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, Grade 12
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McAloney, Kareena; McCrystal, Patrick; Percy, Andrew – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2010
Young people's participation in sexual risk behaviours is commonly linked with participation in a range of other risky behaviours, and in particular with substance use behaviours. This cross-sectional analysis of the sixth sweep of the Belfast Youth Development Study aimed to examine associations between substance use and sexual activity and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drug Abuse
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Schnitzer, Susanne; Bellis, Mark A.; Anderson, Zara; Hughes, Karen; Calafat, Amador; Juan, Montse; Kokkevi, Anna – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Within nightlife settings, youth violence places large burdens on both nightlife users and wider society. Internationally, research has identified risk factors for nightlife violence. However, few empirical studies have assessed differences in risk factors between genders. Here, a pan-European cross-sectional survey of 1,341 nightlife users aged…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Sexual Orientation, Risk
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McKay, James R.; Lynch, Kevin G.; Coviello, Donna; Morrison, Rebecca; Cary, Mark S.; Skalina, Lauren; Plebani, Jennifer – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The effects of cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention (RP), contingency management (CM), and their combination (CM + RP) were evaluated in a randomized trial with 100 cocaine-dependent patients (58% female, 89% African American) who were engaged in treatment for at least 2 weeks and had an average of 44 days of abstinence at baseline.…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Contingency Management, Toxicology, Patients
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009
This issue of "The NSDUH Report" examines the rates of nonmedical use of Adderall[R] in the past year among full-time college students aged 18 to 22 and comparably aged persons who were not full-time college students. All findings presented in this report are annual averages based on combined 2006 and 2007 data. Full-time college students aged 18…
Descriptors: College Students, Full Time Students, Stimulants, Drug Abuse
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Johnson, Mark B.; Voas, Robert A.; Miller, Brenda A.; Holder, Harold D. – Evaluation Review, 2009
Most information on the prevalence of drug use comes from self-report surveys. The sensitivity of such information is cause for concern about the accuracy of self-report measures. In this study, self-reported drug use in the last 48 hr is compared to results from biological assays of saliva samples from 371 young adults entering clubs. The…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Young Adults, Music Activities, Measurement Techniques
Miech, Richard A.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – Institute for Social Research, 2016
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is designed to give sustained attention to substance use among the nation's youth and adults. It is an investigator-initiated study that originated with and is conducted by a team of research professors at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Since its onset in 1975, MTF has been continuously…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Grade 8, Grade 10
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Miech, Richard A. – Institute for Social Research, 2016
Monitoring the Future (MTF), now in its 41st year, is a research program conducted at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research under a series of investigator-initiated, competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse--one of the National Institutes of Health. The study comprises several ongoing series of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Grade 8, Grade 10
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Winsauer, Peter J.; Moerschbaecher, Joseph M.; Roussell, Alison M. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2008
Six rhesus monkeys responding under a three-component multiple schedule were administered haloperidol to determine its effects on cocaine self-administration and on cocaine's disruptive effects on the repeated acquisition and performance of response chains. In the absence of haloperidol, 0.0032 - 0.032 mg/kg/infusion of cocaine increased response…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Primatology, Drug Use, Drug Therapy
Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2010
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of substance abuse among people age 12 and older. The survey is conducted every year by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The 2009 NSDUH, released September 16, 2010, shows…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Substance Abuse, Drug Use, National Surveys
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Schuetze, Pamela; Eiden, Rina D.; Danielewicz, Susan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: This study examined the association between prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE) and autonomic regulation at 13 months of age. Methods: Measures of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) were obtained from 156 (79 exposed, and 77 nonexposed) infants during baseline and during tasks designed to elicit positive (PA) and negative affect (NA).…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Infants, Depression (Psychology), Cognitive Development
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Reyes, Jazmin A.; Elias, Maurice J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
National statistics reveal that Latino youth face significant challenges and engage in many risky behaviors that can hinder positive development and well-being, such as attempted suicide, lifetime cocaine use, unprotected sex, and dropping out of school. However, these statistics obscure the fact that many Latino youth are developing well despite…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Caring, Social Systems, Suicide
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