Drug Abuse Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Drug Abuse, including details on psychology, rehabilitation, consequences, treatment.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 1 (January)

1. Surveillance of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus in an estonian injection drug-using population: sensitivity and specificity of testing syringes for public health surveillance.
   J Infect Dis, 193(3): 455-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pyomyositis in an intravenous drug user.
   J Med Microbiol, 55: 123-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Predictors of drug use among South African adolescents.
   J Adolesc Health, 38(1): 26-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among young injection vs. noninjection drug users.
   Subst Use Misuse, 41(2): 245-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Binge drug use independently predicts HIV seroconversion among injection drug users: implications for public health strategies.
   Subst Use Misuse, 41(2): 199-210. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Randomized trial of drug abuse treatment-linkage strategies.
   J Consult Clin Psychol, 73(6): 1026-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Longitudinal patterns of alcohol, drug, and mental health need and care in a national sample of U.S. adults.
   Psychiatr Serv, 57(1): 93-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Mental health status, drug treatment use, and needle sharing among injection drug users.
   AIDS Educ Prev, 17(6): 525-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. A pilot study of the NGO-based relational intervention model for HIV prevention among drug users in China.
   AIDS Educ Prev, 17(6): 503-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Innovations: Alcohol & drug abuse: Narcotics on the net: the availability of Web sites selling controlled substances.
    Psychiatr Serv, 57(1): 24-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Botulism in a pregnant intravenous drug abuser.
    Anaesthesia, 61(1): 57-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Being old-for-grade and drug use: not such a clear connection.
    Acta Paediatr, 94(12): 1807-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Palmtop-assisted self-interviewing for the collection of sensitive behavioral data: randomized trial with drug use urine testing.
    Am J Epidemiol, 163(3): 271-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Drug users: a potentially important bridge population in the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, in China.
    Sex Transm Dis, 33(2): 111-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Rapid assessment and response studies of injection drug use: knowledge gain, capacity building, and intervention development in a multisite study.
    Am J Public Health, 96(2): 288-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Efficient allocation of resources to prevent HIV infection among injection drug users: the Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) needle exchange program.
    Health Econ, 15(2): 147-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Interventions for prevention of drug use by young people delivered in non-school settings.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Fine mapping of a sedative-hypnotic drug withdrawal locus on mouse chromosome 11.
    Genes Brain Behav, 5(1): 1-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Difficulties associated with outpatient management of drug abusers by general practitioners. A cross-sectional survey of general practitioners with and without methadone patients in Switzerland.
    BMC Fam Pract, 6: 51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Impact of HAART and injection drug use on life expectancy of two HIV-positive cohorts in British Columbia.
    AIDS, 20(3): 445-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Impact of a medically supervised safer injection facility on community drug use patterns: a before and after study.
    BMJ, 332(7535): 220-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Why are young college women not using condoms? Their perceived risk, drug use, and developmental vulnerability may provide important clues to sexual risk.
    Arch Psychiatr Nurs, 20(1): 32-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Does depression symptomatology affect medication compliance during the first weeks of anti-HCV therapy in intravenous drug users?
    Dig Liver Dis, 38(2): 119-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Factors associated with lifetime history of drug treatment among substance dependent women.
    Addict Behav, 31(2): 246-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Reasons for dropout from drug abuse treatment: symptoms, personality, and motivation.
    Addict Behav, 31(2): 320-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Gender differences in prevalence of drug use among high risk adolescents in Israel.
    Addict Behav, 31(2): 355-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Eligibility for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among young injection drug users in 3 US cities.
    Clin Infect Dis, 42(5): 669-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis among injecting drug users in Russia: a multi-city study.
    Addiction, 101(2): 252-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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