Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education articles from March 2001

Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education archives from March 2001

The healthy people of 2010 and the objectives for alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.(Editorial)
March 22, 2001... This editorial is slated for publication in the issue 46(3) to be published for Spring 2001, so obviously we are far behind our publication schedule. Let me assure you that we are making all efforts to cut on the delay and make the Journal of...

Assessing the validity of college alcohol problem scale with African American undergraduates: results of preliminary investigation.
March 22, 2001... Abstract This research evaluated the psychometric properties of College Alcohol Problem Scale (CAPS) (O'Hare, 1997) with preliminary sample of 33 African American college students. The CAPS was evaluated for its reliability and accuracy in...

Perceived drinking norms, attention to social comparison information, and alcohol use among college students.
March 22, 2001... Abstract Numerous studies indicate that normative campus drinking practices are important in determining college undergraduates' use and abuse of alcohol. The purpose of this paper was to extend this literature by assessing the extent to...

Exploring the temporal validity of self-reported marijuana use among juvenile arrestees.
March 22, 2001... Abstract While urinalysis is often used to validate self-reported recent drug use, past research has been inconclusive in confirming concordance between the two measures. In the current study, marijuana urinalysis results are compared to...

Drug prevention through continuing education evaluation of a teacher training course. (Letter to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2001... Dear Editor: With the publication of Making the Grade (Drug Strategies, 2000), the NIDA "red book," and the establishment of model program lists by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Department of Education, there is an...

Recommendations for future social science ecstasy research. (Letter to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2001... Dear Editor: A patent was issued to the Merck chemical company in 1914 to produce 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or 'ecstasy') as an appetite suppressant (Beck and Rosenbaum, 1994). With the exception of several isolated animal...

UK Drugs Unlimited: New Research and Policy Lessons on Illicit Drug Use.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Edited by Howard Parkers, Judith Aldridge and Roy Egginton, Palgrave Publishers Ltd. 2001 Reviewing any newly published book on illicit drugs in an academic American Journal cannot be done without prompting several questions. These...