Research Updates on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
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August 2007
Please see:
to view the 2006 results from the national Monitoring the Future Study, which annually surveys nationally representative samples of students in grades 8, 10, and 12 -- some 50,000 in all, located in about 400 secondary schools. This study tracks the substance using habits of American adolescents, including their use of cigarettes, alcohol, steroids, and a wide range of illicit drugs.
The 2006 results are presented in three monographs dated 2007.
This information is available on the study's website:
November 2006
Please see:
to view the 2005 results from the national Monitoring the Future Study, which annually surveys nationally representative samples of students in grades 8, 10, and 12 -- some 50,000 in all, located in about 400 secondary schools. This study tracks the substance using habits of American adolescents, including their use of cigarettes, alcohol, steroids, and a wide range of illicit drugs.
The 2005 results are presented in three monographs dated 2006.
Two press releases and a press conference in Washington, DC will disseminate the latest 2006 top line results in mid-December 2006. This information will also be available on the study's website:
March 2006
Please see the following link to:
Bell J., Mutch C. (2006). Treatment retention in adolescent patients treated with methadone or buprenorphine for opioid dependence: A file review. Drug and Alcohol Review, 25, 167-171.
January 2006
Please see the following link to:
Simon, G.E., Savarino, J., Operskalski, B., Wang, P.S. (2006). Suicide risk during antidepressant treatment. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 41-47.
