Aims

To support the free and open dissemination of research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. To encourage open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

For full versions of posted research articles readers are encouraged to email requests for "electronic reprints" (text file, PDF files, FAX copies) to the corresponding or lead author, who is highlighted in the posting.

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence: January–February 2012


Interventions & Assessments
  • Lack of Efficacy of a 3-Medication Treatment Protocol for Methamphetamine Dependence
  • Retention in Opioid Agonist Treatment after Prison Release Reduces Re-incarceration
  • Adding N-Acetylcysteine to Glucocorticoids May Improve Outcomes in Patients with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
  • People Receiving Buprenorphine and Methadone Are More Likely to Be Responsible for Road Traffic Crashes
  • Recent Notable Developments in Addiction Pharmacotherapies

Health Outcomes

  • Modest Marijuana Exposure Does Not Adversely Affect Pulmonary Function, but High Cumulative Exposure Does
  • Wine-specific Mortality Benefits Disappear When Studied Appropriately
  • Thirty Years of Observational Studies of Alcohol’s Cardioprotective Effects: Uncertainty Remains
  • Lifestyle and Environmental Factors, Including Tobacco and Alcohol Use, and Risk of Cancer

HIV and HCV

  • Baclofen: New Hope for Alcohol Abstinence in Patients with Alcohol- and HCV-related Cirrhosis?
  • Needle and Syringe Provision and Opioid Agonist Treatment May Reduce the Spread of HCV in People with Injection Drug Use
  • Mental-Health and Substance Use Disorders Impact the Development of AIDS-defining Illness and Death in HIV-infected Veterans
  • Political Engagement Is Associated with Reduced HIV Risk Behaviors

Journal Alert

Drug and Alcohol Review Publishes Special Issue on Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines

Resource Alert

NIAAA Releases Free Simplified Screening Guide to Identify Underage
Drinking

Slide Presentations

  • Update on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health
  • Journal Club


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