Drug and Alcohol Dependence is an
international journal devoted to publishing
original research, scholarly reviews,
commentaries, and policy analyses in the area
of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and dependence.
Articles range from studies of the
chemistry of substances of abuse,
their actions at molecular
and cellular sites, in vitro and in vivo
investigations
of their biochemical,
pharmacological and behavioural actions,
laboratory-based and clinical research in
humans, substance abuse
treatment and
prevention research, and studies employing
methods from epidemiology, sociology, and
economics. The rationale
for this extensive coverage is the conviction
that drug, alcohol and tobacco use/dependence cannot be
understood in their entirety
from a
single perspective and that without an understanding of other areas of
research,
studies by individual investigators
may be limited. The goal of the journal
is to
provide researchers, clinicians, and policy makers access to material
from all
perspectives in a single journal in a format that is understandable and
which has
received rigorous editorial review. The hope
of its editors is to promote
mutual
understanding of the many facets of drug abuse to the benefit of all
investigators
involved
in drug and alcohol research, and to facilitate the transfer of
scientific
findings to successful treatment and prevention practices.
The accepted abbreviation for Drug and Alcohol Dependence for bibliographic citation is Drug Alcohol Depend.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence is currently being distributed to all the members of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence
(CPDD), the oldest scientific organization in the United States concerned with research on problems of drug dependence. Members of the
CPDD are provided with both the print version as well as access to the full text of the current issue and back issues dating back to
Vol. 46, Issue no. 1 of the online version
as a benefit of membership.
