Past Issue: September–October 2008

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Interventions

• Brief Intervention for Illicit Drug Use in Primary Health Care Settings: Does It Work?
• Buprenorphine with Drug Counseling Is Superior to Oral Naltrexone with Counseling or Counseling Alone for Heroin Dependence
• Topiramate, Physical Health, and Psychosocial Function in Adults with Alcohol Dependence
• Drug-related HIV Risk Behaviors Decrease during Treatment with Buprenorphine/Naloxone in Primary Care
• Levetiracetam (Keppra) Shows Promise in Treating Alcohol Dependence
• Effectiveness of a Smoking Cessation Intervention in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

Health Outcomes

• Universal Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Substance Use at Prenatal Visits Improves Obstetric Outcomes

• Adolescent Cannabis Use Has a Dose-Response Association with Adverse Social Outcomes in Adulthood

• Moderate Wine Drinking Is Associated with Decreased Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• College-Student Drinking Patterns during the First 4 Years

• Crack Cocaine’s Effect on HIV Disease Progression in Women: What Are the Major Outcomes?

• Does Moderate Alcohol Use Protect against Low Bone Density and Osteoporotic Fractures?

• Differing Health Effects Related to Quantity and Frequency of Drinking

Slide Presentations

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