Current Issue: September–October 2009View PDF of newsletter (Download Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Interventions and Assessments
- Heroin to Treat Opioid Dependence: A Randomized Trial
- Meta-analysis Confirms Methadone Maintenance Reduces Illicit Opioid Use and Improves Treatment Retention in Patients with Opioid Dependence
- Methadone Maintenance Therapy Decreases Arrests
- Impaired Memory in Subjects Receiving Opioid Agonist Treatment Who Also Abuse Benzodiazepines
- Impact of Buprenorphine Inquiries and Treatment on an Urban Community Health Center
- Improving Entry into Post-detoxification Treatment
- Injectable Risperidone for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence
Health Outcomes
- AUDIT-C Scores Greater than 7 Predict Fracture Risk
- Does Heavy Alcohol Use Increase Risk of Prostate Cancer?
- Alcohol Consumption Limits Associated with Alcohol Problems in Older Adults
- Greater Alcohol Intake Increases the Risk for Hypertension, but Perhaps Not for Consumers of Red Wine
- Moderate Alcohol Intake Is Associated with Better Endothelial Function
- More than Half of All Deaths in Russia among People Aged 15–54 Years Are Attributable to Alcohol
- Action toward Change Predicts Reduced Alcohol Consumption among Unhealthy Drinkers, but Recognition of the Problem Does Not