Research

The following selection of research relates to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions. The citations are compiled on a monthly basis from 15 peer-reviewed journals serving as the primary source of college AODV prevention articles and from keyword searches of online research databases.

OxyContin

  • McCabe, S. E. (2008). Misperceptions of non-medical prescription drug use: A web survey of college students. Addictive Behaviors, 33(5), 713-724.

  • Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2007). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2006: Volume II, College students and adults ages 19-45 (NIH Publication No. 07-6206). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse, 307 pp.

  • US debates OxyContin use and abuse (2001). SCRIP World Pharmaceutical News 2698: 16.

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