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  • Arria, A. M., Caldeira, K. M., Vincent, K. B., O'Grady, K. E., & Wish, E. D. (2008). Perceived harmfulness predicts nonmedical use of prescription drugs among college students: Interactions with sensation-seeking. Prevention Science: The Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 9(3), 191-201.

  • Bonn-Miller, M. O., Zvolensky, M. J., & Bernstein, A. (2007). Marijuana use motives: Concurrent relations to frequency of past 30-day use and anxiety sensitivity among young adult marijuana smokers. Addictive Behaviors, 32(1), 49-62.

  • Buckman J. F., Yusko, D. A., White, H. R., & Pandina, R. J. (2009). Risk profile of male college athletes who use performance-enhancing substances. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70, 919-923.

  • Buckner, J. D., & Schmidt, N. B. (2008). Marijuana effect expectancies: Relations to social anxiety and marijuana use problems. Addictive Behaviors, 33(11), 1477-1483.

  • Cellini, H. (1998). Substance abuse update: the changing face of methamphetamine use. Prevention Forum 18(3): 21-22.

  • Cerda, M., Wall, M., Keyes, K. M., Galea, S., Hasin, D. (2012). Medical marijuana laws in 50 states: Investigating the relationship between state legalization of medical marijuana and marijuana use, abuse, and dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 120(1-3), 22-27.

  • David, N. K, Bryan, L. M., Hayden, O. G. (2008). Salvia divinorum use among a college student sample. Journal of Drug Education, 38(3), 297-306.

  • de Wit, H., Vicini, L., Childs, E., Sayla, M. A., & Terner, J. (2007). Does stress reactivity or response to amphetamine predict smoking progression in young adults? A preliminary study. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, And Behavior, 86(2), 312-319.

  • Dierker, L. C., Vesel, F., Sledjeski, E. M., Costello, D., & Perrine, N. (2007). Testing the dual pathway hypothesis to substance use in adolescence and young adulthood. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 87(1), 83-93.

  • Dodge, T., Litt, D., Seitchik, A., & Bennett, S. (2008). Drive for muscularity and beliefs about legal performance enhancing substances as predictors of current use and willingness to use. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(8), 1173-1179.

  • Ford, J. A. (2008). Nonmedical prescription drug use among college students: A comparison between athletes and nonathletes. Journal of American College Health, 57(2), 211-220.

  • Ford, J. A., & Schroeder, R. D. (2009). Academic strain and non-medical use of prescription stimulants among college students. Deviant Behavior, 30(1), 26-53.

  • Higginbotham, B., Ketring, S., Hibbert, J., Wright, D., & Guarino, A. (2007). Relationship Religiosity, Adult Attachment Styles, and Courtship Violence Experienced by Females. Journal of Family Violence, 22(2), 55-62.

  • 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.

  • Kasperski, S. J., Vincent, K. B., Caldeira, K. M., Garnier-Dykstra, L. M., O’Grady, K. E., Arria, A. M. (2011). College students’ use of cocaine: Results from a longitudinal study. Addictive Behaviors, 36(4), 408-411.

  • Kenna, G. A., & Wood, M. D. (2008). In search of pharmacological optimism: Investigating beliefs about effects of drugs: A pilot study. Addiction Research & Theory, 16(4), 383-399.

  • King, K. M., Chassin, L. (2007). A Prospective Study of the Effects of Age of Initiation of Alcohol and Drug Use on Young Adult Substance Dependence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2(68), 256-265.

  • Lange, J. E., Reed, M. B., Croff, J. M. K., & Clapp, J. D. (2008). College student use of salvia divinorum. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 94(1-3), 263-266.

  • Lanier, C., Farley, E. J. (2011). What matters most? Assessing the influence of demographic characteristics, college-specific risk factors, and poly-drug use on nonmedical prescription drug use. Journal of American College Health, 59(8), 721-727.

  • Liu, W. M., & Iwamoto, D. K. (2007). Conformity to Masculine Norms, Asian Values, Coping Strategies, Peer Group Influences and Substance Use Among Asian American Men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 8(1), 25-39.

  • McCauley, J. L., Amstadter, A. B., Macdonald, A., Danielson, C. K., Ruggiero, K. J., Resnick, H. S., Kilpatrick, D. G. (2011). Non-medical use of prescription drugs in a national sample of college women. Addictive Behaviors, 36(7), 690-695.

  • Near, J. A., & Martin, B. J. (2007). Expanding course goals beyond disciplinary boundaries: Physiology education in an undergraduate course on psychoactive drugs. Advances In Physiology Education, 31(2), 161-166.

  • Park, A., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. L. (2008). Risky drinking in college changes as fraternity/sorority affiliation changes: A person-environment perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22(2), 219-229.

  • Poulson, R. L., Bradshaw, S. D., Huff, J. M., Peebles, L. L., & Hilton, D. B. (2008). Risky sex behaviors among African American college students: The influence of alcohol, marijuana, and religiosity. North American Journal of Psychology, 10(3), 529-542.

  • Shorey, R., Stuart, G. L., Cornelius, T. L. (2011). Dating violence and substance abuse in college students: A review of the literature. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16(6), 541-550.

  • Simons, J. S., & Carey, K. B. (2006). An affective and cognitive model of marijuana and alcohol problems. Addictive Behaviors, 31(9), 1578-1592.

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2010). Results from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Volume I. Summary of National Findings (Office of Applied Studies, NSDUH Series H-38A, HHS Publication No. SMA 10-4586 Findings). Rockville, MD. Accessed online http://oas.samhsa.gov/nsduhLatest.htm.

  • Teter, C. J., McCabe, S. E., LaGrange, K., Cranford, J. A., & Boyd, C. J. (2006). Illicit use of specific prescription stimulants among college students: Prevalence, motives, and routes of administration. Pharmacotherapy, 26(10), 1501-1510.

  • Willoughby, B.J. & Carroll, J.S. (2009). The impact of living in co-ed resident halls on risk-taking among college students. Journal of American College Health, 58(3), 241-246.

  • Wish, E. D., Fitzelle, D. B., O'Grady, K. E., Hsu, M. H., & Arria, A. M. (2006). Evidence for significant polydrug use among ecstasy-using college students. Journal of American College Health, 55(2), 99-104.

  • Wu, L.-T., Schlenger, W. E., & Galvin, D. M. (2006). Concurrent use of methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, GHB, and flunitrazepam among American youths. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 84(1), 102-113.

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