More than 7 million children live with a parent with alcohol problems
2012 report from the U.S. government’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality spotlighting data relating to children of alcoholics in the United States.
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Internet addiction and personality in first-person-shooter video gamers
2011 study from the University of Bonn and SUNY in the Journal of Media Psychology on the connection between personality traits and time spent online.
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Exposure to anti-drug advertising and drug-related beliefs and behaviors among U.S. youth
2011 study published in the journal Addictive Behaviors on anti-drug television advertising and self-reported drug use in teenagers.
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Federal report: Prescription drug abuse, 2011
2011 federal government-sponsored research on prescription-drug use, both of legal and illicit substances, by U.S. adolescents.
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Pathological gambling among a sample of casino patrons
2011 study by the University of California, Los Angeles, published in the Journal of Gambling Studies on gaming habits as reported in a casino setting.
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Young adult gambling links to drinking, drugs and prostitution
2010 study in UNLV Gaming Research and Review Journal on young gamblers and propensity for risky behavior.
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Peer interventions for cocaine and alcohol abuse among women
2012 Yale University and Washington University of St. Louis study on the cost-effectiveness of three types of peer-intervention methods.
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Does incarceration-based drug treatment reduce recidivism?
2007 paper in the Journal of Experimental Criminology on the effectiveness of incarceration-based drug treatment in reducing drug relapse and recidivism.
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