Contemporary Drug Problems is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that publishes research on alcohol and other psychoactive drugs, licit and illicit. Multidisciplinary and international, the journal is open to research papers that contribute to social, cultural, historical, or epidemiological knowledge and theory concerning drug use and related problems. It serves a burgeoning constituency of social researchers, policy makers and practitioners working in health, social services, public policy, criminal justice, and law enforcement. View full journal description
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