This resource lists substance misuse and other addiction journals. The listing includes print-based journals, ejournals, newsletters and current awareness bulletins. The journals are listed under subject headings, with descriptions and web addresses. Some of the web addresses are links to the publisher of the journal, in which case online access is by subscription only. Others are direct links to free online journals, which are marked as such throughout the list.
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Journal categories:
Bio-medical & Clinical - Research journals looking at the biomedical, biological, medical, pharmacological and other clinical aspects of substance misuse.
Criminal Justice & Enforcement - Journals focusing on the prison and legal systems, law enforcement and crime reduction initiatives.
Cross-disciplinary - Journals focusing on multidisciplinary research into drugs, alcohol, tobacco and other addictions, while exploring the links between them.
Current Awareness Bulletins / Newsletters - Print and electronic bulletins, highlighting current research, activities, individual initiatives and programmes in the field.
Education & Prevention - Journals focusing on education and prevention work with specific groups e.g. children and young people, drug-using parents.
Foreign language journals - Journals from the addictions field in other languages, often with an English language abstracts.
Politics & Public Policy - Journals providing national and international perspectives on drug use, drug policy and harm reduction programmes.
Professional Practice - Journals discussing practice, training and policy issues affecting substance misuse workers in the UK and beyond.
Treatment - Journals discussing treatment issues and therapeutic techniques.
Users' magazines - Publications written by and for substance users.
Addiction Biology
Publisher: Society for the Study of Addiction
http://www.addiction-ssa.org/ssa_aj.htm Description: Addiction Biology publishes original research reports, short communications and review articles in the various biomedical aspects of alcohol, substance and tobacco misuse. Papers are accepted in the metabolic, nutritional, molecular, genetic, biochemical and pharmacological fields of both clinical and experimental research.
Alcohol
Publisher: Elsevier Science Direct
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07418329
Description: Alcohol is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is devoted to publishing multi-disciplinary biomedical research on all aspects of the actions or effects of alcohol on the nervous system or on other organ systems. Emphasis is given to studies into the causes and consequences of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and biomedical aspects of diagnosis, etiology, treatment or prevention of alcohol-related health effects. Full text access freely available after three years.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Publisher: Oxford Journals
http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org
Description: The official journal of the Medical Council on Alcohol, Alcohol and Alcoholism publishes papers on biomedical, psychological and sociological aspects of alcoholism and alcohol research. Papers include new results obtained experimentally, descriptions of new experimental (including clinical) methods of importance to the field of alcohol research and treatment, or new interpretations of existing results. Full text access freely available after two years.
Alcohol Research and Health
Publisher: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Publications/AlcoholResearch/default.htm
Description: Alcohol Research & Health is a free quarterly, peer-reviewed scientific journal from the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Each issue has a particular theme e.g. women, liver disease, brain disease and mental health disorders.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
http://www.alcoholism-cer.com
Description: The official journal of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research is a multidisciplinary journal covering the etiology, treatment and prevention of alcohol-related disorders. Articles cover all aspects of biomedical alcohol research including genetics and molecular biology; pharmacology and cell metabolism; neurobiological, psychosocial, and developmental correlates of drinking; diagnosis and treatment; epidemiology and prevention; and alcohol effects on the foetus, brain, liver, and other organ systems.
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00952990.asp
Description: Focusing on the preclinical, clinical, pharmacological, administrative, and social aspects of substance misuse, the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse provides a medically-oriented forum between the various modalities involved in the study and treatment of drug abuse and alcoholism.
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
http://www.bmj.com
Description: The BMJ is published weekly and is one of the world's most influential medical journals. It publishes original research, review and educational articles as well as papers commenting on social and economic factors affecting health. Free full-text access after one year.
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Publisher: American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/journals/pha/
Description: This journal publishes research and the development of theory in psychopharmacology. To this end, the journal publishes original empirical research involving animals or humans that spans (a) behavioral pharmacology research on social, behavioural, cognitive, emotional, physiological, and neurochemical toxicity; (b) descriptive and experimental studies of drug abuse, including its etiology, progression, adverse effects, and behavioral and pharmacological treatment; and (c) controlled clinical trials.
Forensic Drug Abuse Advisor
Publisher: Forensic Drug Abuse Advisor
http://www.fdaa.com
Description: Forensic Drug Abuse Advisor is a monthly digest of developments in the pathology and toxicology of drug misuse, drug testing and the medical consequences of drug abuse for medical, legal and substance abuse professionals.
Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAM)
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
http://www.lwwonline.com
Description: The official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAM) is a new quarterly peer-reviewed journal focusing on new research developments as well as on treatment innovations and ethical, economic, forensic and social themes.
Journal of FAS International
Publisher: The Motherisk Program of The Hospital for Sick Children
http://www.motherisk.org/JFAS/index.jsp
Description: Journal of FAS International is a free online peer review journal dedicated to all aspects of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and the official journal of the FACE (Fetal Alcohol Canadian Expertise) Research Network. The journal aims to be a one-stop shop, publishing original research and selecting significant papers published elsewhere in the peer review literature, and reporting their findings.
The Lancet
Publisher: Elsevier Science
http://www.thelancet.com/
Description: The Lancet is a weekly international general medical journal. It has occasional articles on substance misuse.
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14622203.asp
Description: The official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Nicotine & Tobacco Research is the world's first and only peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to nicotine and tobacco research. It aims to provide a forum for empirical findings on the many aspects of nicotine and tobacco including research from the biobehavioural, neurophysiological, epidemiological, prevention, and treatment arenas.
Pharmaceutical Journal
Publisher: RPS Publishing
http://www.pjonline.com/
Description: Pharmaceutical Journal is the official journal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and provides weekly news about developments in prescribing and the pharmaceutical world.
Quarterly Review of Alcohol Research
Publisher: Portman Group
http://www.portman-group.org.uk/publications/222.asp
Description: The Quarterly Review of Alcohol Research “provides a regular, easily-digested summary of recent research into the psycho-social and medical aspects of alcohol consumption”. Current and past issues are all freely available online.
Substance Abuse (Journal of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse)
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpress.com/web/SUBA
Description: Substance Abuse is an international interdisciplinary forum for the publication of original empirical research papers and reviews in the field of addiction and substance misuse.
Tobacco Control
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
http://tc.bmjjournals.com
Description: An international peer review journal for health professionals and others in tobacco control. The journal aims to study the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; the effect of tobacco use on health, the economy, the environment and society; the efforts of the health community and health advocates to prevent and control tobacco use and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies to promote tobacco use. Full text access freely available after one year.
Tobacco Induced Diseases
Publisher: International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases
http://isptid.globalink.org/journal/index.html
Description: Tobacco Induced Diseases (TID) is a quarterly international, peer-reviewed scientific journal for medical professionals, biological and psychosocial scientists. It aims to rapidly publish original scientific papers that advance the understanding of the mechanisms underlying tobacco induced diseases and of tobacco addiction prevention. Both current and back issues are freely available except to those in the tobacco industry .
Connections: the newsletter of the European Network of Drug Services in Prisons.
Publisher European Network of Drug Services in Prisons (ENDIPP)http://endipp.net/connections Description: Connections contains the latest news on the activities of the Network and articles on policies, practices and researches that are sent to us from all over Europe and that concern the latest development of services for drug user prisoners.
Crime Reduction News
Publisher: Home Office / Story Worldwide
http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/journals.htm
Description: Crime Reduction News (CRN) is aimed at all those involved in devising and supporting strategies in the area of crime reduction. Aims to highlight new resources and showcase areas of best practice through case studies, interviews and profiles.
Criminal Justice Management
Publisher: GovNet Communications
http://www.govnet.co.uk/publications.php?magazine=1
Description: Criminal Justice Management profiles crime reduction initiatives from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Criminal Justice Matters (CJM)
Publisher: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ccjs
Description: Quarterly magazine dedicated to current news and opinion from the criminal justice world. Every issue focuses on a particular aspect of criminal justice and features articles from leading academics and practitioners.
Criminal Justice Newsletter
Publisher: Letter Publications inc
Description: Fortnightly independent American newsletter on law enforcement, prisons, the court system and other aspects of the criminal justice system.
Insider
Publisher: Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust (RAPt)
http://www.rapt.org.uk
Description: The newsletter of the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust highlights work being done inside and outside prisons in the UK.
Journal of Drug Issues (JDI)
Publisher: Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
http://www2.criminology.fsu.edu/~jdi/
Description: Journal of Drug Issues is an academic forum focusing on the national and international problems associated with drugs, especially illicit drugs.
Narcotics Enforcement and Prevention Digest
Publisher: Washington Crime News Service
Description: Narcotics Enforcement and Prevention Digest reports on all aspects of US federal, state and local drug law enforcement, prosecutions, courts, trends and cartels. This semi-monthly report for researchers and law enforcement professionals also provides hard to find information the latest funding opportunities in a timely fashion.
Safer Society: The Journal of Crime Reduction and Community Safety
Publisher: NACRO
http://www.safersociety.org.uk
Description: Contains articles and features about policy, legislation and practice relating to crime and the UK criminal justice system. Includes digests of prison reports and parliamentary proceedings.
The Prison Journal
Publisher: Sage
http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200792
Description: The Prison Journal acts as a focal point and forum for studies, ideas and discussion of adult and juvenile confinement, treatment interventions and alternative sanctions. Contains regular features on drug misuse and treatment in prisons.
AddictionPublisher: Blackwell Publishing
www.addictionjournal.orgDescription: Addiction publishes peer-reviewed research reports on alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco bringing together research conducted within many different disciplines.
Addiction Research and Theory
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/16066359.asp
Description: Addiction Research and Theory is a cross-disciplinary journal examining the effects of context on the use and misuse of substances, and on the nature of intoxications of all kinds.
Addictive Behaviors
Publisher: Elsevier Science Direct
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03064603
Description: Addictive Behaviors is an international scientific journal publishing research on substance abuse. The journal specifically focuses on studies related to the misuse of alcohol, drugs and nicotine. Articles represent interdisciplinary endeavours with research in such fields as psychology, psychiatry, epidemiology, medicine, pharmacology and neuroscience.
Contemporary Drug Problems
Publisher: Federal Legal Publications
Description: Contemporary Drug Problems is a refereed scholarly journal that is published quarterly. Its scope includes alcohol and all other psychoactive drugs, licit and illicit. The journal's orientation is multidisciplinary and international; it is open to any research paper that contributes to social and epidemiological knowledge concerning drug use and problems.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Publisher: Elsevier Science Direct
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03064603
Description: Drug and Alcohol Dependence is an international journal devoted to publishing original research, scholarly reviews, commentaries, and policy analyses in the area of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and dependence. Articles range from studies of the chemistry of substances of abuse, their actions at molecular and cellular sites, in vitro and in vivo investigations of their biochemical, pharmacological and behavioural actions, laboratory-based and clinical research in humans, substance abuse treatment and prevention research, and studies employing methods from epidemiology, sociology, and economics.
European Addiction Research
Publisher: Karger
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?
Aktion=JournalHome&ProduktNr=224233
Description An international forum for the exchange of interdisciplinary information and expert opinions on all aspects of addiction research. Coverage ranges from clinical and research advances in the fields of psychiatry, biology, pharmacology and epidemiology to the social, and legal implications of policy decisions.
ICADTS Reporter
Publisher: ICADTS
http://www.icadts.org/reporter/reporter.html
Description: The quarterly newsletter of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS), an independent nonprofit body dedicated to reducing mortality and morbidity resulting from the misuse of alcohol and drugs by operators of all types of vehicles.
Journal of Dual Diagnosis
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J374
Description: The Journal of Dual Diagnosis examines the latest research in the co-occurrence of mental health disorders and substance abuse disorders. It identifies current trends in research and practice as well as case studies from treatment programmes internationally. Features include a best practice column, webwatch and journal watch.
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J233
Description: Covers research on ethnicity and cultural variation in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse. The research is drawn from many disciplines and interdisciplinary areas in the social and behavioural sciences and helping professions.
Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J384
Description: The Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery describes itself as “the first peer-reviewed group therapy journal that attends to both the addiction and the mental health needs of clients.” The journal presents up-to-date clinical, research, and training articles involving a broad range of addictions and compulsive behaviours. Topics covered by the journal include alcohol, drugs, eating disorders and sexual compulsivity.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
Publisher: Haight Ashbury
http://www.hafreeclinics.org
Description: A quarterly multidisciplinary periodical focusing on the use and abuse of psychoactive drugs.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Publisher Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University
http://jsad.com
Description: The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs is an international bi-monthly journal publishing peer-reviewed research into diverse aspects of alcohol and other substances of misuse. The range of materials includes biological, medical, epidemiological, social, psychological, and other aspects of alcohol and other drug use, abuse, and dependence.
Substance Use and Misuse
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10826084.asp
Description: An international multidisciplinary journal for the “exchange of facts, theories, viewpoints, and unresolved issues” concerning substance use, misuse (licit and illicit drugs, lcohol, nicotine, and caffeine), "abuse," and dependency; eating disorders; and gambling.
Addiction AbstractsPublisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09687610.asp Description: Addiction Abstracts is a quarterly international current awareness journal published in simultaneous print and online editions offering an international abstracting service, spanning all addictive substances as well as other compulsive behaviours. Each issue contains a selection of over 250 abstracts from over 170 journals, books, reports and conference proceedings.
Addiction and the Humanities
Publisher: Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS)
http://www.basisonline.org/huma/index.htm
Description: Addiction and the Humanities is a free online research bulletin from the Cambridge Health Alliance, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, dedicated to discussing literature, art, music, and contemporary culture as they relate to addiction and substance abuse.
AIM Digest
Publisher: Alcohol in Moderation (AIM)
http://www.aim-digest.com/digest/index.htm
Description: An international digest “promoting the responsible consumption of alcohol”, AIM Digest reports on alcohol issues, related international medical and scientific research and legislation. Access to current issues online requires subscription although some past issues are freely available online.
Alcohol Alerts
Publisher: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Publications/AlcoholAlerts
Description: NIAAA Alcohol Alerts are quarterly bulletins that disseminate important research findings on a single aspect of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. All alerts are freely available online.
Alcohol Reports
Publisher: Loran and Cecilia Archer
http://www.alcoholreports.net
Description: A fortnightly online newsletter providing current information on alcohol prevention, treatment and research programs. The website also hosts a bulletin board and summaries of research findings.
ASHES
Publisher: Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS)
http://www.basisonline.org/ashes/index.htm
Description: Addiction Smoking Health Education Service (ASHES) is a free online research bulletin dedicated to tobacco use and abuse from the Cambridge Health Alliance, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
CESAR Fax
Publisher: Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR)
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax.asp
Description: CESAR Fax provides a free weekly, one-page overview of substance abuse trends or issues from the Center for Substance Abuse Research at the University of Maryland.
Daily Dose
Publisher: WIRED
http://www.dailydose.net
Description: Daily Dose was launched in 2001 and describes itself as “the world's leading news service on drug and alcohol misuse.” The web site is updated daily and provides links to a range of relevant material from specialist organisations and the popular media from around the world. It operates a free daily and weekly subscription service as well as an extensive online archive.
DATA: The Brown University Digest of Addiction, Theory and Application
Publisher: Wiley InterScience
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc/110575480
Description: DATA presents leading scientific and research articles on alcoholism and related drug dependencies published recently in scholarly journals in the United States and other countries. Articles are selected on the basis of practicality, significance, and wide interest to those whose work with or lives are touched by the problems of alcoholism and other drug dependence.
DRAM
Publisher: Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS)
http://www.basisonline.org/dram/index.htm
Description: Drinking Report for Addiction Medicine (DRAM) is a free online research bulletin dedicated to alcohol use and abuse from the Division on Addictions at Cambridge Health Alliance, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Drink and Drugs News
Publisher: C.J. Wellings
http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/drinkanddrugsnews.html
Description: Drink and Drugs News (DDN) is a fortnightly free magazine for substance misuse specialists and those in the wider health, social care and criminal justice fields who deal with drug and alcohol issues in the course of their work. Each issue is freely available online as are back issues.
Drug and Alcohol Findings
Publisher: The Findings Partnership
http://www.drugandalcoholfindings.org.uk
Description: Drug and Alcohol Findings is the “only magazine devoted to evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to treat, prevent or reduce drug and alcohol problems”. Target readers are practitioners, managers, commissioners, and others involved in drug and alcohol services and interventions who want to improve their effectiveness by reference to research findings. The accent is on UK-relevant research.
Drug Dependence, Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Publisher: Elsevier / EMBASE
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/506008/
description#description
Description: This bi-monthly journal offers a current awareness service of relevant abstracts (and other bibliographic data) from the latest issues of 4,000 leading international biomedical journals covering all aspects of the abuse of drugs, alcohol and organic solvents and including material relating to experimental pharmacology of addiction.
Drug Detection Report
Publisher: Business Publishers, inc
http://www.bpinews.com/hr/pages/ddr.cfm
Description: Fortnightly independent American newsletter providing news and analysis for drugs testing professionals. Also highlights American legal judgements and new developments in the field.
Drug Policy Alliance eNewsletter
Publisher: Drug Policy Alliance
http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/join
Description: A bi-weekly digest of the latest US drug policy reform news, events, and additions to the Alliance's website. To access it you need to subscribe free of charge to the Drug Policy Alliance Action Network.
DrugData Update
Publisher: DrugScope
http://drugscope.wordpress.com
Description: A digest of new publications added to the DrugScope Information and Library Service collection including a weekly focus article on alcohol or drug-related issues.
Druglink
Publisher: DrugScope
http://www.drugscope.org.uk (members only)
Description: Druglink is a bi-monthly magazine for all those with a professional or occupational interest in drugs and drug-related issues. Druglink includes the latest news, feature articles, interviews, factsheets, reviews and listings.
Drugnet - Ireland
Publisher: Drug Misuse Research
http://www.hrb.ie/display_content.php?page_id=158
Description: Drugnet Ireland is the quarterly newsletter of the Drug Misuse Research Division of the Health Research Board. The role of this publication is to disseminate information, news and research findings among those involved in the drugs area in Ireland.
Drug World Update
Publisher: Drug World
http://www.drugworld.co.uk/news.php
Description: A website set up to provide access to drug information for professionals in all disciplines, whether involved in supply, demand or harm reduction. Produces a free quarterly newsletter containing an update of the drug-usage situation in individual countries.
EATA Briefing
Publisher: European Association for the Treatment of Addiction (EATA)
http://www.eata.org.uk/briefings.php (Members only)
Description: Regular updates on EATA’s activities within the drug and alcohol treatment sector. Includes details of their publications and events.
ELISAD Journal
Publisher: European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Alcohol and other Drugs. (ELISAD)
http://www.elisad.org/resources/journal.html
Description: A newsletter highlighting developments in the European substance misuse field, new publications, websites and conferences. (New ELISAD journals are only available for ELISAD members.)
ENCOD Bulletin
Publisher: European NGO Council on Drugs (ENCOD)
http://www.encod.org/newsletter.htm
Description; The monthly newsletter of the European NGO Council on Drugs (ENCOD).
Eye on the Field
Publisher: Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)
http://news.nattc.org/newsField.html
Description: A monthly e-newsletter highlighting funding opportunities, research, diversity issues, resources, events and news for those working in the addiction treatment and prevention fields.
Join Together Direct
Publisher: Join Together
http://www.jointogether.org/signup/contest.html?id=ga_9223285
Description: Free American e-newsletter designed to inform readers about new policy issues, research, funding opportunities, resources, and strategies in the field of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
Members’ Briefing
Publisher: DrugScope (members only)
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/membership/applytext.asp
Description: A concise, monthly summary from DrugScope of the latest policy, practice, research and topical information relevant both to policy-makers, and those working at a local level. To apply for membership click on the link above.
NIDA Notes (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Publisher: National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNIndex.html
Description: NIDA Notes covers drug abuse research in the areas of treatment and prevention, epidemiology, neuroscience, behavioral science, health services, and AIDS. This free bi-monthly publication reports on research; identifies resources; and promotes communication among clinicians, researchers, administrators, policymakers, and the public.
Release newsletter
Publisher: Release
http://www.release.org.uk
Description: A quarterly publication, providing an update on Release’s activities and wider developments in the field of drugs, the law and human rights.
SAMHSA News
Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov/SAMHSA_News
Description: The newsletter of the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Each issue contains information about new products and services, latest findings, and key agency programs and announcements in the substance abuse and mental health prevention and treatment fields. Each issue is freely available online as are back issues.
SDF Bulletin
Publisher: Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF)
http://www.sdf.org.uk
Description: Published 10 times per year and free to SDF members, the Bulletin focuses on latest news, views and trends in the drugs and drugs-related field in Scotland.
Stash
Publisher: Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS)
http://www.basisonline.org/stash/current.htm
Description: Science Threads on Addiction, Substance Use, and Health (STASH) is a free online research bulletin dedicated to substance use and abuse from the Division on Addictions at Cambridge Health Alliance, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Straight Talk
Publisher: Alcohol Concern
http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/servlets/subscription/new
Description: Straight Talk, the Alcohol Concern magazine, is published quarterly and contains a wealth of news and articles concerning alcohol issues.
UNODC eNewsletter
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
http://www.unodc.org/newsletter/
Description: The free online newsletter of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) which highlights current activities, ongoing programmes and individual initiatives.
WAGER
Publisher: Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS)
http://www.basisonline.org/wager/index.htm
Description: Worldwide Addiction Gambling Education Report (WAGER) is a free online research bulletin dedicated to gambling and gambling related disorders from the Division on Addictions at Cambridge Health Alliance, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
DARE Newsletter
Publisher: DARE (UK)
http://www.dare.uk.com/Pages/Static/Newsletters.aspx
Description: The newsletter of the UK arm of a worldwide drug education and prevention organisation. The newsletter highlights DARE’s activities at both national and local level.
Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09687637.asp
Description: Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy is a refereed journal which aims to provide a forum for communication and debate between policy makers, practitioners and researchers concerned with social and health policy responses to legal and illicit drug use and drug-related harm. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research papers, commentaries and reviews on policy, prevention and harm reduction issues regarding the use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education
Publisher: American Alcohol and Drug Information Foundation
http://www.cinahl.com/cgi-bin/jrlshowtitles?jade
Description: Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education serves as a forum for discussing different perspectives on alcohol and drugs. Reports teacher experience and experiments as well as providing a reference for actual teaching materials as a factual guide for prevention, techniques and procedures.
Journal of Drug Education
Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company
http://baywood.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0047-2379
Description: Peer-refereed publication providing wide-ranging coverage of important trends and developments in the drug education field.
Mentor UK News
Publisher: Mentor UK
http://www.mentorfoundation.org/uk
Description: The newsletter of the UK branch of the Mentor Foundation, which focuses on the prevention of drug misuse in its efforts to promote the health and well-being of children and young people and to reduce damage to their lives. The newsletter profiles their projects and other work with young people.
Working with parents
Publisher: DrugScope
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/educationprevention/
ds_results.asp?file=\wip\25\1\briefings.htm
Description: Described as the “only e-newsletter for parenting educators and supporters who work with drug-using parents”, this free newsletter highlights developments and initiatives in the field.
AddicionesPublisher: Socidrogalcohol
http://www.socidrogalcohol.org Description: The quarterly journal of the Spanish Society for the study of Alcohol, Alcoholism and other Addictions. Contains articles on a range of issues. In Spanish but every article has an English abstract and some articles have a full translation into English.
Bagimlilik Dergisisi (Journal of Dependence)
Publisher: Ozel Bagýmlilik Saglik Hizmetleri Ltd. Sti.
http://www.bagimlilik.net
Description: Turkish language free Open Access journal covering alcohol, drugs, tobacco and other substances. Every article has an English summary.
Chinese Journal of Drug Dependence
Publisher: National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University
http://www.nidd.ac.cn
Description: Co-sponsored by the Chinese Society of Toxicology and Peking University, this journal is in Mandarin but every article has an English abstract and some articles have a full translation into English.
DACP - Bollettino per le Farmacodipendenze e l'Alcolismo
Publisher: UNICRI
http://www.unicri.it/wwk/publications/dacp/index.php
Description: DACP is an Italian quarterly journal with English abstracts dealing with various aspects of drug addiction and related phenomena. The on-line English edition contains translations of the most important articles printed in the Italian version. Includes original contributions, review articles, and bibliographical listings.
Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift (Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
Publisher: National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)
http://nat.stakes.fi/EN/nordicstudies.htm
Description; Published by the (Finnish) National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, in-co-operation with the Nordic Council for Alcohol and Drug Research (NAD) with assistance from organisations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The journal is a Nordic scientific journal focusing on alcohol and drugs research and policy with a regular supplement in English.
Personalità/Dipendenze
Publisher: Mucchi
http://www.mucchieditore.it/v_periodici.asp?idli=23
Description: A quarterly peer reviewed Italian journal primarily looking at drug dependency but with articles on prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, policy and research in alcohol, gambling, eating disorders, and other addictions. It is in Italian but every article has an English abstract.
Psychotropes
Publisher: De Boeck
http://universite.deboeck.com/revues/psychotropes
Description: French language journal looking at the clinical, epidemiological, historical, sociological, anthropological, and economic aspects of drug misuse and addiction. Every article contains an English abstract.
Revue Toxibase
Publisher: Toxibase
http://www.toxibase.org/Revue/Default.asp
Description: French language journal from Toxibase, the French national drug information centre, published 3 times a year. Regular features include web and book reviews, conference listings and commentary on key French and European legislative developments.
Drug Interventions Programme monthly e-bulletinPublisher: Drug Interventions Programme (DIP)
http://www.drugs.gov.uk/news-events/newsletter/drugintervention Description: News about the DIP for those working in the criminal justice system, the treatment sector and other drug agencies. Newsletter requires registration.
Drugnet Europe
Publisher: EMCDDA
http://www.emcdda.eu.int/?nnodeid=411
Description: Drugnet Europe, the EMCDDA's quarterly newsletter, provides information on EMCDDA's activities as well as regular features highlighting the work of the National focal points, European and international institutions, and relevant action taken under the presidencies of the European Union in the field of drugs.
Drugs in Focus
Publisher: EMCDDA
Hyperlink :
http://www.emcdda.eu.int/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.Content&nNodeID=439&sLanguageISO=EN
Description: Drugs in Focus is a series of policy briefings from the EMCDDA. The four-page briefings are designed to offer policy-makers the latest findings on key issues in the drugs field and to inform the decision-making process in this domain. Each edition includes a brief introduction to the theme at hand, key policy issues at a glance, graphs/tables, policy considerations, web information and further reading.
EDDRA Newsletter
Publisher: Centre for Public Health, John Moores University
http://www.cph.org.uk/publications.asp
Description: The UK newsletter of the Exchange on Drug Demand Reduction Action (EDDRA) database providing information about the programme across the European Union.
Geopolitical Drug Newsletter
Publisher: AEGD - Association d'Etudes Geopolitiques des Drogues (Center for Geopolitical Drug Studies)
http://www.geodrugs.net
Description: The Geopolitical Drug Newsletter (GDN) is produced by an independent team of journalists, scholars and analysts who are specialists of the geopolitics of drugs. The GDN relies on a world-wide network of 60 correspondents and 100 contributors. Each article treats selected aspects of the geopolitics of drugs in a single country or region.
Harm Reduction Journal
Publisher: BioMed Central
http://www.harmreductionjournal.com
Description: Harm Reduction Journal is a free Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal whose focus is prevalent patterns of psychoactive drug use, the public policies meant to control them, and the search for effective methods of reducing the adverse medical, public health, and social consequences associated with both drugs and drug policies.
IHRA e-newsletter
Publisher: International Harm Reduction Association
http://www.ihra.net/ENewsletters
Description: Monthly newsletter profiling the work of the IHRA , its conferences and its research. Also available in Farsi, Russian, Spanish and Portugese. Available to members only.
International Journal of Drug Policy
Publisher: Elsevier Science Direct
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09553959
Description: The official journal of the International Harm Reduction Association, the International Journal of Drug Policy provides a forum for the dissemination of current research, reviews, debate, and critical analysis on drug use and drug policy in a global context. Articles discuss the effects of drug policy and practice on drug-using behaviour and its health and social consequences.
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Publisher: BioMed Central
http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com
Description: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy is a free Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research concerning substance abuse, with a focus on policy issues. “The journal aims to provide an environment for the exchange of ideas, new research, consensus papers, and critical reviews, to bridge the established fields that share a mutual goal of reducing substance abuse. “
Addiction ProfessionalPublisher: Vendome
http://www.vendomegrp.com/health.htm Description: The official magazine of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, it describes itself as a “magazine of innovations and trends in the clinical care of persons with substance use and dependence disorders”.
Drugs and Alcohol Today
Publisher: Pavilion
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/DAT/index.asp
Description: Drugs and Alcohol Today is a quarterly journal that “reports the best in new thinking on drugs and alcohol practice, news, legislative matters, policy and comment in a jargon free way”. Drugs and Alcohol Today analyses what goes on in Parliament and presents the latest news, practice and policy to hit the drug and alcohol fields.
Journal of Addictive Diseases
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J069
Description: The Journal of Addictive Diseases is the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. It provides an integrated multidisciplinary perspective on clinical research, treatment and public policy in addiction medicine.
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J160
Description: The Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions is designed to help social work practitioners stay abreast of the latest developments in the field of addictions. The journal publishes refereed articles on innovative individual, family, group work, and community practice models for treating and preventing substance abuse and other addictions in diverse populations. The journal focuses on research findings, health care, social policies, and programme administration directly affecting social work practice in the addictions.
Journal of Substance Use
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14659891.asp
Description: The Journal of Substance Use is a bi-monthly international journal, publishing peer-reviewed articles on a wide spectrum of issues relating to the use of legal and illegal substances. It aims to educate, inform, update and act as a forum for standard setting for health and social care professionals working with individuals and families with substance use problems. It also informs and supports those undertaking research in substance use, developing substance use services, and participating in, leading and developing education and training programmes.
Journal of Teaching in the Addictions
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J188
Description: The official journal of the International Coalition for Addiction Studies Education (INCASE), it focuses exclusively on addictions counsellor education and training. This peer-reviewed journal covers the full spectrum of effective teaching strategies, evaluation methodologies for in-service and pre-service educational and training programs, accreditation and certification issues, and other issues in academia.
LDAN News
Publisher: London Drug and Alcohol Network
http://www.ldan.org.uk
Description: The newsletter of the London Drug and Alcohol Network which discusses practice and policy issues affecting substance misuse workers in London and beyond.
Network (SMMGP)
Publisher: Substance Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP)
http://www.smmgp.org.uk/html/newsletters.php
Description; The newsletter of Substance Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP), a developing network to support GPs and other members of the primary health care team who work with substance misuse. Current and past issues are all freely available online.
Of Substance
Publisher: Australian National Council on Drugs
http://www.ofsubstance.org.au
Description: The national Australian magazine on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. The magazine’s main purpose is to disseminate current research and best practice to drug workers in Australia. Full text access freely available after six months.
SCANbites
Publisher: Specialist Clinical Addiction Network (SCAN)
http://www.scan.uk.net/resources/scanbites
Description: The quarterly newsletter of the Specialist Clinical Addiction Network (SCAN) includes a mix of topical stories, interviews, resources and a notice board for events. Current and past issues are all freely available online.
Addiction TodayPublisher: Addiction Recovery Foundation
http://www.addictiontoday.org Description: Addiction Today is published by the Addiction Recovery Foundation and seeks to provide information and support to UK professionals involved in addiction recovery. Features include articles on therapeutic techniques, lists of self-help groups and treatment centres, details of seminars and workshops for professionals and research.
Addiction Treatment Forum
Publisher: Clinco Communications Inc
http://www.atforum.com/SiteRoot/pages/current_pastissues/current_pastissues.shtml
Description: An online forum containing current and past newsletters as well as monthly news items on addiction, medical research, public policies, and various topics of interest compiled from journals, news media, and other sources.
Addictive Disorders and their Treatment
Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
http://www.lww.com/product/?1531-5754
Description: Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment is a quarterly, international journal devoted to practical clinical research and treatment issues related to the misuse of alcohol, licit and illicit drugs, and the study and treatment of addictive disorders and their behaviours.
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J020
Description: Described as “the practitioner's quarterly for individual, group, and family therapy”, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly is designed to bridge the gap between research journals and information for the general public, address the specific concerns of counsellors, social workers, doctors, and others who provide direct services to problematic alcohol users.
American Journal on Addictions
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10550496.asp
Description: The American Journal on Addictions is the official journal of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. It covers research on the etiology, prevention, identification, and treatment of substance abuse. Features of the journal, all written by experts in the field, include special overview articles, clinical or basic research papers, clinical updates, and book reviews within the area of addictions.
Counselor: The magazine for addiction professionals
Publisher: Health Communications Inc
http://www.counselormagazine.com
Description: Counselor is an American bi-monthly peer-reviewed publication that blends the in-depth information often found in journals with the ease-of-read and style of a magazine. Contains articles covering various aspects of addiction treatment as well as assessment tools and advice from leading professionals in the addiction treatment field.
Cross Currents: The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health
Publisher: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
http://www.camh.net/Publications/Cross_Currents/index.html
Description: Explores issues in addiction and mental health in Canada. Past themes include nursing, art, health promotion, the body-mind connection, violence and aggression and schools.
Drug and Alcohol Review
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.camh.net/Publications/crosscurrents.html
Description: The journal of the Australian Professional Society for Alcohol and Drugs (APSAD), Drug and Alcohol Review is an international meeting ground for the views, expertise and experience of all those involved in the study of treatment of alcohol, tobacco and drug problems. Articles cover a wide range of clinical, biomedical, psychological and sociological standpoints, particularly papers which have a harm reduction perspective.
Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems
Publisher: European Opiate Treatment Association (EUROPAD)
http://www.europad.org
Description: The official journal of EUROPAD, Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems is an international peer reviewed journal for professionals committed to the development of effective opiate addiction treatment.
Journal of Addictions Nursing
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10884602.asp
Description: The official journal of the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA), Journal of Addictions Nursing is a peer reviewed quarterly international journal publishing original articles on current research, issues, practices and innovations as they relate to the field of addictions.
Journal of Addictive Diseases
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J069
Description: The Journal of Addictive Diseases is the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. It provides an integrated multidisciplinary perspective on clinical research, treatment and public policy in addiction medicine.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J029
Description: The Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse is an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of information on clinical and investigative efforts concerning the assessment, prevention, and treatment of child and adolescent substance abuse. The primary focus is on the empirical study of child and adolescent substance abuse utilising correlational, group comparisons, or single-case experimental strategies.
Journal of Maintenance in the Addictions
Publisher: Haworth Press
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J126
Description: The official journal of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, this journal focuses on maintenance therapy in opioid addiction. Topics include pain management and chemical dependency, patient advocacy, women's and perinatal issues.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Publisher: Elsevier Science
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525475/description
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Description: Features original reviews, training and educational articles, special commentary, and especially research articles that are meaningful to the treatment of alcohol, heroin, cannabis and other drugs of dependence. This journal is aimed at treatment practitioners from all disciplines.
NTA Update
Publisher: National Treatment Agency (NTA)
www.nta.nhs.uk
Description: The National Treatment Agency’s quarterly briefing designed to keep people informed about the work of the NTA. Aimed at commissioners, service providers, and service users.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Publisher: American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/journals/adb
Description: A quarterly journal publishing articles related to the psychological aspects of addictive behaviours. Covers drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling, eating disorders and other addictive behaviours.
Science & Practice Perspectives (NIDA)
Publisher: National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.drugabuse.gov/perspectives
Description: Published by the (US) National Institute on Drug Abuse, Science & Practice Perspectives promotes a practical, creative dialogue between scientists and service providers. It is aimed at drug abuse researchers and treatment providers. Free but requires registration.
A New LeafPublisher: Marijuana Anonymous
http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/Pages/pub.html Description: A New Leaf is a monthly newsletter published by Marijuana Anonymous to carry the message of recovery from marijuana addiction. Through the written experiences of recovering addicts it aims to provide experience, strength, and hope.
Black Poppy
Publisher: Black Poppy publications
http://www.blackpoppy.org.uk/bpmagazine.htm
Description: A health and lifestyle magazine for the drug using community that covers drug related issues such as treatment, personal experiences, overdose prevention, drug law, policies, drug history, drug use and health and harm reduction issues.
Cannabis Culture
Publisher: Cannabis Culture magazine
http://cannabisculture.com
Description: Cannabis Culture is a North American bi-monthly magazine about marijuana and hemp around the world. It describes itself as “an activist magazine dedicated to liberating marijuana” and “challenging prohibitionist myths and providing current and essential information pertaining to marijuana.”
High Times
Publisher: Trans-High Corporation
http://www.hightimes.com
Description: Founded in 1974, High Times has sought to celebrate, protect and preserve alternative culture in the USA. The legalisation of cannabis is central to its mission because cannabis has been widely recognized as a sacrament of the counterculture.
Roundabout
Publisher: Alcoholics Anonymous
http://www.aa-roundabout.org.uk
Description: Roundabout is the official magazine of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in Scotland. All content is written by AA members. Although the contributors are mainly Scottish the magazine does accept contributions from outside Scotland.
Share
Publisher: Alcoholics Anonymous
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/geninfo/share.shtml
Description: SHARE is the official magazine of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in England and Wales. All content is written by AA members. Its pages are a “source of sober views and ideas on the world-wide Fellowship and its programme of recovery from alcoholism. It serves as a meeting between meetings for newcomers to AA, helping them to both identify with others and learn more about the Fellowship.”
The NA Way, The International Journal of Narcotics Anonymous
Publisher: Narcotics Anonymous
http://www.na.org/naway/naway-toc.htm
Description: The NA Way magazine is a broad-based recovery and service magazine for the NA member. Editorial content ranges from personal recovery experience (including humour or nostalgia) to opinion pieces regarding topics of concern to NA as a whole, plus summarised reports from world services.
Users Voice
Publisher: John Mordaunt Trust
http://www.usersvoice.org.uk
Description: Produced by the John Mordaunt Trust (JMT), the User's Voice provides a health and policy forum for/by drug users. It facilitates the involvement of drug users in promoting and enacting harm reduction policies and interventions and advocates for legally regulated drug use.
