Use of a single alcohol screening question to identify other drug use
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Timing of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Many Americans who drink alcohol are polydrug users--that is, they also use other psychoactive drugs, such as nicotine, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, and other illicit substances. Polydrug use is a general term that describes a wide variety of substance use behaviors. Different types of polydrug use can be described with regard to the timing of the ingestion of multiple substances. Concurrent poly...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.03.027