Prevention
All recent, related publications authored by DPRC researchers are listed chronologically. Lists of previous publications (1990-1995, 1996-2000) are also available.
Some publications are available in their entirety online as Web pages or downloadable PDFs; some have links to ordering information.
To see a comprehensive list of a DPRC researcher's published work, go to the DPRC Staff page; a link to published research is included after every staff biography. A list of related research projects is also available.
2001-Present
What Research Tells Us About the Reasonableness of the Current Priorities of National Drug Control — March 14, 2008
Testimony from Rosalie Pacula presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on March 12, 2008.
How Goes the "War on Drugs"? An Assessment of U.S. Drug Problems and Policy— 2005
RAND Corporation, OP-121-DPRC
Predicting DUI recidivism: Personality, attitudinal, and behavioral risk factors — 2006
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, [Epub Sept 5 2005], Vol. 82, No. 1, Mar 15 2006, pp. 30-40
Prescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives by Fixing Our Everyday World — 2005
Getting to Outcomes: A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Preventive Interventions — 2005
Journal of Interprofessional Care, vol. 18, no. 4, November 2004, pp. 441-443
Classroom Drug Prevention Works: But Left Unchecked, Early Substance Use Haunts Older Teens and Young Adults — 2004
RAND Corporation, RB-4560
Coercive Use of Vaccines Against Drug Addiction: Is It Permissible and Is It Good Public Policy? — 2004
Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, Vol. 12, No. 2, Winter 2004, pp. 260-261
Getting to Outcomes 2004: Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation — 2004
Modifying Pro-Drug Risk Factors in Adolescents: Results from Project ALERT — 2004
Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 3, June 2004, pp. 318-334 © 2004 by SOPHE
Sterile Syringe Access Conditions and Variations in HIV Risk Among Drug Injectors in Three Cities — 2004
Addiction, v. 99, no. 9, Sept. 2004, p. [1136]-1146.
College on Problems of Drug Dependence Taskforce on Prescription Opioid Non-medical Use and Abuse: Position Statement — 2003
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 69, No. 3, April 2003, pp. 215-232
New Inroads in Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Results from a Large-Scale Trial of Project ALERT in Middle Schools — 2003
American Journal of Public Health, v. 93, no. 11, November 2003, pp. 1830-1836
What Is It About Needle and Syringe Programmes That Make Them Effective for Preventing HIV Transmission? — 2003
International Journal of Drug Policy, v. 14, 2003, p. 361-363
Illicit Drug Policies: Selected Laws from the 50 States — 2002
School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does it Prevent? — 2002
RAND Corporation, MR-1459-RWJ
The Temporal Relationship between Emotional Distress and Cigarette Smoking during Adolescence and Young Adulthood — 2002
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v. 69, no. 6, 2001, pp. 959-970
Comparison of the Rost and the CAGE Alcohol Screening in Young Adults — 2001
Substance Use amd Misuse, v. 36, no. 5, 2001, pp. 639-651
High-Risk Behaviors Associated with Early Smoking: Results from a Five-Year Follow-Up — 2001
Journal of Adolescent Health, v. 28, no. 6, June 2001, pp. 465-473
Needle Exchange Program Attendance and Injection Risk in Providence, Rhode Island — 2001
AIDS Education and Prevention, v. 13, no. 1, February 2001, pp. 78-90
Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act — 2001
RAND Corporation, MR-1328-EDU
Predictors of Late-Onset Smoking and Cessation Over Ten Years — 2001
Journal of Adolescent Health, v. 29, no. 2, 2001, pp. 101-108
Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Scientific Considerations and Policy Implications — 2001
RAND Corporation, MR-1347-DPRC
Prospective Risk Factors for Alcohol Misuse in Late Adolescence — 2001
Journal of Studies on Alcoholv. 62, November 2001, pp. 773-782
Sex Differences in Predictors of Adolescent Smoking Cessation — 2001
Health Psychology, v. 20, no. 3, May 2001, pp. 186-195
Sexual Transmission of HIV-1 Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, USA: Risk-factor Analysis — 2001
The Lancet, v. 357, May 5, 2001, p. 1397-1401
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