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Income inequality and alcohol policies on depression and alcohol dependence.

Income inequality does not increase the experience of alcohol dependence or
depression symptoms. However, increased beer taxation reduced alcohol dependence
symptoms.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list\
_uids=14652052
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Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
by Jeff Jay, Debra Erickson Jay

Resource written for families seeking to help a loved one struggling with
substance addiction.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568385218/top100
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T H I S W E E K 'S
T O P A R T I C L E S______________________________________

The effects of US state income inequality and alcohol policies on symptoms of
depression and alcohol dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14652052

Substance Use, Dependence, and Service Utilization Among the US Uninsured
Nonelderly Population.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14652338

Assessing consequences of substance use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14640829

Childhood behaviour as related to subsequent drinking offences and violent
offending
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14654865

Neighborhood effects on drug reporting.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14651502

Associations among sexual attraction status, school belonging, and alcohol and
marijuana use in rural high school students.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14643744

Raclopride studies of dopamine release
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14643086

The relationship between parental substance abuse and child maltreatment
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14644058

Assessing the initiation of cocaine self-administration in humans during
abstinence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14647955

Use of mental health and substance abuse services among high-cost Medicaid
enrollees.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14650645

Does Stimulant Treatment Place Children at Risk for Adult Substance Abuse? A
Controlled, Prospective Follow-up Study.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14642015

The relative contribution of outcome domains in the total economic benefit of
addiction interventions
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14651494

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