TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol, tobacco, and prescription drugs
T2 - The relationship with illicit drugs in the treatment of substance users
AU - Teesson, Maree
AU - Farrugia, Philippa
AU - Mills, Katherine
AU - Hall, Wayne
AU - Baillie, Andrew
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Alcohol, tobacco, prescription drug, and illicit drug use frequently co-occur. This paper reviews the extent of this co-occurrence in both general population samples and clinical samples, and its impact on treatment outcome. We argue that the research base for understanding comorbidity among tobacco, alcohol, prescription, and illicit drugs needs to be broadened. We specifically advocate for: (1) more epidemiological studies of relationships among alcohol, tobacco, and other illicit drug use; and (2) increased research on treatment options that address the problematic use of all of these drugs.
AB - Alcohol, tobacco, prescription drug, and illicit drug use frequently co-occur. This paper reviews the extent of this co-occurrence in both general population samples and clinical samples, and its impact on treatment outcome. We argue that the research base for understanding comorbidity among tobacco, alcohol, prescription, and illicit drugs needs to be broadened. We specifically advocate for: (1) more epidemiological studies of relationships among alcohol, tobacco, and other illicit drug use; and (2) increased research on treatment options that address the problematic use of all of these drugs.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862529275&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/510137
U2 - 10.3109/10826084.2012.663283
DO - 10.3109/10826084.2012.663283
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22676566
AN - SCOPUS:84862529275
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 47
SP - 963
EP - 971
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 8-9
ER -