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CD-SLAM International Supplement

Project Title	CD-SLAM International Supplement
Funding Source	NIDA
Project Dates	09/30/01 - 07/31/06
Project Number	DA 14854-02S2
Team	Principal Investigator- Linda B. Cottler, PhD Co-Investigators- NDARC-Sydney, Australia- Jan Copeland, PhD Project Coordinator Stacey McCrary, MSW

Abstract

Surveillance data from the field's best monitoring systems are detecting alarming increases in the rates of "club drug use" among young adults; yet, we know little about club drug abuse and dependence. Such information is essential to a relevant public health response. This supplement to the “BiCity Study” is the first study of the applicability and validity of abuse and dependence concepts as they apply to specific “club drugs”.
There is the addition of a site in Sydney, Australia. At the site, 150 recent Ecstasy and other club drug users, 18 to 30 years of age, are interviewed to: 1) Describe the nature and extent of self-reported dependence on and abuse of Ecstasy, GHB, rohypnol and ketamine. This is accomplished by determining whether "cookie cutter"diagnostic criteria used for other illicit drugs (such as described in DSM-IV, III-R, III, and ICD-10 and the Edwards-Gross Dependence Syndrome) are generalizable to individual club drugs, and to what extent users report the hallmark symptoms of dependence and abuse such as tolerance, withdrawal, craving, loss of control and social consequences; 2) Determine the validity of these disorders through clinical interviews; and 3) Determine the respondents’ level of understanding questions in the Substance Abuse Module (SAM) and the Risk Behavior Assessment for Club Drugs (RBA).

Such efforts, considered mundane to many in the drug abuse field, are critical at this early stage of the club drug epidemic. The Sydney site adds considerably to the St. Louis and Miami sites by focusing on a city with an increased epidemic of club drugs, and the pioneering work of Dr. Libby Topp, our Sydney collaborator.
 

Projects

National Monitoring of Adolescent Prescription Stimulants Study (N-MAPSS)

Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse and Dependence

Club Drug Use, Abuse, and Dependence

International Supplement

STD Supplement

Women Teaching Women - (WTW)

Improving Treatment Services for Substance Abusers with Comorbid Depression (SAD)

Sister to Sister - (STS)

Nosology

Over-the-Counter Syringe Purchase in Four Communities

Analyses to Improve Reduction in Crack Use

Each One Teach One - (EOTO)

Substance Abuse and Risk for AIDS - (SARA)

St. Louis' Effort to Reduce the Spread of AIDS and IVDUs - (ERSA)

Community Based HIV Prevention Among Females at Risk in Bangalore INDIA

Deconstructing HIV Interventions Among Female Offenders

Enrolling and Retaining Female Offenders in HIV Trials

Collaborative MDMA and Other Club Drugs Study

Evaluating the Social Structure of a Local Heroin Market (NIDA-funded)

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