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Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 29 (1991) v-vii Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland Ltd.
Sponsorship of the Journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence By The College on Problems of Drug Dependence Robert L. Balster Chairman, CPDD Publications
With this issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, the College on Problems of Drug Depen-
looks forward to working with her, the other editors and Editorial Board members to ensure the continued success of the journal. The individual most responsible for bringing Drug and Alcohol Dependence to this preeminent position in the field is the retiring editor, Hans Halbach. One evidence of its worldwide acceptance is that the journal is cited in nearly all the relevant abstracting and indexing services including
dence, Inc. (CPDD) assumes sponsorship of the journal. The principal goal of the CPDD in undertaking this sponsorship is to promote Drug and Alcohol Dependence as a source of high quality and timely reports of scientific advances based upon substance abuse research. The scope of coverage of the journal will not change, and will continue to reflect basic and applied research at all levels of analysis, including studies of the chemistry of substances of abuse, their actions at molecular and cellular sites, in vitro and in vivo investigations of their biochemical, pharmacological and behavioral actions, laboratory-based and clinical research in humans, studies of genetic and environmental determinants of substance abusing behaviour, treatment and prevention research, and investigations employing methods from epidemiology, sociology and economics. Because of this highly interdisciplinary scope of coverage, it is hoped that Drug and Alcohol Dependence will foster communication among the diverse scientific disciplines involved the field which will ultimately facilitate the transfer of scientific advances to treatment and prevention practices. This issue also marks a transition in the editorship of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The new Editor-in-Chief is Chris-Ellyn Johanson. She will also serve as the regional Editor for the Americas and a search is underway for other regional editors. Dr. Johanson has been a member of the Board of Directors of the CPDD and is familiar with its purposes and operations. The CPDD is confident of her leadership and 0376-8716/91/$03.50 0 Elsevier Printed and Published in Ireland
Scientific
Publishers
Ireland
Committee
Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus, Psyschological Abstracts, the Science Citation Index, Sociological Abstracts and some others. It
has been Professor Halbach’s vision of the interdisciplinary nature of substance abuse research and the necessity for international communication that has established the purposes and scope of Drug and Alcohol Dependence and he has been very instrumental in forming this alliance between the CPDD and the journal. We are all deeply grateful to Professor Halbach for his own scientific contributions and for his leadership in policy development and scientific communication within the field. Drug and Alcohol Dependence will retain its international character, in part because of the CPDD’s conviction that the problem of substance abuse is worldwide, with cooperative actions among nations and societies necessary for successful intervention. The increased understanding of this interdependence is reflected in the growth of international conferences and other means of scientific exchange and the increased role of international treaties in developing a more coordinated response. As a Collaborating Center for the World Health Ltd
vi Organization, the CPDD is committed to international scientific cooperation. The CPDD and the journal editors accept the principle that the response of societies to problems of drug and alcohol abuse should be informed by the best possible understanding of both basic and applied research. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence itself reflects an interdisciplinary approach to substance abuse research. In existence since 1929, it is the oldest U.S. scientific group continuously active in the area of drug abuse research. The history of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, formerly known as the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, has been fully documented by Nathan B. Eddy (1973) and May and Jacobson (1989). From 1929 until 1976, the CPDD was associated with the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Since 1976, the organization has functioned as an independent body affiliated with other scientific and professional societies representing various disciplines concerned with problems of drug dependence and abuse. Today, the CPDD serves as an interface among governmental, industrial and academic communities, maintaining liaison with regulatory and research agencies as well as with educational, treatment and prevention facilities in the drug abuse field. One of the most important continuing activities of the CPDD is to host an annual scientific meeting. Last year’s 53rd annual meeting was attended by 730 scientists and policy makers. Proceedings of the CPDD meetings have been published, most recently as part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph Series (e.g. Harris, 1991). More information on the next scientific meeting to be held in Keystone, Colorado on June 20-25, 1992 is provided in the CPDD News section of this issue. This News section will become a regular feature of Drug and Alcohol
Dependence.
The decision by the CPDD to sponsor a scientific journal is consistent with its changing structure. The College is now in the process of becoming a membership society. Membership will be used primarily upon a record of scientific contributions to substance abuse research and a
commitment to the field. The CPDD will retain its highly interdisciplinary character, and indeed will attempt to cast an ever broader net to ensure participation by scientists with interests ranging from chemistry and molecular biology to treatment and prevention policy. The CPDD recognises that potential contributors to Drug and Alcohol Dependence will have more focused disciplinary journals at alternatives for their submissions. Nonetheless, with our commitment to an interdisciplinary forum for dissemination of research results, we believe that there is an important role for a journal such as Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Critical to the success of interdisciplinary scientific communication is the premise that the scientific quality of these communications must be high. Non-specialists often cannot easily judge the scientific merit of research outside their areas of expertise and thus rely on a rigorous editorial review to ensure the value of the contribution. The CPDD has always been committed to scientific excellence and is convinced that the publisher, editors and editorial board members of Drug and Alcohol Dependence are committed to quality. Contributors can be assured that every effort will be made to secure reviewers knowledgeable in the relevant discipline(s). The CPDD also believes that Drug and Alcohol Dependmce can continue to be a forum for review papers, historical overviews, commentaries and policy analyses based upon scientific and factual information. Examples of some of these types of contributions commissioned by the CPDD have recently been published in the journal (May and Jacobson, 1988; de Wit and Griffiths, 1991; Foltin and Fischman 1991; Preston and Jasinski, 1991). The CPDD hopes to see this tradition continue and invites potential contributors to contact the editors with their ideas. The CPDD looks forward to its association with the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence and seeks the support of scientists in the field. Contributions of manuscripts to the journal are heartily invited and with the anticipated increase in the quality and quantity of submissions which will be occasioned by CPDD sponsorship, we anticipate Drug and Alcohol Dependence will become an even more important
resource for interdisciplinary scientific communication in the field of drug and alcohol abuse research. References de Wit, H. and Griffiths, R.R. (1991) Testing the liability of anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs in humans.
abuse Drug
Alcohol Depend. 28, 83 - 111. Eddy, N.B. (1973) The National Research Council involvement in the opiate problem, 1928 - 1971, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. Harris, L.S., Ed. (1991) Problems of drug dependence 1990; Proceedings of the 52nd annual scientific meeting the
Committee on Problems of Drug tional Institute on Drug Abuse
Dependence, Inc. NaResearch Monograph
Series 105. DHHS Publication Number (ADM) 91- 1753. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. Foltin, R.W. and Fischman, M.W. (1991) Assessment of abuse liability of stimulant drugs in humans: a methodological survey. Drug Alcohol Depend. 28, 3 - 48. May, E.L. and Jacobson, A.D. (1989) The Committee on Pro blems of Drug Dependence: A legacy of the National Academy of Sciences. A historical account. Drug Alcohol Depend. 23, 183 - 218. Preston, K.L. and Jasinski, D.R. (1991) Abuse liability studies of opioid agonist antagonists in humans. Drug Acohol Depend. 28, 49-82.
Sponsorship of the Journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence By The College on Problems of Drug Dependence Robert L. Balster Chairman, CPDD Publications
With this issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, the College on Problems of Drug Depen-
looks forward to working with her, the other editors and Editorial Board members to ensure the continued success of the journal. The individual most responsible for bringing Drug and Alcohol Dependence to this preeminent position in the field is the retiring editor, Hans Halbach. One evidence of its worldwide acceptance is that the journal is cited in nearly all the relevant abstracting and indexing services including
dence, Inc. (CPDD) assumes sponsorship of the journal. The principal goal of the CPDD in undertaking this sponsorship is to promote Drug and Alcohol Dependence as a source of high quality and timely reports of scientific advances based upon substance abuse research. The scope of coverage of the journal will not change, and will continue to reflect basic and applied research at all levels of analysis, including studies of the chemistry of substances of abuse, their actions at molecular and cellular sites, in vitro and in vivo investigations of their biochemical, pharmacological and behavioral actions, laboratory-based and clinical research in humans, studies of genetic and environmental determinants of substance abusing behaviour, treatment and prevention research, and investigations employing methods from epidemiology, sociology and economics. Because of this highly interdisciplinary scope of coverage, it is hoped that Drug and Alcohol Dependence will foster communication among the diverse scientific disciplines involved the field which will ultimately facilitate the transfer of scientific advances to treatment and prevention practices. This issue also marks a transition in the editorship of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The new Editor-in-Chief is Chris-Ellyn Johanson. She will also serve as the regional Editor for the Americas and a search is underway for other regional editors. Dr. Johanson has been a member of the Board of Directors of the CPDD and is familiar with its purposes and operations. The CPDD is confident of her leadership and 0376-8716/91/$03.50 0 Elsevier Printed and Published in Ireland
Scientific
Publishers
Ireland
Committee
Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus, Psyschological Abstracts, the Science Citation Index, Sociological Abstracts and some others. It
has been Professor Halbach’s vision of the interdisciplinary nature of substance abuse research and the necessity for international communication that has established the purposes and scope of Drug and Alcohol Dependence and he has been very instrumental in forming this alliance between the CPDD and the journal. We are all deeply grateful to Professor Halbach for his own scientific contributions and for his leadership in policy development and scientific communication within the field. Drug and Alcohol Dependence will retain its international character, in part because of the CPDD’s conviction that the problem of substance abuse is worldwide, with cooperative actions among nations and societies necessary for successful intervention. The increased understanding of this interdependence is reflected in the growth of international conferences and other means of scientific exchange and the increased role of international treaties in developing a more coordinated response. As a Collaborating Center for the World Health Ltd
vi Organization, the CPDD is committed to international scientific cooperation. The CPDD and the journal editors accept the principle that the response of societies to problems of drug and alcohol abuse should be informed by the best possible understanding of both basic and applied research. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence itself reflects an interdisciplinary approach to substance abuse research. In existence since 1929, it is the oldest U.S. scientific group continuously active in the area of drug abuse research. The history of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, formerly known as the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, has been fully documented by Nathan B. Eddy (1973) and May and Jacobson (1989). From 1929 until 1976, the CPDD was associated with the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Since 1976, the organization has functioned as an independent body affiliated with other scientific and professional societies representing various disciplines concerned with problems of drug dependence and abuse. Today, the CPDD serves as an interface among governmental, industrial and academic communities, maintaining liaison with regulatory and research agencies as well as with educational, treatment and prevention facilities in the drug abuse field. One of the most important continuing activities of the CPDD is to host an annual scientific meeting. Last year’s 53rd annual meeting was attended by 730 scientists and policy makers. Proceedings of the CPDD meetings have been published, most recently as part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph Series (e.g. Harris, 1991). More information on the next scientific meeting to be held in Keystone, Colorado on June 20-25, 1992 is provided in the CPDD News section of this issue. This News section will become a regular feature of Drug and Alcohol
Dependence.
The decision by the CPDD to sponsor a scientific journal is consistent with its changing structure. The College is now in the process of becoming a membership society. Membership will be used primarily upon a record of scientific contributions to substance abuse research and a
commitment to the field. The CPDD will retain its highly interdisciplinary character, and indeed will attempt to cast an ever broader net to ensure participation by scientists with interests ranging from chemistry and molecular biology to treatment and prevention policy. The CPDD recognises that potential contributors to Drug and Alcohol Dependence will have more focused disciplinary journals at alternatives for their submissions. Nonetheless, with our commitment to an interdisciplinary forum for dissemination of research results, we believe that there is an important role for a journal such as Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Critical to the success of interdisciplinary scientific communication is the premise that the scientific quality of these communications must be high. Non-specialists often cannot easily judge the scientific merit of research outside their areas of expertise and thus rely on a rigorous editorial review to ensure the value of the contribution. The CPDD has always been committed to scientific excellence and is convinced that the publisher, editors and editorial board members of Drug and Alcohol Dependence are committed to quality. Contributors can be assured that every effort will be made to secure reviewers knowledgeable in the relevant discipline(s). The CPDD also believes that Drug and Alcohol Dependmce can continue to be a forum for review papers, historical overviews, commentaries and policy analyses based upon scientific and factual information. Examples of some of these types of contributions commissioned by the CPDD have recently been published in the journal (May and Jacobson, 1988; de Wit and Griffiths, 1991; Foltin and Fischman 1991; Preston and Jasinski, 1991). The CPDD hopes to see this tradition continue and invites potential contributors to contact the editors with their ideas. The CPDD looks forward to its association with the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence and seeks the support of scientists in the field. Contributions of manuscripts to the journal are heartily invited and with the anticipated increase in the quality and quantity of submissions which will be occasioned by CPDD sponsorship, we anticipate Drug and Alcohol Dependence will become an even more important
resource for interdisciplinary scientific communication in the field of drug and alcohol abuse research. References de Wit, H. and Griffiths, R.R. (1991) Testing the liability of anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs in humans.
abuse Drug
Alcohol Depend. 28, 83 - 111. Eddy, N.B. (1973) The National Research Council involvement in the opiate problem, 1928 - 1971, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. Harris, L.S., Ed. (1991) Problems of drug dependence 1990; Proceedings of the 52nd annual scientific meeting the
Committee on Problems of Drug tional Institute on Drug Abuse
Dependence, Inc. NaResearch Monograph
Series 105. DHHS Publication Number (ADM) 91- 1753. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. Foltin, R.W. and Fischman, M.W. (1991) Assessment of abuse liability of stimulant drugs in humans: a methodological survey. Drug Alcohol Depend. 28, 3 - 48. May, E.L. and Jacobson, A.D. (1989) The Committee on Pro blems of Drug Dependence: A legacy of the National Academy of Sciences. A historical account. Drug Alcohol Depend. 23, 183 - 218. Preston, K.L. and Jasinski, D.R. (1991) Abuse liability studies of opioid agonist antagonists in humans. Drug Acohol Depend. 28, 49-82.