Substance Abuse

This collection features AFP content deemed current by the AFP online medical editor on substance abuse and related issues, including addiction, drug dependence, and urine drug screening. New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past 12 months is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.
Note: This topic module does not include articles on tobacco or alcohol abuse. See separate topic collections on Alcohol Abuse and Dependence and Tobacco Abuse and Dependence.

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Last Update: 09/28/2012

Overview Screening and Diagnosis Treatment Complications and Special Situations Editorials and Letters

Improving Practice Patient Education, Self-Care Other AFP Content Other Resources from AAFP

Overview

• Supplements and Sports (11/01/2008)
• Methamphetamine Abuse (10/15/2007)
• Club Drugs: MDMA, Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Rohypnol, and Ketamine (06/01/2004)
• Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB): A Newer Drug of Abuse (12/01/2000)
• An Approach to Drug Abuse, Intoxication and Withdrawal (05/01/2000)
• Addiction: Part II. Identification and Management of the Drug-Seeking Patient (04/15/2000)
• Addiction: Part I. Benzodiazepines-Side Effects, Abuse Risk and Alternatives (04/01/2000)
• Marijuana: Medical Implications (12/01/1999)

Screening and Diagnosis

• Urine Drug Screening: A Valuable Office Procedure (03/01/2010)
• Adolescent Substance Use and Abuse: Recognition and Management (02/01/2008)
• Recognition and Prevention of Inhalant Abuse (09/01/2003)

Treatment

• Opioid Dependence [Clinical Evidence Handbook] (09/15/2012)
• Managing Opioid Addiction with Buprenorphine (05/01/2006)
• Common Problems in Patients Recovering from Chemical Dependency (11/15/2003)
• Methadone Therapy for Opioid Dependence (06/15/2001)

Complications and Special Situations

• Dealing with the Impaired Physician [Curbside Consultation] (11/01/2009)

Editorials and Letters

• Opioid Abuse and Pain Management [Editorials] (10/01/2012)
• Abuse of Over-the-Counter Medications Among Teenagers and Young Adults [Editorials] (10/01/2011)
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs [Editorials] (03/15/2007)
• Prescribing Syringes to Injection Drug Users: What the Family Physician Should Know [Editorials] (07/01/2003)

Improving Practice

• SAMHSA Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator

From Family Practice Managment

AAFP's Journal of Practice Improvement

• Reaching Out to an Impaired Physician (01/01/2010)
• A Systematic Approach to Identifying Drug-Seeking Patients (04/01/2008)
• Recognizing and Preventing Medication Diversion (10/01/2001)

Patient Education, Self-Care

From FamilyDoctor.org

AAFP's Patient Education Resource

• Substance Abuse

Other AFP Content

Tips from Other Journals

• Disulfiram, Behavior Therapy in Cocaine Dependency (01/01/2005)

Other Resources from AAFP

• Substance Abuse Resource Page