Research Journal of Drug Abuse is an Open Access (Gold OA), peer reviewed, international online publishing journal that aims to publish premier papers on all the related areas of drug abuse. The journal encompasses research on all areas of human substance abuse, addiction and treatment, with a focus on psycho-active drugs, steroids for performance enhancement in sports, illicit drugs, and problems with impulse control and impulsive behaviour.Areas include but not limited to: drug use and abuse; smoking and nicotine addiction; addictive substances; medical treatment and screening; psychiatry and mental health services; evaluation of substance abuse; child & adolescent substance abuse; clinical and counseling psychology; signs and symptoms of drug abuse; rehabilitation; addiction in pregnancy; drug-exposed neonate; pharmacology; neuroimaging techniques; treatment of addiction-related disorders; pathophysiology of addiction; biological and non-biological therapies; epidemiology of drug abuse.