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This article presents an interview with Shelly A. Wiechelt, Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland. Wiechelt is asked to describe the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA). She mentions that the NACoA is founded on the theory that substance use disorders are influenced by many factors including sociocultural and biological influences.

This article presents an interview with Wendy Weil, a substance abuse counselor who works with substance abusers in the criminal justice system. When asked about how she would describe working with mandated substance abuse clients, she describes her job duties at the Lutheran Medical Center in New York as being challenging. Weil believes that whether patients are in a mandated or non mandated treatment setting, some will be successful and some will not. She comments on the treatment goals that are set in her center.

This article presents an interview with Flavio F. Marsiglia, the Principal Investigator of the Drug Resistance Strategies project, specializing in drug abuse and HIV prevention particularly in Latinos/as. Marsiglia is asked what considerations there are for researchers in deciding to pursue federal funding.

The article presents an interview with Ellen Morehouse, as well as discusses student assistance programs which work to prevent adolescent drug and substance abuse. Several program models are available to counselors that will help in their substance abuse programs, including the core team model in which school staff receive training but are assisted by student teams. Moorehouse emphasizes the fact that her program and others help to prevent substance abuse from the beginning and that they are easily accessible to teenagers and their families. She also recommends to anyone that wants to start a similar program to make sure that the principal and superintendent of their school fully support and help in the program's creation.

Presents a preface to the March 2005 issue of the "Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions," on the substance abuse behaviors of Latino populations in the U.S. and the effectiveness of culturally relevant drug treatment and prevention services.