Historical Overview -- The Emerging Science of Drug Abuse Prevention -- Social Contexts of Prevention -- Effective Mass Media Strategies for Drug Abuse Prevention Campaigns -- Drug Abuse Prevention Curricula in Schools -- Dissemination of Research-Based Family Interventions for the Prevention of Substance Abuse -- Peers and the Prevention of Adolescent Drug Use -- Mobilizing Communities To Reduce Risk for Drug Abuse: A Comparison of Two Strategies -- Community-Focused Drug Abuse Prevention -- Drug Abuse Prevention in the Workplace -- Prevention Approaches in Methadone Treatment Settings: Children of Drug Abuse Treatment Clients -- Prevention as Social Control -- Drug Tests in Prevention Research -- Anti-Drug-Abuse Policies as Prevention Strategies -- Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Prevention -- Forging a Relationship between Drug Abuse Epidemiology and Drug Abuse Prevention -- Risk and Protective Factors of Adolescent Drug Use: Implications for Prevention Programs -- Bridging the Gap between Substance Use Prevention Theory and Practice -- Preventive Intervention Targeting Precursors -- Designing Prevention Programs: The Developmental Perspective -- Special Populations -- Gender Issues in Substance Abuse Prevention -- Preventing Substance Use among Latino Youth -- African-American Substance Use Epidemiology and Prevention Issues -- The Effectiveness of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention among American-Indian Youth -- Drug Abuse Prevention Research for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans -- Interactions Between Biology and Social Context—Risks for Multiple Behavioral and Mental Disorders -- Basic Science and Drug Abuse Prevention: Neuroscience, Learning, and Personality Perspectives -- Cross-National Comparisons of Co-Morbidities between Substance Use Disorders and Mental Disorders -- Drug Prevention Research for High-Risk Youth -- Research Designs for Family Studies -- Research Design, Measurement, And Data Analytic Issues -- Design Principles and Their Application in Preventive Field Trials -- Major Data Analysis Issues in Drug Abuse Prevention Research -- Methodological Considerations in Prevention Research -- Prevention Program Implementation -- Family Management Practices: Research Design and Measurement Issues -- Power Analysis Models and Methods: A Latent Variable Framework for Power Estimation and Analysis -- Drug Abuse Prevention: A Look into the Future -- Application of Computer Technology to Drug Abuse Prevention -- Putting Science into Practice.