title: Ethical, legal and social issues related to alcohol and drug research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present some highlights and comments about ethical, legal and social issues related to alcohol and drug research.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Alcohol and drug research has a lack of scientific production related to ethical, legal and social issues. Many papers simply describe summarily the informed consent process and other related issues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Informed consent process is one of the most important issues in research ethics. Obtaining a valid consent from a prospective research participant is always a challenge. We present many different ways to reach ethical, legal and social adequacy related to the informed consent process.
authors: Bioethics Division, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil. jgoldim@hcpa.ufrgs.br
authors: José R
authors: JR
authors: Goldim
authors: Márcia S
authors: MS
authors: Fernandes
authors: Flávio
authors: F
authors: Pechansky
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders