title: Introduction to the special issue: drugs, wars, military personnel, and veterans.
abstract: This special issue examines major structural, sociocultural, and behavioral issues surrounding substance use and misuse among U.S. military personnel and veterans who served in recent military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This introduction provides a brief historical review of the US's experiences of the linkages between war and substance use, misuse, and abuse. It then describes how the various topics covered in this issue span the military-veteran life course and explains the significance of each contribution.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golub
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: S Bennett
mesh_terms: D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*