Drug Abuse Research: Today and Tomorrow

Many of the papers in this theme issue originated as presentations at a conference entitled “Reflections on 40 Years of Drug Abuse Research.” At the conference, leaders in the drug abuse field presented their work, as well as their visions and concerns for the future of drug abuse research, and many of those presentations are included as papers in this issue of the Journal of Drug Issues. At the end of the conference, and after hearing presentations from senior researchers in the field, several mid-career investigators were invited to reflect on the conference and on the field of drug abuse research at this time in its history. This brief article offers reactions to the conference, in terms of its meaning for the future of drug abuse research.