The high individual and social costs of drug use highlight the need to study factors related to such behaviors. Even if personality differences between drug users and non-users are generally small, these effects can have important clinical implications due to the large number of people involved. Research on the correlates of drug addiction provides insights for understanding etiology and inform prevention policies and cessation programs. For example, from a psychiatric perspective, a number of studies have documented the high comorbidity of drug use with other mental disorders [6-10], which indicate that mood, anxiety, and personality disorders need to be considered by drug treatment specialists to achieve successful intervention. The present study contributes to this line of research by examining the personality traits associated with current and lifetime drug use in an economically-diverse community sample. Specifically, we attempt to replicate previously reported associations among personality traits and smoking status and extend the analyses to users of marijuana, heroin, and cocaine. Comparing personality profiles, we examine similarities and differences in traits associated with a variety of drugs used. Although the high rate
