“…The benefits of consuming substances seem to be rather short-term (e.g., positive affect), while costs to health and other aspects of human functioning are accrued over time and as frequency and severity of consumption increase (CASA, 2005;McCusker, 2006;ONDCP, 2004). Further, there is substantial evidence indicating that those characterized by high levels of substance use have short-term time horizons, or time perspectives (Adams, 2009;Peters, Jr. et al, 2005;Petry, Bickel, and Arnett, 1998;Robbins and Bryan, 2004;Zimbardo and Boyd, 1999). As substances seem to provide the experience of short-term acquisition and consumption of resources (e.g., via positive affect, expectancies, etc.…”