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Health Behaviors

Journal Article

Uruguay's Middle-Ground Approach to Cannabis Legalization

This article discusses cannabis legalization in the Western Hemisphere, specifically Uruguay and the United States.

Sep 23, 2019
Journal Article

Triangulating Web & General Population Surveys: Do Results Match Legal Cannabis Market Sales?

This paper combines complementary attributes of web and general population surveys to estimate cannabis consumption and spending in Washington State.

Sep 20, 2019
Journal Article

Big Data on a Big New Market: Insights from Washington State's Legal Cannabis Market

This article examines the cannabis market in Washington state post-legalization, and the variety of products available to consumers.

Sep 20, 2019
Blog

E-Cigarettes, 'Stand Your Ground,' Cyber Coercion: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on the planned federal ban on flavored e-cigarettes, “stand your ground” laws, understanding cyber coercion, and more.

Sep 20, 2019
Journal Article

Adolescents with Better Mental Health Have Less Problem Alcohol Use Six Months Later

Addressing mental health in primary care may be important for decreasing alcohol problems in adolescents.

Sep 19, 2019
Journal Article

Long-term Associations Between Substance Use-Related Media Exposure, Descriptive Norms, and Alcohol Use from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

This study uses advances in longitudinal modeling to extend our understanding of how exposure to substance-related media content, quantity of alcohol use, and perceived descriptive norms about alcohol use are reciprocally related over time.

Sep 19, 2019
Journal Article

An Online Alcohol and Risky Sex Prevention Program for College Students Studying Abroad: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

This study protocol describes a proposed randomized controlled trial that builds upon a successful pilot intervention study to address problematic and dangerous drinking among young adult college students studying abroad in foreign environments.

Sep 19, 2019
Report

Is Civic Engagement Related to Health?

Is there a connection between health and/or well-being and civic activities like voting and volunteering? Is health a cause of civic engagement, a consequence of it, or both? A review of the scientific literature identifies both the links and where further research is needed.

Sep 18, 2019
Journal Article

Causes of Hospital Admission and Mortality Among People Who Use Heroin: A Cohort Study Comparing Relative and Absolute Risks

Age- and sex-specific mortality and hospital admission rates in the general population of London.

Sep 17, 2019
Journal Article

Who Receives Naloxone from Emergency Medical Services? Characteristics of Calls and Recent Trends

Administration of naloxone by emergency medical services personnel is increasing faster than opioid-related deaths.

Sep 17, 2019
Blog

Hurricane Dorian, Al Qaeda, Veterans' Health: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap looks at Hurricane Dorian recovery, al Qaeda 18 years after 9/11, veterans' mental health care, and more.

Sep 13, 2019
Multimedia

Preparing for the Future of Fentanyl

Bryce Pardo and Beau Kilmer discuss recent trends in U.S. fatal overdoses and drug seizures, factors that have contributed to the rise of synthetic opioids in the U.S., what the future of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids looks like, and traditional and non-traditional policy options for addressing fentanyl problems.

Sep 13, 2019
Report

Characterization of the Synthetic Opioid Threat Profile to Inform Inspection and Detection Solutions

The opioid overdose crisis has accelerated in recent years because of the arrival of potent synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and related substances. Analysis of regional trends can help inform decisions about how and where to deploy law enforcement interventions.

Sep 9, 2019
Report

How Law Enforcement Can Fight the Opioid Crisis

Law enforcement has a unique role in addressing the opioid crisis because it interacts with those affected by it on a day-to-day basis. Promising efforts include connecting people with opioid use disorder to treatment, collaborating to achieve community buy-in, and protecting officers on the front lines.

Sep 6, 2019
Blog

Social Manipulation, Boko Haram, Citizen Scientists: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap looks at hostile social manipulation, stopping the next Boko Haram, a citizen-science success story, and more.

Sep 6, 2019
Commentary

Tackle Fentanyl like a Poisoning Outbreak, Not a Drug Epidemic

America's fentanyl problem is far deadlier than past crises with other illegal drugs. New ideas, be they public policies, technologies or law enforcement strategies, are desperately needed. Continuing to treat fentanyl just like previous drug epidemics will likely be insufficient and may condemn thousands more to early deaths.

Sep 3, 2019
Blog

Synthetic Opioids, Mass Shootings, Prison Education: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap looks at fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, how to address mass shootings, higher education in prison, and more.

Aug 30, 2019
Report

Synthetic Opioids: An Unprecedented Crisis

The rise of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids is unlike any drug crisis in U.S. history. Limiting policy responses to existing approaches will likely be insufficient and may condemn many people to early deaths.

Aug 29, 2019
News Release

U.S. Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Are Unprecedented; Policymakers Must Pursue Innovative Strategies to Reverse ...

The U.S. overdose crisis worsened dramatically with the arrival of synthetic opioids like fentanyl—now responsible for tens of thousands of deaths annually—and the problem requires innovative new strategies because the epidemic is unlike others that have struck the nation.

Aug 29, 2019
Project

Opioids Uncharted: Mapping America's Opioid Crisis

A RAND initiative to map the underexplored consequences of America's opioid crisis—and discover big-picture solutions.

Aug 29, 2019

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Health Behaviors

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