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Is the EU Drugs Strategy Helping to Curb the Harm Caused by Drugs?

Jan 9, 2018

The EU Drugs Strategy takes a balanced approach to reduce drug demand, supply, and harm. All EU member states have a national drugs strategy, and most are aligned with the EU's. Having a coordinated voice on drug policy is valuable but is the strategy working?
Research Brief

Consider a Range of Policy Areas to Solve the Opioid Crisis

Jul 3, 2018

Many thoughtful policies have been implemented to reduce access to opioids and enhance treatment for addiction. But policies targeting one part of the system can have unintended effects on another. To combat the crisis, decisionmakers will need to weigh potential policy outcomes across the entire opioid ecosystem.

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Journal Article

Using Respondent-Driven Sampling to Recruit Illegal Drug Purchasers to Evaluate a Drug Market Intervention

Respondent-driven sampling -- a peer-driven method of recruiting hidden populations -- can be used to create a representative sample of a drug market's users; the sample can then be surveyed to discern the effects of a Drug Market Intervention.

Sep 8, 2016
Journal Article

Opioid Analgesic and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Among Medicaid-enrollees with Opioid Use Disorders: The Influence of Provider Communities

A substantial number of Medicaid enrollees were able to fill prescriptions for opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines, or both in the year following diagnosis for an opioid use disorder.

Aug 23, 2016
Journal Article

Racial Differences in Cigarette Smoking Among Homeless Youth

Smoking prevention programs may benefit from incorporating a social network-based approach to help youth foster relationships with lower-risk peers; programs should also address other forms of substance use.

Jun 8, 2016
Journal Article

Study Protocol for a Web-Based Personalized Normative Feedback Alcohol Intervention for Young Adult Veterans

An online intervention shows potential to improve veteran health care by using a novel approach to increase access to care, assist with drinking reductions, and prevent alcohol-related problems.

Apr 11, 2016
Journal Article

Frequent Alcohol Testing Combined with Swift, Certain, and Modest Sanctions Is Associated with Drop in Mortality

An innovative program that requires alcohol-involved offenders to abstain from alcohol and submit to frequent tests was associated with a 4 percent drop in mortality. The associations were most evident among causes of death related to excessive alcohol use, such as circulatory conditions.

Feb 18, 2016
Journal Article

Relationship of Age for Grade and Pubertal Stage to Early Initiation of Substance Use

This study examines whether age, grade, or pubertal stage are associated with early substance use.

Dec 3, 2015
Journal Article

Comparing In-Person and Web-Based Interventions for First-Time DUI Offenders

Receiving a DUI may be significant enough to reduce short-term behaviors, but future research should explore whether more intensive interventions are needed to sustain long-term changes.

Oct 5, 2015
Journal Article

Systematic Review of School-Based Interventions to Prevent Smoking for Girls

The purpose of this review is to study the effect of school-based interventions on smoking prevention for girls.

Sep 25, 2015
Report

Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review

RAND researchers conducted a systematic review that synthesized evidence from trials of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) to provide estimates of its efficacy and safety for treating substance use disorders.

Jul 28, 2015
Journal Article

An Organizational Readiness Intervention and Randomized Controlled Trial to Test Strategies for Implementing Substance Use Disorder Treatment Into Primary Care: SUMMIT Study Protocol

Millions of people who need treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) do not receive it.

May 21, 2015
Journal Article

Spreading the Word: A Process Evaluation of a Voluntary AOD Prevention Program

This paper summarizes efforts to evaluate process information for CHOICE, a voluntary after-school AOD prevention program for middle-school youth.

Apr 22, 2015
Journal Article

How Group Factors Affect Adolescent Change Talk and Substance Use Outcomes: Implications for Motivational Interviewing Training

Clients who verbalize statements arguing for change (change talk [CT]) in psychotherapy are more likely to decrease alcohol and other drug use (AOD) compared with clients who voice statements in opposition of change (sustain talk [ST]).

Jan 28, 2015
Journal Article

Longitudinal Family Effects on Substance Use Among an At-Risk Adolescent Sample

Adult and peer factors may influence whether adolescents use alcohol and other drugs (AOD). This longitudinal study examined the direct effects of adult monitoring, perceived adult AOD use, and cultural values on adolescent AOD use.

Nov 7, 2014
Journal Article

Providing Smoking Cessation Programs to Homeless Youth: The Perspective of Service Providers

This paper presents data from interviews with service providers from 23 shelters and drop-in centers serving homeless youth in Los Angeles County about their current smoking cessation programming.

Oct 1, 2014
Journal Article

Study Design to Develop and Pilot-Test a Web Intervention for Partners of Military Service Members with Alcohol Misuse

Alcohol misuse among military service members from the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan is over two times higher compared to misuse in the civilian population.

Sep 1, 2014
Journal Article

Evaluating the Impact of Getting to Outcomes-Underage Drinking on Prevention Capacity and Alcohol Merchant Attitudes and Selling Behaviors

Assessed whether providing prevention coalitions with Getting To Outcomes-Underage Drinking (GTO-UD) helped improve implementation of two common EAP strategies, responsible beverage service training (RBS) and compliance checks.

Aug 1, 2014
Journal Article

Examining the Sustainment of the Adolescent-Community Reinforcement Approach in Community Addiction Treatment Settings: Protocol for a Longitudinal Mixed Method Study

Gaining a better understanding of the factors that influence the evidence-based treatment sustainment may lead to more effective dissemination strategies and ultimately improve the quality of care being delivered in community-based addiction treatment settings.

Aug 1, 2014
Journal Article

Developing Public Health Regulations for Marijuana: Lessons from Alcohol and Tobacco

Policymakers can better understand decisions surrounding legal marijuana by drawing on lessons learned from research on public health approaches to regulating alcohol and tobacco.

May 20, 2014
Journal Article

Temporal Associations Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among Youth with a First Time Offense

Substance use and delinquency among adolescents have been shown to be positively associated; however, the temporal relationship is not well understood.

May 19, 2014
Journal Article

Does Diversity Matter? The Need for Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Trajectories

The existing research aimed at understanding alcohol and drug (AOD) use patterns from early to late adolescence typically does not examine samples with substantial racial and ethnic diversity.

May 16, 2014

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