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Substance Use Harm Reduction

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Natural Experiments in a Complex and Dynamic Environment: The Need for a Measured Assessment of the Evidence

The shift from punitive prohibition to legalizing marijuana at the state (or federal) level may produce a net social benefit.

Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article

Tobacco Use and Smoking Intentions Among U.S. Fifth-Grade Students

Racially/ethnically diverse preadolescent children share many of the same risk factors for smoking that have been found in studies of older children. Therefore, antismoking policies and programs might be more effective if designed for preadolescents as well as adolescents.

Nov 1, 2013
Journal Article

Racial Disparities in Criminal Court Referrals to Drug Treatment

The U.S. prison population grew nearly fivefold between 1980 and 2009, at least partially due to the “War on Drugs.” Racial disparities in criminal justice referrals to drug treatment potentially affect access to treatment for hundreds of thousands of individuals arrested for drug offenses each year.

May 13, 2013
Journal Article

Quasi-legal Cannabis in Colorado and Washington: Local and National Implications

In November 2012, Washington state and Colorado took the unprecedented step of legalizing commercial production and sale of cannabis for adult use, but all cannabis-related activities remain prohibited under the federal Controlled Substances Act.

May 1, 2013
Journal Article

Can Tobacco Control Endgame Analysis Learn Anything from the U.S. Experience with Illegal Drugs?

The goals of tobacco control endgame strategies are specified in terms of the desired levels of tobacco use and/or tobacco related health consequences.

May 1, 2013
Journal Article

What Influences Whether Alcohol Merchants Enforce Practices for Reducing Underage Drinking?

Merchants who engage in state-approved “responsible beverage service” training are more likely to believe they'll be cited for selling alcohol to minors. Therefore, targeting merchant attitudes could be a successful way to encourage them to check IDs.

Apr 2, 2013
Journal Article

Friends Moderate the Effects of Pro-Smoking Media on College Students' Intentions to Smoke

Exposure to prosmoking media (e.g., smoking in movies, advertising in magazines) contributes to smoking in young people.

Mar 1, 2013
Journal Article

The Effects of Employment Among Adolescents At-Risk for Future Substance Use

This paper explores the association between work intensity, alcohol and/or other drug (AOD) use, and related risk factors and consequences among an at-risk youth sample that has received a first-time AOD offense.

Jan 9, 2013
Journal Article

Treating Co-Occurring Depression and Substance Use Disorder

Providing on-site group cognitive behavior therapy to those receiving residential substance abuse treatment is a cost-effective way to treat depression.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Evaluating Treatment Efficacy

The authors discuss behavioral treatment efficacy (non-pharmacological) for substance use.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

An Intervention to Improve Program Implementation: Findings from a Two -Year Cluster Randomized Trial of Assets-Getting to Outcomes

Studies have shown that communities have not always been able to implement evidence-based prevention programs with quality and achieve outcomes demonstrated by prevention science.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Losing Your "License to Drink": The Radical South Dakota Approach to Heavy Drinkers Who Threaten Public Safety

In 2005, the state of South Dakota introduced an innovative approach to reduce problem drinking. Known as the 24/7 Sobriety Project. The program requires individuals arrested for or convicted of alcohol-involved offenses to submit to breathalyzer tests twice per day or wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet at all times.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Risk Behaviors Among HIV-positive Gay and Bisexual Men at Party-Oriented Vacations

HIV-positive men who have sex with men attending party-oriented vacation events engaged in higher rates of illegal drug use and sexual risk than HIV-negative men.

Dec 28, 2012
Journal Article

Frequent Alcohol Testing Program Reduces DUI and Domestic Violence Arrests

In its first six years, an innovative alcohol monitoring program called the South Dakota 24/7 Sobriety Project reduced county-level repeat DUI arrests by 12 percent and domestic violence arrests by 9 percent.

Dec 6, 2012
Journal Article

Workplace Strategies Are Needed to Protect Youth Across the Globe from Starting to Smoke

There is a strong association between adolescents' beginning to work and their beginning to smoke. Thus the workplace may be an appropriate venue for antismoking interventions targeting youth.

Sep 1, 2012
Report

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress Through 2011 — Summary

This summary of the external evaluation of Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission activities looks at program implementation and changes in health outcomes associated with seven health-related programs funded by the Master Settlement Agreement over the past decade.

Aug 16, 2012
Report

Efforts to Curb Tobacco Use in Arkansas Have Paid Dividends, but More Effort Is Needed

A decade of unprecedented efforts in Arkansas has cut cigarette use by nearly one-third and reduced incidence of tobacco-related illnesses such as heart attacks and stroke. To maintain the gains it has made, Arkansas should continue its financial commitment of devoting the tobacco settlement funds to public health programs.

Aug 16, 2012
Journal Article

Toward a More Systematic Assessment of Smoking: Development of a Smoking Module for PROMIS®

The aim of the PROMIS® Smoking Initiative is to develop, evaluate, and standardize item banks to assess cigarette smoking behavior and biopsychosocial constructs associated with smoking for both daily and non-daily smokers.

Jul 31, 2012
Journal Article

Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Clients with Major Depression in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

Group cognitive behavioral therapy was an effective treatment for major depression for clients in residential substance abuse treatment, thus extending the effectiveness of group CBT for major depression to a new setting, patient population, and type of provider.

Jun 1, 2012
Journal Article

Intergenerational Relationships Between the Smoking Patterns of a Population-Representative Sample of US Mothers and the Smoking Trajectories of Their Children

The authors assessed intergenerational transmission of smoking in mother-child dyads.

Apr 1, 2012

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