The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Electronic Cigarettes and Future Marijuana Use: A Longitudinal Study
Abstract Background: Cigarettes have been strongly associated with subsequent marijuana use among adolescents, but electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are now rapidly replacing traditional cigarettes among youth. This study examines...
The Hardest Hit: Addressing the Crisis in Alcohol Treatment Services
This research, launched at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm on 1 May 2018, warns that the alcohol treatment sector is in crisis. These services are entering into a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced...
Medical Marijuana Users Are More Likely to Use Prescription Drugs Medically and Nonmedically
ABSTRACT Objectives: Previous studies have found a negative population-level correlation between medical marijuana availability in US states, and trends in medical and nonmedical prescription drug use. These studies have been interpreted as...
Solution to Detect, Classify, and Report Illicit Online Marketing and Sales of Controlled Substances via Twitter
ABSTRACT Background: On December 6 and 7, 2017, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted its first Code-a-Thon event aimed at leveraging technology and data-driven solutions to help combat the opioid epidemic. The authors...
Candyflipping and Other Combinations: Identifying Drug–Drug Combinations from an Online Forum
Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) refer to synthetic compounds or derivatives of more widely known substances of abuse that have emerged over the last two decades. Case reports suggest that users combine substances to achieve desired...
Taking a New Line on Drugs
This report, ‘Taking a New Line on Drugs’, comes at a timely moment for drugs strategy both in the UK and across the world. The special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the world drug problem, which took place in New York...
Measuring the Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in Ontario, Canada
Opioid overdose is a leading public health problem across Canada that continues to evolve, particularly as clandestinely-produced opioids enter the market (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2017). In 2014, we published a study that found that...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Medical Care in Drug Treatment Systems
Key studies relating to the roles of medical interventions and treatment in medical settings in local, regional and national drug treatment systems. Highlights a simple innovation which transformed detoxification recyclers into typical...
Videoconference "pregnancy, alcohol and drugs: consequences in the product"
Reporter: Dr. Sara Infante Murillo
Date: on Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Time: from 10:00 to 11:30 hours (time of the city of Mexico)
Via Webcast: https://zoom.us/j/36352014
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children of Alcoholics: A Manifesto For Change
Executive Summary One in five children in the UK lives with a parent who drinks too much – that’s over 2.5 million children. They are Britain’s innocent victims of drink. Hard-drinking parents hurt their children for life. Compared to other...
