Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Comprehensive state-level e-cigarette policies, including but not limited to flavor bans and e-cigarette-inclusive smoke-free policies, may be crucial in mitigating e-cigarette use among adolescents and young adults, thereby providing critical evidence to inform future policy initiatives in the regulatory landscape of e-cigarettes.

Although both young adult subpopulations are at risk for sexual violence and alcohol misuse, related behaviors and norms differed between Sailors and college students, suggesting that integrated prevention approaches may require adaptations for each subpopulation, particularly for elevated risks in the military.

Phone swab results often align with self-reported use and, less consistently with biologically confirmed exposure. However, drugs detected on phones may reflect less recent use or unintentional environmental sources contributing to oral fluid detection, supporting the role of phone swabbing as a complementary tool for detecting possible drug exposure.

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, many PWUD reported increased substance use, yet struggled to access services. Local harm reduction programs, health authorities, and news media may be valuable outlets through which to disseminate timely health information, such as program changes and availability, to PWUD during a future emergency.

These findings indicate that individuals with severe CU problems may not respond with behavioral change to consequences, while individuals with fewer CU problems reduce use following consequences. This may result from differences in perceptions of the aversiveness of consequences, which should be examined by future research.

Findings highlight high-risk contexts in CID, including simultaneous substance use and driving while intoxicated, often with passengers present. Retrospective event-level analysis offers a nuanced understanding of CID behaviors and underscores the need for prevention strategies that address situational risk factors.

Substance use-particularly non-alcohol drugs-is markedly more prevalent among vulnerable populations than in the general population. Social exclusion, homelessness, and forced migration amplify risk and highlight the need for integrated prevention, harm-reduction, and mental-health strategies tailored to these groups. These findings can inform policy design and targeted interventions in humanitar…

A discriminant model was derived which allows to delineate future light drinkers from group of moderate and heavy ones with high accuracy prior to ethanol exposure in a free choice ethanol consumption model.

Nitrous oxide misuse is widely visible on major social media platforms and often portrayed without risk information, potentially encouraging youth uptake. Public health strategies should include education campaigns, stricter regulations (e.g., age limits, warning labels), and platform collaboration to reduce exposure. Further research should examine long-term trends and behavioral impacts of onli…