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{"title":"Social Cognitive Influences Associated With Susceptibility to Nicotine and Tobacco Use in Youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.","authors":"Neal Doran, Marybel Robledo Gonzalez, Kelly E Courtney, Natasha E Wade, William Pelham, Herry Patel, Scott Roesch, Joanna Jacobus","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00041","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Chronic use of nicotine and tobacco products (NTP) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Uptake is most common among youth and young adults, but knowledge about effective prevention and intervention approaches is insufficient. The goal of the present study was to examine the impact of social cognitive factors on NTP risk over time among youth in the national Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study cohort.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants (<i>n</i> = 11,880, 47.8% female) were 9-10 years old at baseline and completed multiple assessments of NTP use and related cognitions over 2 years. Structural equation modeling was used to estimate concurrent and prospective associations between social cognitive factors (peer and parent NTP use and perceptions of peer approval and harms from e-cigarette use) and risk for NTP use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participant NTP use was primarily of e-cigarettes. Higher levels of parental and especially peer NTP use were significant prospective predictors of greater risk of NTP use. Lower perceived harm from and higher peer approval of e-cigarette use were significant predictors of heightened current but not future NTP risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that youth perceptions of peer NTP use are a key predictor of the likelihood of use and a potential target for interventions designed to prevent or reduce e-cigarette and other NTP use in youth. Perceived peer use is a more powerful predictor of NTP use than cognitive factors or parental use, even at early ages when youth NTP use is uncommon. This suggests a need for additional early intervention targeting perceptions of and responding to peer NTP use.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"521-529"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142468536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Were Economical With the Truth About Alcohol and Health.","authors":"Tim Stockwell, Isabella Priore, Pek Kei Im","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00075","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"651-656"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143730570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes in Sources of Information About the Risks and Benefits of Cannabis in a National Cohort of U.S. Adults From 2017 to 2021.","authors":"Francis Julian L Graham, Salomeh Keyhani, Pamela Ling, Vira Pravosud, Nhung Nguyen, Deborah S Hasin, Beth E Cohen","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00108","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>As more U.S. states legalize cannabis, marketing from the cannabis industry and news coverage of cannabis have increased. Sources of information on cannabis can influence beliefs about risks and benefits. Yet, little is known about how the use and influence of specific sources of information have changed over time.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted a longitudinal study of 5,053 U.S. adults between 2017 and 2021. Participants were asked about sources of information on cannabis risks and benefits and which sources were most influential using a web-based survey at three different time points (2017, 2020, 2021). We evaluated changes in the use/influence of multiple sources of information from 2017 to 2021 and examined interactions with age, cannabis use, and state cannabis legal status.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The largest increases in sources of information on cannabis benefits and risks were in the use of health professionals (+5.5% for benefits and +17.4% for risks). The largest declines were in the use of traditional media (television, radio, newspapers) (-12.3% and -11.4%, respectively). The use of cannabis advertisements and dispensaries/other industry sources also significantly increased. Health professionals were the most influential source of information in all three waves regardless of age, cannabis use, or state legal status.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Participants sought information from different sources and increasingly relied on health professionals as a primary source, highlighting the need to train health care providers about cannabis risks and benefits. Although fewer people used traditional media, use of industry sources increased, underscoring the need for accurate cannabis information sources.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"563-570"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emergency Department Visits, Inpatient Hospitalizations, and Nonfatal and Fatal Drug Overdoses During COVID-19 Among Veterans With Opioid Use Disorder.","authors":"Nicholas A Livingston, Amar D Mandavia, Anne N Banducci, Lauren B Loeffel, Rebecca Sistad Hall, Molly Maloney, Clara E Roth, Jennifer R Fonda, Michael Davenport, Frank Meng, Justeen Hyde, Michael Stein","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00184","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic had dramatic adverse impacts on people with opioid use disorder (OUD), as evidenced by significant disruptions to care and unprecedented increases in drug overdoses. In this study, we evaluated the impacts of COVID-19 on the use of emergency and inpatient care and fatal and nonfatal overdoses among veterans with OUD.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic medical record and mortality data to compare emergency department visits, inpatient hospitalizations, and fatal and nonfatal overdoses between a pandemic-exposed cohort of veterans with OUD observed both before and after the onset of the pandemic (<i>n</i> = 53,803; observed January 2019 to March 2021) to a matched prepandemic control group (<i>n</i> = 53,803; observed October 2017 to December 2019).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with pre-pandemic trends, there were significant decreases in the odds of emergency department and inpatient admissions and the total number of emergency department and inpatient admissions during COVID-19. There was a significant decrease in the odds of having a recorded nonfatal overdose. The odds of overdose death increased during the pandemic compared with pre-pandemic trends.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We observed significant decreases in the use of emergency department and inpatient care services and fewer nonfatal overdoses after the pandemic's onset. Health care disruptions limiting access to emergency and inpatient care could account for the lower number of recorded nonfatal overdoses, potentially reflecting an underestimate of risk. In contrast, fatal overdoses increased during the pandemic compared with pre-pandemic trends. Lower use of emergency and inpatient care and higher rates of fatal overdoses during the pandemic suggest an exacerbation of unmet treatment needs after the pandemic's onset.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"582-589"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is Delta-8-THC Use Associated With State-Level Cannabis Policies? A Content Analysis From Different Jurisdictions in the United States.","authors":"Danielle Dawson, Ashley York, Fang-Yi Su, Wayne Hall, Carmen Lim, Daniel Stjepanović","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00297","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00297","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The United States has seen a rapid increase in the use of delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC), a psychoactive compound similar to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC). This study aimed to explore themes in delta-8-THC-related tweets from U.S. jurisdictions with varying cannabis regulations from 2020 to 2022.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Tweets mentioning delta-8-THC were collected using the following search terms: D8, Delta-8, and Delta8 THC. The tweets were date-restricted from January 21, 2020, to May 31, 2022, resulting in 139,843 tweets. The final data set included 61,800 U.S. tweets with complete location data. A subset of 1,000 tweets (<i>n</i> = 250 for each legal jurisdiction) was selected for content analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three main themes related to delta-8-THC emerged across all jurisdictions: \"sales and advertising,\" \"policy,\" and \"personal use.\" In states where cannabis was legal for adult use, sales-themed tweets were most prevalent, promoting product sales and discounts. \"Policy\" tweets were more common in medical cannabidiol (CBD)-only (34.5%) and fully illegal (24.8%) jurisdictions than in those with legalized medical (20.4%) and adult use (20.2%). Tweets about personal use appeared at similar rates in fully illegal (27.7%), medical (25.0%), medical cannabidiol (CBD)-only (24.5%), and fully legal jurisdictions (22.8%). Reports of adverse effects were frequent in tweets from fully illegal (28.9%), fully legal (27.7%), and medical (27.7%) jurisdictions, with the lowest frequency in medicinal CBD-only (15.6%) jurisdictions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current study on the public discourse on Twitter indicates that discussions about the use and marketing of delta-8-THC are present in all U.S. jurisdictions, not just those without legal recreational cannabis markets.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"515-520"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Testing Alcohol Container Warning Labels Among Alcohol Consumers in the Field Over a 4-Week Period: A Protocol for a Randomized Field Trial.","authors":"Erin Hobin, Anmol Bains, Theresa Poon, Samantha Forbes, David Hammond, Tim Naimi, Brendan Smith, Adam Sherk, Tim Stockwell, Lana Vanderlee, Kara Thompson, Lennon Li, Samantha Meyer","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00209","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Online and lab-based experiments examining the impact of alcohol labels typically test a one-time exposure to labels and assess short-term, nonbehavioral outcomes. These studies do not simulate a real-world label dose or assess actual alcohol use. This pilot aimed to develop a new protocol for testing alcohol labels that better reflects real-world exposure by presenting labels on consumers' own alcohol products over time and assessing effects on several outcomes, including alcohol use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Forty alcohol consumers in Canada completed an online baseline survey, were randomized to one of two label conditions (Control: recycle label; Intervention: cancer warning label), mailed labels according to their assigned condition, and asked to affix one label to all alcohol containers in their home over the 29 days in February 2024. Online surveys assessed label effects at three follow-up points, and Short Message Service (SMS) texts were used to promote protocol adherence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The protocol had high adherence and retention, with no differences between conditions. Survey response rates remained high at follow-ups, ranging between 80% and 100%. All participants (100%) said they were satisfied with the study, and 94% would recommend it to a friend. Preliminary label effectiveness results were promising--between baseline and Day 29, the mean number of standard drinks consumed in the past 7 days decreased in the intervention condition by 4.2 standard drinks (45%) and in the control by 0.3 standard drinks (3%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest this proof-of-principle protocol affixing labels on consumers' own alcohol products offers the potential for greater experimental control and real-world label dose than online or lab-based experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"571-581"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142622964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How Effective Were COVID-19-Related State Policies in the United States to Mitigate Alcohol Sales?","authors":"Yiran Han, Barisş K Yörük","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00066","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We investigated the impact of state-level COVID-19-related policies on alcohol sales in the United States.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used monthly Alcohol Policy Information System alcohol sales data during COVID-19 for 13 states from January 2020 to August 2021. Event study and difference-in-differences methods were used to investigate the effects of COVID-19-related policies on alcohol sales.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Bans on mass gatherings led to an increase in alcohol sales per capita (ranging from 6.9% [<i>p</i> = .063] to 11.1% [<i>p</i> = .095]). School closures reduced alcohol sales per capita by 6.8% (<i>p</i> = .149). Allowing bars to sell alcoholic beverages for takeout or curbside pickup increased alcohol sales per capita by 6.7% (<i>p</i> = .018), while the same policy for restaurants reduced alcohol sales per capita by 5.2% (<i>p</i> = .038).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although not all policies exerted an effect, some did demonstrate a significant impact on alcohol sales during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"590-600"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterizing Collegiate Recovery Programs in the United States and Canada: A Survey of Program Directors.","authors":"Noel Vest, Michelle Flesaker, Robert Bohler, Christine Timko, John Kelly, Michael Stein, Keith Humphreys","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00207","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Collegiate recovery programs (CRPs) play a vital and expanding role in supporting students in recovery from substance use disorders and behavioral addictions at higher education institutions. Despite their importance, there is a lack of comprehensive research characterizing CRPs, including their program directors and the nature and influence of their funding streams.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A survey was administered to 70 CRP directors across the United States and Canada. Directors reported on their CRPs across a variety of site physical features, policy and program offerings, and funding sources, with \"sustainable\" funding defined as coming from two or more sources.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CRP directors were predominantly non-Hispanic, White, and female, with representation from gender and sexual minorities. The highest concentration of directors responding was in the U.S. states of North Carolina, California, and Texas. CRPs with more than one funding source served twice as many students and had significantly more space, drop-in facilities, and relapse management policies. CRP directors had positive perceptions of harm-reduction principles. In addition, results highlighted the robust availability of All Recovery meetings and the wide diversity of mutual-help group meetings offered within CRPs, as well as the directors' positive perceptions of these meetings.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This research lays a foundation for enhancing CRPs within higher education settings, emphasizing the significance of sustained funding and an inclusive support framework for the program directors who run CRPs. Future studies should further explore the effectiveness of CRPs and their impacts on the schools and students they serve.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"633-640"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying and Characterizing Models of Substance Use Treatment in Outpatient Substance Use Treatment Facilities.","authors":"Zoe Lindenfeld, Jonathan H Cantor, Ji E Chang","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00157","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Given that individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) have a variety of needs beyond substance use, it is crucial to examine the comprehensiveness of services offered within outpatient SUD treatment facilities, where many individuals with SUDs receive care. This study's objective is to develop clusters of services offered and assess organizational, policy, and environmental characteristics associated with having a more comprehensive treatment model.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted a principal component analysis (PCA) using data on SUD treatment facilities (<i>n</i> = 8,197) from the 2022 Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Tracking Repository, a national database of SUD treatment facilities. We applied a k-means cluster analysis on the generated components to cluster facilities by service offerings and calculated the mean for different organizational, policy, and environmental characteristics for each cluster.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We retained five components from the PCA, which represented the availability of different services (Pharmacotherapies, Infectious Disease and Harm Reduction, Supportive and Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) Services, Psychosocial Services, and General Health Care.) The cluster analysis resulted in five SUD service models, with the most comprehensive having the highest percentage of accredited and Medicaid-accepting facilities, and facilities that were government-operated and located in a Medicaid expansion state, and the least comprehensive having the lowest percentage of accredited, licensed, and Medicaid-accepting facilities, and the highest percentage of private, for-profit facilities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study found that SUD treatment facilities varied in the availability of five treatment components, but more comprehensive service models had a higher percentage of facilities that were licensed, accredited, and accepting Medicaid.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"641-650"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142468535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heavy Episodic Drinking Among French Adolescents Between 2005 and 2022: Decreasing Prevalence Rates and Increased Risks.","authors":"Eric Janssen, Stanislas Spilka, Antoine Philippon, Olivier Le Nézet, Guillaume Airagnes","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00037","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this research was to study the prevalence of alcohol use among French adolescents over time and factors associated with heavy episodic drinking (HED) among drinkers.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Our analysis relies on six waves of a standardized cross-sectional survey conducted in mainland France between 2005 and 2022. The overall sample comprises 179,905 adolescents age 17 (90,166 males and 89,739 females). Two outcomes were considered: declaring past-month HED (at least one) and repeated HED (at least three) in the past month between 2005 and 2022. Relative risks and probabilities according to years of survey, gender, and frequency of alcohol use (past 30 days) were estimated using modified Poisson regressions controlling for grade retention, schooling, living out of the parental household, socioeconomic status, and use of other substances (tobacco, cannabis, other illicit substances).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite a steady decline in alcohol use among French adolescents over the past two decades, the prevalence of HED still concerned one third of 17-year-olds in 2022. The reduction in alcohol use conceals an increased likelihood of HED among occasional drinkers (<10 times a month). Moreover, the probability of HED among females is similar to that of males or even higher, depending on the frequency of use.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>HED is becoming an increasingly common behavior among adolescent drinkers. The decline in prevalence conceals a homogenization of behavior between genders. Our results also question underage access to alcohol despite increasing legal restrictions. These results support general prevention in early adolescence aimed at all drinkers and not only at the most frequent or \"at-risk\" drinkers.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"481-490"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}