Jeong Kyu Lee, Yifan Wang, Mengqi Du, Kyung Han You
{"title":"Framing Alcohol as Everyday: Network and Semantic Analysis of <i>Sulbang</i> on Korean YouTube.","authors":"Jeong Kyu Lee, Yifan Wang, Mengqi Du, Kyung Han You","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00253","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00253","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examines how <i>sulbang</i> (drinking broadcast) content on Korean YouTube contributes to alcohol normalization by analyzing structural organization, thematic framing, and audience engagement patterns.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We analyzed 1,012 sulbang-related videos using computational methods including channel networks, keyword co-occurrence clustering via CONCOR analysis, and semantic network mapping of user comments. Data collection involved scraping YouTube videos with more than 50,000 views and algorithmically recommended content, and generating transcripts using automatic speech recognition.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis revealed a highly centralized network, dominated by mainstream entertainment channels (tvN ENT, MBC, JTBC), that received algorithmic amplification. Keyword clustering identified six thematic domains that embed alcohol within everyday narratives of food, relationships, leisure, and emotional expression rather than prominently featuring it. Semantic analysis of viewer comments demonstrated parasocial engagement patterns, with audiences using relational language (\"older sister,\" \"friend\") alongside alcohol-related terms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Sulbang normalizes alcohol consumption through subtle embedding within emotionally resonant, culturally familiar contexts amplified by platform algorithms rather than explicit promotion. These findings expose critical regulatory gaps in digital alcohol marketing and underscore the importance of comprehensive policy frameworks that address influencer-driven content on social media platforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"1042-1050"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146227274","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}
Claire Ledouble, Pierre Maurage, Benoit Macq, Philippe de Timary
{"title":"Toward a Strengthened Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment (ANA) Framework: A Perspective on Current Assessment Approaches and the Added Value of Recovery-Inspired Dimensions.","authors":"Claire Ledouble, Pierre Maurage, Benoit Macq, Philippe de Timary","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00439","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00439","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"1074-1085"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148277875","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}
Ashley N Linden-Carmichael, Stephanie T Lanza, Alexander W Sokolovsky, Helene R White, Kristina M Jackson
{"title":"Heterogeneity of Within-Day Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use Behaviors Among Young Adults: A Multilevel Latent Class Analysis.","authors":"Ashley N Linden-Carmichael, Stephanie T Lanza, Alexander W Sokolovsky, Helene R White, Kristina M Jackson","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00286","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00286","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use is prevalent among young adults and linked with heavy use and related harms. Days with simultaneous use have been linked with poorer proximal outcomes than days involving only alcohol or cannabis, but findings are mixed. Importantly, days with simultaneous use vary greatly with respect to level and timing of use, and other substance use. Thus, all simultaneous use days may not carry the same risks, which partially explains the discrepancies. We aimed to characterize heterogeneity across simultaneous use days via an innovative statistical method applied to daily data--multilevel latent class analysis (MLCA)--and identify features of days most strongly linked to same-day harms and motives.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were <i>n</i> = 255 young adult college students (48% male) who completed 54 or fewer days of surveys on substance use behavior, yielding 1,527 person-days with simultaneous use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>MLCA identified four day-level latent classes of simultaneous use occasions: Alcohol-Focused (43% of days), Cannabis-Focused (35%), Heavy Use (14%), and Early-Day Use (8%). Same-day harms were more likely on heavy use days than on other days, and day-level classes varied significantly across three same-day motivations for simultaneous use: to be social, because it was offered, and to have fun.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use days are highly varied. Heavy use days, characterized by the level of alcohol/cannabis use and engagement in other substance use, were most strongly linked with harms, but timing of use in a day also distinguished patterns of use. Studies investigating the role of additional substances are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"939-948"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13034715/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146105979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madison N Enderle, Hannah M Piscalko, Laura Limarzi-Klyn, David C Colston, Adams L Sibley, Angela T Estadt, Vivian F Go, William C Miller
{"title":"Experiences of People Who Use Drugs in Rural Southeastern Ohio During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Harm Reduction, Substance Use Treatment, and Trusted Information Sources.","authors":"Madison N Enderle, Hannah M Piscalko, Laura Limarzi-Klyn, David C Colston, Adams L Sibley, Angela T Estadt, Vivian F Go, William C Miller","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00166","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00166","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to describe COVID-19 pandemic experiences among people who use drugs (PWUD) in rural southeastern Ohio in varying geographies and time since the start of the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used two cross-sections of data from the Ohio Opioid Project to describe shifts in PWUDs' service accessibility and in their perceived trustworthiness of COVID-19-related information sources. Participants in the cross-section \"Rural2020-22\" were surveyed from September 2020 to January 2022 in a rural area. Participants in the cross-section \"Micropolitan2022-23\" were surveyed from January 2022 to February 2023 in a micropolitan area. Our total sample included 408 participants (50% male).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, 36% of participants reported increased drug use. Rural2020-22 participants reported that services were at least \"a little harder\" to access than before the pandemic more often than Micropolitan2022-23 participants (local harm reduction services: 34% vs. 30%; substance use treatment programs: 49% vs. 26%). Most participants reported news media as a source of COVID-19 information in both samples (Rural2020-22: 75%; Micropolitan2022-23: 51%). Local harm reduction programs and health authorities had the highest levels of trust in their information among participants (Rural2020-22: 46%, 22%; Micropolitan2022-23: 37%, 30%, respectively, trusted them \"a lot\").</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>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 for disseminating timely health information, such as program changes and availability, to PWUD during a future emergency.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"899-911"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13045024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147468321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brandon P Miller, James G Murphy, James MacKillop, Laura E Martin, Michael Amlung
{"title":"Family History of Problem Drinking is Associated With Reduced Sensitivity of Alcohol Demand to Next-Day Responsibilities: A Replication and Extension.","authors":"Brandon P Miller, James G Murphy, James MacKillop, Laura E Martin, Michael Amlung","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00300","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Murphy et al. (2014) found that university students with a family history (FH) of alcohol problems exhibit a reduced sensitivity of alcohol demand to next-day academic responsibilities. Considering the ongoing replication crisis, the objective of this study was to replicate and extend this research in community adults, including a range of non-academic responsibilities.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted a secondary analysis of 461 adults who reported past-year alcohol consumption (39% women; mean age = 38.42 years), recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk. Participants were coded as FH+ (40%) or FH- (60%) based on reporting if any biological parents or grandparents had a history of alcohol problems. Participants completed alcohol purchase tasks (APT) involving a typical drinking situation or next-day responsibility (e.g., work, caregiving). FH status was examined as a moderator of reductions in observed indices of alcohol demand in separate analyses of covariance, controlling for participant sex and severity of alcohol misuse.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Alcohol demand did not significantly differ by FH status on the no-responsibility APT (<i>p</i>s >.56). Compared with FH- participants, FH+ participants showed a smaller magnitude reduction in the responsibility condition for breakpoint (<i>p</i> = .002, η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .036), O<sub>max</sub> (<i>p</i> = .002, η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .041), and P<sub>max</sub> (<i>p</i> = .001, η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .040), and nonsignificant effects for intensity (<i>p</i> = .053, η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .015).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings replicate and extend Murphy et al. (2014) by confirming that FH confers a greater risk of alcohol consumption despite upcoming responsibilities. People with a FH of problem drinking may require specific interventions that make the impact of drinking on next-day responsibilities more salient.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"1020-1026"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13274793/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146105998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Griffith Edwards and the Addiction Treatment Paradox: Personal Reflections.","authors":"Colin Drummond","doi":"10.15288/jsad.26-00262","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.26-00262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"873-874"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148295403","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}
Christina Dyar, Julia Curtis, Elise Green, Emily D S Hales, Isaac C Rhew, Debra Kaysen, Christine M Lee
{"title":"Affect, Motives for Cannabis Use, Duration of Intoxication, and Cannabis Consequences: Cannabis Use Problem Severity as a Potential Moderator.","authors":"Christina Dyar, Julia Curtis, Elise Green, Emily D S Hales, Isaac C Rhew, Debra Kaysen, Christine M Lee","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00314","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00314","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The multistage model of substance use proposes that reinforcement mechanisms and motives for use change as individuals develop substance use disorders, with positive reinforcement driving substance use when substance use disorder symptoms are absent/mild and negative reinforcement becoming dominant when substance use disorder symptoms are more severe. We aimed to determine whether event-level associations between affect, cannabis use, motives for use, and heaviness of use were moderated by cannabis use problem severity, consistent with the multistage model of substance use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used ecological momentary assessment data (two observations per day for 14 days) from 571 young adult females who regularly used cannabis. The sample included a majority of sexual minority women and gender diverse individuals (77.6%).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Elevated anxious affect was concurrently associated with coping motives for cannabis use and longer duration of intoxication at the event level, but only among those with more severe cannabis use problems. Further, positive affect was concurrently associated with a higher likelihood of endorsing enhancement motives for the full sample, but this association was stronger for those with fewer cannabis use problems. However, many other associations between affect and cannabis use outcomes were not moderated by the severity of cannabis use problems.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Some findings were consistent with expectations based on the multistage model. However, results also suggest that positive reinforcement may continue to drive cannabis use among those with more severe cannabis use problems, which is not consistent with what would be expected based on the multistage model.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"1000-1011"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12908467/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145998460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early Substance Use Initiation Is Associated With Difficulty Quitting Among American Indian and Non-American Indian Youth: A Potential Marker of Later Dependence?","authors":"Randall C Swaim, Sydney L Pryor, Kimberly L Henry","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00178","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Early initiation of substance use during adolescence is linked to immediate and long-term risks, including impaired cognitive development; challenges in social, academic, and psychological functioning; and increased vulnerability to addiction. This study examined whether early initiation of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis was related to difficulty quitting.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A national sample of 9,178 7th- to 12th-grade adolescents (ages 10 through 18) across 42 schools participated in a cross-sectional, epidemiologic survey of substance use among reservation-based American Indian (AI) and non-AI youth between 2021 and 2023. Discrete-time survival analysis estimated hazard and survival probabilities for cigarette, alcohol, and cannabis use. Multinomial logistic regression models tested age at initiation as a predictor of self-reported difficulty quitting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>AI youth were more likely than non-AI youth to report initiating cigarette and cannabis use from ages 10 to 14, whereas hazard probabilities were similar between groups from age 15 onward. There was no consistent evidence of differences in the initiation of alcohol use between the two groups of adolescents. For all three substances, earlier initiation was associated with increased odds of being unable to quit (compared with being able to quit). These associations did not differ between AI and non-AI students.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Early prevention is needed to delay the onset of substance use, particularly among AI adolescents. Early initiation of substance use may signal later dependence for both AI and non-AI youth. Screening of students who report early initiation and difficulty quitting may identify the need for tertiary prevention or early treatment for dependence.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"912-920"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12981696/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146105995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrey Panchenko, Vladimir Kovalenko, Alla Panchenko
{"title":"Pre-Exposure Behavioral and Physiological Markers Predict Future Alcohol Consumption Under Free Choice in Rhesus Monkeys.","authors":"Andrey Panchenko, Vladimir Kovalenko, Alla Panchenko","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00262","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00262","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of various behavioral and physiological parameters from the study in a nonhuman primate model as predictive biomarkers for future alcohol consumption.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The data were derived from 36 male rhesus monkeys (<i>Macaca mulatta</i>) that participated in a chronic oral alcohol self-administration experiment lasting 920 days. Seventeen indicators of spontaneous behavior were registered using the ethogram, and eight physiological parameters were obtained before animal exposure to ethanol. Subsequently, alcohol self-administration under free choice with water was initiated. The median value of ethanol consumption for each monkey was calculated from daily measurements collected over 55 days of unrestricted access to the ethanol solution (4% v/v). Discriminant analysis was performed using behavior and physiological parameters with the highest <i>F</i> coefficients of the canonical discriminant function. Five parameters of the discriminant function (two behavior indicators, total protein, serum cortisol, and body weight) were selected based on the results of several analysis cycles. A discriminant function equation separating two groups of animals was derived. A total of 36 study animals were divided into two groups based on the average value of 0.97 g/kg/day for the individual medians of 55-day ethanol consumption.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In all, 83.3% of the originally grouped observations were correctly classified using a discriminant function derived from behavioral and physiological parameters before ethanol exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A discriminant model was derived that allows delineating future light drinkers from moderate and heavy drinkers with high accuracy before ethanol exposure in a free-choice ethanol consumption model.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"990-999"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147317426","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":"Addiction History and Griffith Edwards.","authors":"Virginia Berridge","doi":"10.15288/jsad.26-00233","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.26-00233","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"882-883"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148277759","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}