Pamela J Trangenstein, Jih-Cheng Yeh, Alicia Sparks, Amelia M Arria, Thomas K Greenfield, David H Jernigan
{"title":"Alcohol's Collateral Damage: Harms From Others' Drinking Are Linked to Academic and Mental Health Challenges Among U.S. College Students.","authors":"Pamela J Trangenstein, Jih-Cheng Yeh, Alicia Sparks, Amelia M Arria, Thomas K Greenfield, David H Jernigan","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00170","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>More than half of U.S. college students are harmed by the drinkers around them. If findings from research on adults generalize to college students, then there will be consequences associated with these alcohol-related harms to others (AHTOs). This study aimed to determine whether harms from others' drinking were associated with key academic and mental health indicators of the college experience.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data were from a probability-based sample of college students (<i>n</i> = 1,822, 64.9% cisfemale, 68.6% White, 11.3% Black, 15.6% Hispanic/Latinx) conducted October-November 2021. Predictors included domains of five AHTOs: harassment, physical, sexual, academic, and babysitting drinkers. Six binary outcomes included (a) satisfied with college, (b) satisfied with academic performance, (c) grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or greater, (d) depression, (e) suicidal ideation, and (f) mental distress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Harassment AHTOs were associated with lower college satisfaction (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.57, 95% CI [0.38, 0.84]) and suicidal ideation (aOR = 1.74, 95% CI [1.08, 2.82]). Physical AHTOs were associated with lower odds of academic satisfaction (aOR = 0.33, 95% CI [0.19, 0.59]) and GPA of 3.0 or greater (aOR = 0.42, 95% CI [0.22, 0.83]). Academic AHTOs were associated with lower odds of being satisfied with college (aOR = 0.27, 95% CI [0.14, 0.52]) and one's academic performance (aOR = 0.27, 95% CI [0.14, 0.50]) and higher odds of mental distress (aOR = 2.27, 95% CI [1.31, 3.94]). Finally, sexual AHTOs were associated with higher odds of depression (aOR = 2.77, 95% CI [1.34, 5.77]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>AHTOs are associated with mental health and academic challenges on college campuses. Longitudinal studies should investigate whether these associations persist over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"769-777"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419504/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813634","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}
Ruschelle M Leone, Monicamonet Franklin-Kidd, Ellie Gayer, Julianna Brown, Rutu Patel, Caitlin Thompson, Nicole K Mullican, Laura F Salazar, Clayton Neighbors, Amanda K Gilmore, Kevin M Gray, Charlene Senn
{"title":"Integrating Alcohol and Cannabis Risk Reduction Into Sexual Assault Resistance Programming: Findings From a Pilot of EAAA.","authors":"Ruschelle M Leone, Monicamonet Franklin-Kidd, Ellie Gayer, Julianna Brown, Rutu Patel, Caitlin Thompson, Nicole K Mullican, Laura F Salazar, Clayton Neighbors, Amanda K Gilmore, Kevin M Gray, Charlene Senn","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00183","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>One in five college women experiences sexual assault. Feminist scholars have called for the use of programming that empowers women by increasing their ability to recognize and resist sexual assault. One such program, the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act Sexual Assault Resistance Education Program (EAAA), has demonstrated lower rates of sexual assault up to 24 months. EAAA could be further enhanced by directly targeting women's risky alcohol and cannabis use, two known risk factors for sexual assault, within an integrated framework. This study evaluated the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of an integrated version of EAAA with enhanced alcohol and new cannabis content.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>College women (<i>n</i> = 14) ages 18-24 who reported engaging in past-month heavy alcohol use, cannabis use, and simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use participated in the adapted program. Women completed a baseline assessment, measures of acceptability at strategic points during the program, and a post-program assessment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women rated the program very high in likability, quality, organization, relevance, and usefulness and were likely to recommend it to other women. Overall, acceptability and usability ratings for EAAA+ were high. Content analysis of open-ended questions indicated that some women wanted more cannabis and/or alcohol content included.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results indicate that the adapted content is acceptable for the target population and has promising pre-post changes on alcohol, cannabis, and sexual assault-related outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"761-768"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12425640/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143007409","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}
Scott Graupensperger, Brian H Calhoun, Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, Christine M Lee
{"title":"What's the Harm in Starting Early? Daily and Long-Term Risks of Daytime Drinking in Young Adults.","authors":"Scott Graupensperger, Brian H Calhoun, Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, Christine M Lee","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00312","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00312","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>There is a robust body of work demonstrating that certain drinking practices, such as pregaming or playing drinking games, are linked to heavier, riskier patterns of drinking among college students. However, less attention has been paid to other drinking practices that are relatively common among undergraduates, such as daytime drinking (i.e., drinking before 4:00 P.M.).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using data from an intensive longitudinal study (bursts of daily data over 12 months; 6,842 total days of data) collected from a high-risk sample of college students (<i>N</i> = 403), the present study tested daytime drinking as both a proximal (daily-level drinking outcomes) and distal (alcohol use disorder symptoms) risk factor for hazardous drinking.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Daytime drinking was reported by more than 70% of the sample and on approximately 15% of drinking days. Daily-level findings indicated that compared with non-daytime drinking days, daytime drinking days were significantly associated with more drinks consumed, more high-risk drinking practices (i.e., heavy episodic or high-intensity drinking), and greater subjective intoxication. Longitudinal analyses identified frequent daytime drinking as a risk factor for increased hazardous drinking behavior, particularly among individuals who were younger or reported lower hazardous drinking at baseline.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings add to a sparse literature supporting daytime drinking as a risky drinking practice among college students. Future work should aim to further characterize contextual and psychosocial factors associated with daytime drinking practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"724-733"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419506/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142950630","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}
Natalie Scholz, Kathleen M Lenk, Spruha Joshi, Eileen Delehanty, Darin J Erickson, Traci L Toomey, Rhonda Jones-Webb, Toben F Nelson
{"title":"Cannabis Enforcement Lags Behind Alcohol: A National Study of Law Enforcement Practices in Legal and Nonlegal States.","authors":"Natalie Scholz, Kathleen M Lenk, Spruha Joshi, Eileen Delehanty, Darin J Erickson, Traci L Toomey, Rhonda Jones-Webb, Toben F Nelson","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00200","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>As the legalization of adult-use cannabis has expanded to include almost half of the states in the United States, substance use-related enforcement responsibilities for state and local law enforcement agencies may have changed. We assessed the use of cannabis and alcohol enforcement strategies at local and state levels and in legal and nonlegal cannabis states.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted surveys of 1,024 local law enforcement agencies, 53 state alcohol beverage control agencies, and 48 state patrol agencies. We calculated the prevalence of cannabis enforcement strategies and their analogous alcohol strategies and analyzed differences across legal and nonlegal cannabis states. We assessed associations between cannabis enforcement strategies, cannabis legalization status, and agency and jurisdiction characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cannabis enforcement strategies were less common than their analogous alcohol strategies. The percentage of agencies conducting enforcement of cannabis-impaired driving and public use of cannabis did not differ significantly across agencies in legal and nonlegal states. Agencies in cannabis-legal states (compared with nonlegal states) were more likely to train officers in identifying cannabis impairment among drivers (risk ratio [RR] = 1.23, 95% CI [1.08, 1.42]). Several local agency and jurisdiction characteristics were associated with a higher likelihood of conducting cannabis enforcement, but results were inconsistent across strategies.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study shows that cannabis enforcement strategies were used less than analogous alcohol strategies in legal and nonlegal jurisdictions, suggesting that increased cannabis enforcement could lead to reductions in public health harms. This study provides a foundation for much-needed research on cannabis and alcohol enforcement during a changing cannabis legalization landscape.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"806-813"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419514/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716379","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}
Lauren Micalizzi, Alexander W Sokolovsky, Morgan L Snell, Mariel S Bello, Jasjit S Ahluwalia, Dale Dagar Maglalang, Sarah F Maloney
{"title":"Rethinking E-Cigarette Flavor Policy: Can We Reduce Harm for Adults Without Inviting Youth Use?","authors":"Lauren Micalizzi, Alexander W Sokolovsky, Morgan L Snell, Mariel S Bello, Jasjit S Ahluwalia, Dale Dagar Maglalang, Sarah F Maloney","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00440","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00440","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"823-826"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419510/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078646","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}
Brittney A Hultgren, Brian H Calhoun, Jessica Canning, Nicole Fossos-Wong, Katarina Guttmannova, Jason R Kilmer, Jennifer M Cadigan, Mary E Larimer, Christine M Lee
{"title":"Estimating Blood Alcohol Concentration in Intensive and Longitudinal Research: Comparing eBAC Formulas and Their Implications for Science and Practice.","authors":"Brittney A Hultgren, Brian H Calhoun, Jessica Canning, Nicole Fossos-Wong, Katarina Guttmannova, Jason R Kilmer, Jennifer M Cadigan, Mary E Larimer, Christine M Lee","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00424","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00424","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"814-822"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419508/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078657","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":"New Frontiers for Alcohol and Other Drug Research in a Changing Landscape.","authors":"Christina S Lee","doi":"10.15288/jsad.25-00265","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.25-00265","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"670-671"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144794803","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}
Delvon T Mattingly, Marisa D Booty, Osayande Agbonlahor, Nancy L Fleischer
{"title":"Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and DSM-5 Substance Use Disorders Among U.S. Adults.","authors":"Delvon T Mattingly, Marisa D Booty, Osayande Agbonlahor, Nancy L Fleischer","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00247","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00247","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Racial and ethnic discrimination is a risk factor for substance use among U.S. adults. However, whether discrimination is associated with substance use disorders (SUDs) overall and by race and ethnicity is less understood.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used data from the 2012-2013 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (<i>n</i> = 35,355) and defined past-year discrimination as a summary scale (range: 0-4). Past-year SUDs included alcohol use disorder (AUD), tobacco use disorder (TUD), cannabis use disorder (CUD), and illicit drug use disorder (IDUD) based on criteria in the <i>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition;</i> number of SUDs included one, two, or three or more SUDs. We estimated associations between discrimination and each SUD outcome using logistic and multinomial logistic regression and examined effect modification by race and ethnicity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Discrimination was associated with each substance-specific SUD (odds ratio [OR] range: 1.36-1.78) and with one, two, and three or more SUDs (OR range: 1.34-2.19). Models stratified by race and ethnicity revealed that discrimination was associated with AUD among all groups (OR range: 1.42-1.52), with TUD only among adults who were non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and another non-Hispanic race; with CUD only among non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black adults; and with IDUD only among Hispanic, non-Hispanic White, and non-Hispanic Black adults. In addition, discrimination was associated with three or more SUDs among all groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Discrimination was associated with all SUD outcomes, with variation in these relationships by race and ethnicity. Understanding this heterogeneity can guide efforts to prevent problematic substance use and reduce health disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"672-682"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419517/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142983951","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}
Christina Dyar, Elise Green, Isaac C Rhew, Christine M Lee
{"title":"Event-Level Differences in Quantity, Frequency, and Consequences of Cannabis Use by Modes of Use Among Sexual Minority Women and Gender Diverse Individuals.","authors":"Christina Dyar, Elise Green, Isaac C Rhew, Christine M Lee","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00348","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00348","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>A handful of studies have examined differences in the subjective effects and consequences of using different modes of cannabis (e.g., smoking vs. vaping) at the daily level. However, results have been mixed, and recent research suggests that there may be individual-level differences in these effects based on how often individuals use each mode. We aimed to determine whether within-person associations between mode of cannabis use (i.e., smoking, vaping plant material, vaping concentrates, dabbing, edibles, multiple modes) and quantity, subjective intoxication, consequences, contexts of cannabis use, and co-use with alcohol or tobacco varied based on how often individuals used each mode.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used data from a 30-day ecological momentary assessment study of cannabis use with 338 sexual minority women and gender diverse young adults assigned female at birth, populations at high risk for cannabis use disorder.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Several associations between mode of cannabis use and outcomes differed based on how frequently individuals used each mode. People who used edibles less frequently experienced more consequences when using edibles compared with smoking cannabis, whereas people who used edibles more frequently did not. People who used multiple modes more frequently took fewer hits when using multiple modes, whereas those who used multiple modes less frequently did not.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Analyses suggest that frequency, quantity, and consequences of some modes of use differed based on how frequently individuals used each mode. Further research is needed to identify protective behavioral strategies that may be utilized by individuals who use particular modes more often.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"714-723"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419518/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142983938","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}
Tammy Chung, Shawn J Latendresse, Nicole Kennelly, Margret Z Powell, Carolyn E Sartor
{"title":"Adjusting for Measurement Bias in the MEEQ-B Across Sex and Race/Ethnicity in the ABCD Study.","authors":"Tammy Chung, Shawn J Latendresse, Nicole Kennelly, Margret Z Powell, Carolyn E Sartor","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00201","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The primary aim of this study was to assess and adjust for measurement non-equivalence (bias) by sex, race/ethnicity, and co-occurring social identities (Sex × Race/Ethnicity) for the Marijuana Effect Expectancies Questionnaire-Brief (MEEQ-B) among Black, Latinx, and non-Latinx White youth. The second aim was to determine how group comparisons change after accounting for possible measurement bias.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Black, Latinx, and non-Latinx White youth from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study Follow-up 3 (<i>n</i> = 8,982; mean age = 12.91, <i>SD</i> = 0.65; 47.28% female; 15.03% Black, 22.93% Latinx, 62.04% non-Latinx White) completed the MEEQ-B. Moderated nonlinear factor analysis (MNLFA) generated positive and negative expectancies factor scores accounting for non-equivalence. Analyses contrasted group differences by sex, race/ethnicity, and these co-occurring social identities using original (unadjusted) versus MNLFA-generated scores adjusted for measurement non-equivalence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Measurement non-equivalence was observed for positive and negative expectancies across sex, race/ethnicity, and their co-occurring social identities. MNLFA revealed between-group differences at the factor and item level. Further, comparisons of original (unadjusted) and MNLFA-generated adjusted scores revealed that unadjusted scores underestimated or did not detect some group differences in positive expectancies identified using adjusted scores, and unadjusted scores underestimated how much lower negative expectancies were in Black and Latinx relative to non-Latinx White youth.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results highlight the need for caution when interpreting scores of a measure like the MEEQ-B that has not undergone measurement equivalence testing and demonstrate how failing to adjust for non-equivalence can result in biased estimates of positive and negative expectancies, particularly when used with diverse populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"683-693"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419513/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142770125","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}