Naloxone is a prescription medication designed to reverse opioid overdoses. As such, the setting and logistics surrounding naloxone use has changed in response to the emerging epidemic of prescription drug …
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Previous studies have debated whether e-cigarette use relates with intention to use other tobacco products or with tobacco cessation. To extend this body of research, a recent study investigated two …
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Benzodiazepines are a class of prescription medications with sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, and anticonvulsant properties. In 2013, the CDC reported that Benzodiazepines were responsible for almost one-third of overdose deaths involving …
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Multiple factors fuel prescription drug misuse. Among college students, recreational and nonmedical motivations remain common; therefore, recent research has categorized misusers not into a single group, but has differentiated them …
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Previous research indicates interventions targeting drinking motives aid in reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences. To improve said interventions, a recent study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief, personalized feedback …
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Personalized feedback intervention, which includes normative feedback comparing personal drinking to that of similar peers, appears effective in reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences among college students. Both descriptive …
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention report that prescription drug misuse is a national epidemic. While many scientists and health professionals believe this epidemic originated recently (1990s), a current …
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Personalized feedback intervention, which includes normative feedback comparing personal drinking to that of similar peers, appears effective in reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences among college students. Both descriptive norms …
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