A new, qualitative study provides insight on college students’ perceptions of prescription stimulant misuse. Participants (n = 35) were undergraduate students at one selective U.S. liberal arts college who completed …
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A new study analyzed the content of smartphone apps for managing drinking. Researchers downloaded publically available Android apps that were designed to support recovery or prevent problematic alcohol use from …
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Previous research on the impact of social bonds upon substance use has been mostly cross-sectional. A new study investigated the longitudinal impacts of social bonds on nonmedical prescription drug use …
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Student Assistant at the Ohio State University’s CRC, Kelsey Hoeller, shares more information about the free naloxone program through Adapt Pharma and the Clinton Foundation.
Prior research has linked perceived parental approval of alcohol consumption to earlier alcohol initiation and higher quantities consumed by high school and college students. A new study investigated the relationship …
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A new study prospectively identified risk profiles associated with patterns of problematic cannabis use in early adulthood. Participants were 1,229 individuals in the Great Smoky Mountain study. Between 1993 and …
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According to previous studies, approximately 15% of emerging adults engage in solitary drinking. A new study examined solitary drinking (compared to normative social drinking) as a predictor of alcohol-related problems …
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A recent study investigated the relationship between alcohol and marijuana use among college students, as well as the role of skipping class on the relationship between substance use and GPA. …
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In 2012, Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use; the first retail stores opened in 2014. A new article examined the effects of recreational marijuana legalization (RML) …
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new study prospectively examined the role of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS; also known as e-cigarettes) in initiating cigarette use among young adults. Participants were 2,558 U.S. college students involved …
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