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The Latest News from Our Field

We curate a digest of the latest news in our field for advocates, policymakers, community coalitions and all who work toward shaping policies and practices to effectively prevent substance use and treat addiction. Sign up here to receive weekly updates straight to your inbox.

Quarterly Recovery Management Checkups to Treat Chronic Substance Use Disorders

This study assessed the impact of recovery management checkups on adult chronic substance users receiving publicly funded substance abuse treatment.

Trauma-Focused Group Therapy Reduces HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors in Women with PTSD and Substance Use Disorders

Researchers compared the impact of two group therapy interventions aimed at reducing unprotected sex among women with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse disorders.

Do Racial and Ethnic Minority Drinkers Have More Alcohol Consequences than White Drinkers?

Researchers analyzed National Alcohol Survey data to determine whether self-reported social disadvantages explained racial differences in alcohol dependence severity.

A Program to Reduce Risky Sex and Substance Use among Marginally Housed Adults with HIV

This study examined the efficacy of the Healthy Living Program, a three-module intervention to reduce risky sex and substance abuse among marginally housed adults with HIV.

E-Cigarettes Permitted on Ryanair Flights

Under 10 Percent of Retailers Selling to Kids, Report Finds

Impact of Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People with High Use of Alcohol-Related Crisis Services

Researchers compared the costs of a supportive housing program for chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to social-service and health-care costs among comparable participants on the program’s wait-list.

Binge Drinking Affects Even Sober Brain, Study Finds

Afghan Drug Traffickers on U.S. Hit List

S. Florida Cigarette Sales Down as Prices Rise

D.C. Raids Tobacco Funds

Hands Off Tobacco Settlement Funds, Ohio Court Orders State

Mass. Alcohol Tax Battle Could Affect Addiction Funding

Sentencing and Incarceration Alternatives Project

The Open Society Institute is accepting letters of inquiry for grants under its Sentencing and Incarceration Alternatives Project, which supports groups working to eliminate racial and class disparities in sentencing and incarceration; limit the growth of prisons; mobilize communities affected by high rates of incarceration to call for changes in public policy; promote alternatives to imprisonment; and reduce the length of criminal sentences.

Obama Says U.S. Committed to Helping Mexico Fight Drug War

Critics: Juvenile Prisons Becoming New Asylums

Oral Cancer Tied to U.K. Binge Drinking Plague

Woman Sentenced for Drunken Breast Feeding

Calls for Personal Responsibility in Healthcare Reform Debate

Missed Opportunities to Prevent Michael Jackson’s Death

Court Upholds Mass. Employer’s Firing of Smoker

Tobacco Firms Targeted Soldiers During Gulf War

Missed Opportunities to Prevent Michael Jackson's Death

Attempts to intervene in Michael Jackson's apparent long-term addiction to prescription drugs were thwarted by "enablers" around him and the singer's own denial.

Court Upholds Mass. Employer's Firing of Smoker

A combination of the plaintiff's behavior and employment-law technicalities has sunk a lawsuit against a Massachusetts company that fired an employee for smoking.

Calif. Gubernatorial Candidates Cool to Legalization

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