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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.

A new Pew Research Center study suggests that smoking actually triggers stress in people instead of helping smokers to relax.
Australian investigators compared the effectiveness of a computerized alcohol harm-reduction program with a standard teacher-led alcohol education and harm reduction program among 13-year-old students.
This study assessed the impact of recovery management checkups on adult chronic substance users receiving publicly funded substance abuse treatment.
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.
Researchers analyzed National Alcohol Survey data to determine whether self-reported social disadvantages explained racial differences in alcohol dependence severity.
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.
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.
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.