Substance dependence is a prevalent and urgent public health problem. In 2021, 60 million
Americans reported abusing alcohol within the month prior to being surveyed, and nearly 20 …

The United States opioid epidemic is fueled by illicit opioid abuse and prescription opioid
misuse and abuse. Consequently, cases of opioid use disorder (OUD, opioid addiction) …

Little attention has been paid to the examination and measurement of self-stigma in
substance misuse. This paper aims to fill this gap by reporting on the development of a new …

Introduction The opioid overdose crisis in the United States has prompted an expansion of
treatment services, including pharmacotherapy with buprenorphine. However, many people …

The aim of this article is to address how conceptualizations of addiction shape the lived
experiences of people who use drugs (PWUDs) during the current opioid epidemic. Using a …

Background People who use drugs (PWUD) often have complex health and social support
needs related to substance use, yet face numerous barriers to service access, resulting in …

Objective: People with substance use disorders (SUDs) are faced with pervasive stigma.
Education-based interventions tend to emphasize biological causes of dependency; …

Background Across the US, methamphetamine use is expanding among people who use
illicit opioids (PWUIO). Motives for methamphetamine use must be contextualized within the …

Background Substance use stigma is a form of group-based exclusion, and delineating
pathways from stigma to poor health requires a deeper understanding of the social …

We examined the impact of language on addiction stigma when using postmodified nouns
versus premodified nouns. Use of postmodified nouns was associated with less …