Continued increases in overdose deaths and recent declines in life expectancy call for need
to adopt comprehensive public health approaches to the United States opioid crisis and to …

Purpose: Research on opioid misuse, opioid use disorder (OUD), and overdose (ie, opioid
outcomes) among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other populations within …

Introduction: In the past decade, marijuana use prevalence among adolescents has
remained relatively steady while cigarette and alcohol prevalence has declined. We …

Prescription drug misuse (PDM), or medication use without a prescription or in ways not
intended by the prescriber, is a notable public health concern, especially in the United …

Background There are multiple aspects of the opioid crisis among Black people, who have
been left out of the broader conversation. Despite evidence of increased opioid overdose …

Background Tobacco smoking has been shown to be a major risk factor for opioid use and
opioid use disorders in several observational studies; however, the results are inconsistent …

Introduction The opioid epidemic in the US continues to increase in severity, and misuse of
prescription opioids is of particular concern since it commonly precedes heroin use. This …

Importance Limited information is available regarding the association between parental and
adolescent medical prescription opioid use and misuse in the US. Objective To examine the …

Introduction: Although a substantial body of research documents a relationship between
traumatic stress in childhood and the initiation of substance use later in the life course, only …

Importance Although school environments are thought to influence health behaviors,
experimental data assessing causality are lacking, and which aspects of school …