Racial and ethnic disparities in buprenorphine treatment duration in the US

H Dong, EJ Stringfellow, WA Russell… - JAMA psychiatry, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| This cohort study analyzed a random sample of buprenorphine prescriptions in
IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Data that included race and ethnicity information and were …

Associations between short-term ambient temperature exposure and emergency department visits for amphetamine, cocaine, and opioid use in California from 2005 …

HH Chang, H Zhang, AD Latimore, BP Murray… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Substance use disorder is a growing public health challenge in the United States. People
who use drugs may be more vulnerable to ambient heat due to the effects of drugs on …

Systematic Review of Cocaine-Treatment Interventions for Black Americans

J Dogan-Dixon, PB Wheeler… - Clinical …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Evidence-based drug-treatment studies that have shaped best practice in the United States
demonstrate racial differences in effectiveness, with Black participants reporting worse …

Preventive care recommendations to promote health equity

N Persaud, A Sabir, H Woods, A Sayani, A Agarwal… - CMAJ, 2023 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Avoidable disparities in health outcomes persist in Canada despite substantial
investments in a publicly funded health care system that includes preventive services. Our …

Predictors of effective therapy among individuals with Cannabis Use Disorder: a review of the literature

D Feingold, D Tzur Bitan, M Ferri, E Hoch - European Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Treatment demand for Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) has increased in the past
decade in almost all European countries, and CUD is currently the most common reason for …

Breaking through social determinants of health: Results from a feasibility study of Imani Breakthrough, a community developed substance use intervention for Black …

A Jordan, M Costa, C Nich, M Swarbrick… - Journal of substance …, 2023 - Elsevier
Racial and ethnic disparities in substance use intervention design, implementation, and
dissemination have been recognized for years, yet few intervention programs have been …

[HTML][HTML] Association of cannabis use with depression among cancer patients

S Hu, A Lin, P Luo, J Zhang - Preventive medicine reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The rate of cannabis use by cancer patients is climbing. However, as the risk of mental
illness caused by cannabis use in cancer patients has not been effectively evaluated, this …

[HTML][HTML] What is common becomes normal; Black-White variation in the effects of adversities on subsequent initiation of tobacco and marijuana during transitioning …

S Assari, B Najand, P Sheikhattari - Journal of mental health & …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: While adversities across domains of finance, race, family, and life may operate
as risk factors for initiation of substance use in adolescents, the influence of these factors …

Evidence that personalized racial stress procedures elicit a stress response and increases alcohol craving among Black adults with alcohol use disorder: A laboratory …

AM Haeny, MR Schick, C McKenley… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The objective of this study was to pilot test newly developed personalized
imagery procedures to investigate the impact of racial stress on alcohol craving and …

Support, don't punish: Drug decriminalization is harm reduction

JP Bratberg, A Simmons, V Arya, A Bhatia… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite large investments in and policy support for harm reduction including naloxone,
syringes, and medications for opioid use disorder, people who use drugs continue to …