Prevalence of marijuana use among trauma patients before and after legalization of medical marijuana: The Arizona experience

Michael Levine , MD, Ashley Jontz, NP, Paul Dabrowski, MD, Ilene A. Claudius, MD, Rachael Kreisler, VMD, MSCE, Noa Yee, BS & Frank LoVecchio, DO, MPH

NEW! Published July 21, 2020

In recent years, marijuana has become legal for use in many states, for either medicinal or recreational purposes. The primary objective of this study is to determine if legalization of medical marijuana is associated with an increased use among trauma patients.

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The associated press stylebook changes and the use of addiction-related stigmatizing terms in news media

Lily G. Bessette, BS, Sacha C. Hauc, BS, Heidi Danckers, BS, Agata Atayde, BS & Richard Saitz, MD, MPH

NEW! Published April 29, 2020

The May 2017 publication of the updated Associated Press (AP) Stylebook offered guidance that advised against stigmatizing. The objective of this study was to assess the frequency of stigmatizing terms describing substance use and disorder in news articles before and after the update of the AP Stylebook.

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Food insecurity and substance use in people with HIV infection and substance use disorder

Akila Raja, MS, Timothy C. Heeren, PhD, Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc, Michael R. Winter, MPH, Aldina Mesic, MPH & Richard Saitz, MD, MPH

NEW! Published May 6, 2020

Food insecurity and substance use are common among people living with HIV (PLWH). Substance use may help people cope with hunger and thus be associated with food insecurity, but the association is uncertain. This study assessed whether, in PLWH and substance dependence, if there was an association between food insecurity and substance use.

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The impact of sexual victimization on substance use disorder treatment completion: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Anna Parisi, MSW, Brooke Jordan, MSW, Todd Jensen, MSW & Matthew O. Howard, MSW

NEW! Published May 20, 2020

The objective of this research was to evaluate the relationship between lifetime sexual victimization and SUD treatment completion.

Findings from this systematic review and meta-analysis did not support the impact of sexual victimization on treatment completion. Methodological limitations of the extant literature limit cross-study comparisons. Future studies should document program-related factors to improve the ability to understand relationships affecting treatment completion.

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Prescription-related risk factors for opioid-related overdoses in the era of fentanyl contamination of illicit drug supply: A retrospective case-control study

Kate Smolina, PhD, Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD, Mei Chong, MSc, Mina Park, PhD, Christopher Mill, MPH, Bin Zhao, MSc & Christian G. Schütz, MD, PhD, MPH, FRCPC

NEW! Published May 22, 2020

This research seeks to quantify the association between clinical, physiological, and contextual factors and opioid-related overdose, specifically focusing on current and past use of select prescription medications.

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