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In this SAj Flashback, we take it all the way back to 2008 with “Inhalant Use and Risky Behavior Correlates in a Sample of Rural Middle School Students” from authors Jessica Legge Muilenburg, PhD and William D. Johnson, PhD.

At the time, this study found 20.4% of children attending a middle school located in rural Mississippi had used inhalants to “get high,” a figure that is much larger than the national average. Many (3.4%) students reported they had used inhalants on 10 or more occasions. Inhalant use was most associated with being younger, ever smoking, riding with a driver who had been drinking, and being involved in a fight. Nearly twice as many younger students reported usage in our sample compared to other studies. Longitudinal studies need to be conducted to investigate whether use of inhalants is a precursor to other risky behaviors, and subsequent progression to alcohol abuse or illicit drug use.

You can still read this article in SAj Volume 27, Issue 4 or online.

This editorial looks back at the events of the International Society of Addiction Medicine and Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine 2020 conference, the third to be held in conjunction with the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) and the first virtual conference. The conference was attended by over 800 participants and covered a wide range of topics, including addiction medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges of not being able to meet physically in Victoria, British Columbia as had been planned, the virtual event provided an opportunity to share current information in order to help advance prevention, treatment, policy and public health efforts relating to addressing addictions and helping those impacted by these often devastating conditions.

This editorial comes from authors Marc N. Potenza, MD, PhD and Nady el-Guebaly, MD, DPsych, DPH and can be found in SAj Volume 43, Issue 3 or online.

SAj Flashback: Inhalant Use and Risky Behavior Correlates in a Sample of Rural Middle School Students

SAj Flashback: Addiction Medicine in the Time of COVID-19: An Overview of the 2020 Joint Scientific Annual Conference of the International Society of Addiction Medicine and Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine