Improving measures of dyadic outcomes in perinatal substance use research.
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Medical Marijuana Laws and Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana and Alcohol.
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Medical marijuana law (MML) enactment in the US has been associated with increased cannabis use but lower traffic fatality rates. We assessed the possible association of MML and individual-level driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC), and also under the influence of alcohol (DUIA). Three cross-sectional U.S. adult surveys: The National Long...
Heroin-induced respiratory depression and the influence of dose variation: within-subject between-session changes follow...
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Globally, more than 100 000 people die annually from opioid overdose. Opportunities to study physiological events in at-risk individuals are limited. This study examined variation of opioid dose and impact on respiratory depression in a chronic injecting heroin user at separate time-points during his long-term diamorphine maintenance treatment. A s...
Evaluating the causal impact of individual alcohol licensing decisions on local health and crime using natural experimen...
...Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Given the costs of alcohol to society, it is important to evaluate whether local alcohol licensing decisions can mitigate the effects of alcohol misuse. Robust natural experiment evaluations of the impact of individual licensing decisions could potentially inform and improve local decision-making. We aimed to assess whether alcohol licensing decisi...
Variability and effectiveness of comparator group interventions in smoking cessation trials: a systematic review and met...
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
To examine variability and effectiveness of interventions provided to comparator (control) groups in smoking cessation trials. Systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of behavioral interventions for smoking cessation, with or without stop-smoking medication. We searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group Specia...
The benefits of evaluating literatures with essays.
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Association between experience of racial discrimination and hazardous alcohol use among Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
To test whether there is a positive association between experience of racial discrimination and hazardous alcohol use among New Zealand Māori and whether racial discrimination mediates hazardous alcohol use in this group. A cross-sectional mediation analysis using a stratified and nationally representative cross-sectional health survey collected fr...
Enhancing engagement in hepatitis C care among people who inject drugs.
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Commentary on Mason et al. (2019): Choosing to consume alone and an increased risk of harm might have a common cause.
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Frequency of health-care utilization by adults who use illicit drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
...Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
To summarize evidence on the frequency and predictors of health-care utilization among people who use illicit drugs. Systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsychINFO for observational studies reporting health-care utilization published between 1 January 2000 and 3 December 2018. We conducted narrative synthesis and meta-analysis following a regis...
