Response to: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, “The EARN IT Act: Holding the Tech Industry Accountable in the Fight Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation,” 116th Congress (March 11, 2020)….

A review of: Sabeeh Baig and Daniel Giovenico, “Behavioral heterogeneity among cigarette and e-cigarette dual-users and associations with future tobacco use: Findings from the Population Assessment…

The United Kingdom embraces vaping as a promising smoking cessation tool. As a result, encouraging the use of vapor products to achieve or maintain abstinence from combustible cigarettes has yielded…

In 2017, 47,600 people died of opioid-related overdose in the United States. This constitutes more than two-thirds of the country’s drug overdose deaths. Much of the risk has been attributed to the…

Persistent pain is associated with a number of psychiatric diagnoses. For example, depression, anxiety and substance use disorders are common among people with persistent pain. Frustratingly, the…

Reviewed work: Kenneth B. Morales et al., “Preference for drugs containing fentanyl from a cross-sectional survey of people who use illicit opioids in three United States cities,” Drug and…

Most individuals who have ever tried smoking begin experimenting with tobacco as minors, and the typical adult with a smoking habit established that pattern between 17 and 18 years of age….

Many American teens report current or past non-medical use of prescription drugs, most often opioids. On its own, this is a public health concern because youth are at increased risk for serious…

The so-called “gateway effect” is the subject of much debate between supporters of tobacco harm reduction and tobacco control advocates. In the context of e-cigarettes, the gateway effect…

Rural America is not just a location; it’s a lifestyle. However, part of what makes rural living charming is also what makes it difficult—miles of land inhabited by few people. This can mean…