R Street Responds

The R Street Responds series provides scholarly reviews of recently published studies, articles, policy-related proposals or critiques of our authors’ work.

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R Street Responds Harm Reduction, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Evidence on the Effect of Vaping on Smoking Relapse

Chelsea Boyd Feb 4, 2020

R Street Responds Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction

Supervised Injection/Consumption Facilities as a Harm Reduction Strategy for Opioid Use

Stacey McKenna Jan 30, 2020

R Street Responds Harm Reduction, Tobacco Harm Reduction

“Smokers with pain are more likely to report use of e-cigarettes and other nicotine products” by Jessica M. Powers et al.

Chelsea Boyd Jan 15, 2020

R Street Responds Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction

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 Alcohol Dependence 204:1 (November 2019).

Stacey McKenna Dec 17, 2019

R Street Responds Harm Reduction, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Reviewed Work: Abigail S Friedman et al., “Patterns of youth cigarette experimentation and onset of habitual smoking,” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019.

Nov 5, 2019

R Street Responds Cannabis Harm Reduction, Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction

Reviewed Work: “Association of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use With Subsequent Heroin Use Initiation in Adolescents”

Stacey McKenna Oct 1, 2019

R Street Responds Harm Reduction, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Reviewed Work: E-Cigarette Use and Future Cigarette Initiation Among Never Smokers and Relapse Among Former Smokers in the PATH Study

Chelsea Boyd Sept 24, 2019

R Street Responds Harm Reduction, Midwest, Sexual Health, State Policy

Reviewed Work: “Access to contraception in local health departments, four Midwest states, 2017-2018”

Chelsea Boyd Sept 23, 2019

R Street Responds Cannabis Harm Reduction, Harm Reduction

Reviewed Work: Association of marijuana laws with teen marijuana use: New estimates from the youth risk behavior surveys.

Stacey McKenna Sept 12, 2019

R Street Responds Harm Reduction, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Reviewed Work: “Initial e-cigarette flavoring and nicotine exposure and e-cigarette uptake among adolescents”

Carrie Wade Aug 26, 2019