Why the people with cannabis use disorder who didn’t get treatment… didn’t
According to the first of today's Five Studies About: Drug Use
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Two editions of Five Studies About are published each week: Five Studies About (free) and Five Studies About+ (paid, more in-depth). Each is a tip sheet where I curate recent crime and justice studies related to one topic. Today’s topic is drug use.
These new crime studies related to drug use were recently published by journals I monitor:
1. An Analysis of 16-Year Trends in Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment: Predictors, Barriers, and Utilization Patterns [Substance Use & Misuse]
2. Alcohol use during recovery: A 10-year follow-up of people treated for alcohol or other drug problems [Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy]
3. Prescription Pain Medication Misuse with and Without Heroin Use Among Adolescents: relationships with Routine Healthcare, Family Support, Academic Performance, Violence, and Other Risky Behaviors [Substance Use & Misuse]
4. Implementing community drug checking in smaller urban communities: a qualitative study exploring contextual factors to consider [Harm Reduction Journal]
5. Philadelphia’s Hidden Crisis: Polysubstance Use is Driving Overdose Deaths [Substance Use & Misuse]
I might cover some of these studies further in The Practice of Understanding Crime, my newsletter where I report on criminology and criminal justice research. If any sound interesting or important to cover, let me know in the comments.
Five Studies About and Crime Research Update are the output of my research discovery system.