Responding to the opioid crisis in North America and beyond: recommendations of the Stanford–Lancet Commission

K Humphreys, CL Shover, CM Andrews, ASB Bohnert… - The Lancet, 2022‏ - thelancet.com
Executive summary The Stanford–Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis
was formed in response to soaring opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the USA and …

Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder

JP Connor, D Stjepanović, B Le Foll, E Hoch… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is an underappreciated risk of using cannabis that affects~
10% of the 193 million cannabis users worldwide. The individual and public health burdens …

Alcohol use in times of the COVID 19: Implications for monitoring and policy

J Rehm, C Kilian, C Ferreira‐Borges… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Based on a literature search undertaken to determine the impacts of past public health
crises, and a systematic review of the effects of past economic crises on alcohol …

Alcohol use disorders

AF Carvalho, M Heilig, A Perez, C Probst, J Rehm - The Lancet, 2019‏ - thelancet.com
Alcohol use disorders consist of disorders characterised by compulsive heavy alcohol use
and loss of control over alcohol intake. Alcohol use disorders are some of the most prevalent …

NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4

JE Bennett, GA Stevens, CD Mathers, R Bonita… - The lancet, 2018‏ - thelancet.com
Summary The third UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) on
Sept 27, 2018, will review national and global progress towards the prevention and control …

Assessing the public health impacts of legalizing recreational cannabis use: the US experience

W Hall, M Lynskey - World psychiatry, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The sale of cannabis for adult recreational use has been made legal in nine US states since
2012, and nationally in Uruguay in 2013 and Canada in 2018. We review US research on …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol and the Risk of Injury

T Chikritzhs, M Livingston - Nutrients, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Globally, almost four and a half million people died from injury in 2019. Alcohol's
contribution to injury-related premature loss of life, disability and ill-health is pervasive …

US epidemiology of cannabis use and associated problems

DS Hasin - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018‏ - nature.com
This review provides an overview of the changing US epidemiology of cannabis use and
associated problems. Adults and adolescents increasingly view cannabis as harmless, and …

The effect of a reduction in alcohol consumption on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Roerecke, J Kaczorowski, SW Tobe… - The Lancet Public …, 2017‏ - thelancet.com
Background Although it is well established that heavy alcohol consumption increases the
risk of hypertension, little is known about the effect of a reduction of alcohol intake on blood …

Binge drinking: Health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions

E Kuntsche, S Kuntsche, J Thrul, G Gmel - Psychology & health, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Binge drinking (also called heavy episodic drinking, risky single-occasion
drinking etc.) is a major public health problem. This paper provides an overview of recently …