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The Latest News from Our Field

We curate a digest of the latest news in our field for advocates, policymakers, community coalitions and all who work toward shaping policies and practices to effectively prevent substance use and treat addiction.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) will award research grants under the R01 program to support studies on Alcohol, Decision-Making, and Adolescent Brain Development.
This community-based cohort study examined the association between drinking and alcohol problems among adult drinkers aged 55 to 65 years at baseline and followed for 20 years.
Adults who reported unhealthy alcohol use in a large population-based survey were recruited for a randomized controlled trial of the internet-based Check Your Drinking (CYD) screen, which provides graphical feedback on how individual drinking compares with that of others who are demographically similar.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should draft regulations that rank tobacco products on a "continuum of risk" and advise smokers to switch to smokeless-tobacco products to reduce the harm of tobacco use, according to tobacco company Philip Morris.