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Substance Use

Americans will spend half their lives taking prescription drugs, study finds

Storytelling saves lives: Reducing stigma is personal for Abington professor

Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction Seeking Director Position Applications

Long-term study of early brain and child development launches enrollment

Next-day effects of heavy drinking on young adults the focus of NIH grant

'Growing Impact' podcast examines effects of flooding on substance use, support

Max Crowley appointed new director of the Prevention Research Center

Tobacco smoke exposure may increase heavy metal levels in children’s saliva

Race- and gender-specific interventions may lower drug overdose death rates

Annual substance use conference examines stigma, opioid crisis

Zgierska elected as Vice President to American Society of Addiction Medicine

Brothers receives Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Outstanding Publication Award

Women less likely to seek substance use treatment due to stigma, logistics

Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Releases Report on Impact of Online Gambling in Pennsylvania

Increases in opioid overdoses in Pennsylvania varied by county during the COVID-19 pandemic

Prenatal cigarette, cannabis exposure may have associations with childhood obesity

Personal connections matter to families taking care of kin during opioid crisis

CSUA Conference registration now open

Trauma causes high levels of intergenerational substance use among Black women

Penn State leads multi-state project to help prevent opioid misuse

Piazza Center creates national hazing and dangerous drinking prevention study

Bimodal intervention shows promise for intimate partner violence survivors

Education project aims to improve overdose-death reporting

Sterner honored by Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health for work on opioid crisis, human trafficking

Can parents help prevent risky cannabis and alcohol use by college students?

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