Addiction or misuse of alcohol and other drugs leads to approximately 120,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Improving treatment and preventing substance use can reduce the toll of alcohol and substance use on individuals and society.
Addiction and Substance Abuse
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Upcoming Webinar: Translating Research into Practice
November 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative will host a webinar on November 28, where INQRI grantees will discuss their research and future implications of their work.
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
September 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas examines the ways that the gambling industry has designed gambling machines that encourage addiction.
Health & Society Scholar Alum Interviewed On "60 Minutes"
January 12, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Health & Society Scholars program alum (2003-2005) Natasha Schull, Ph.D., M.A., was interviewed by Lesley Stahl for the January 9, 2011 edition of “60 minutes” on CBS. Her topic: a new generation of slot machines that is contributing to gamblin ...
CDC Report: Binge Drinking is Under-Recognized in Women and Girls
January 9, 2013 | New Public Health Post
The first Vital Signs health indicators report of 2013 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention finds that binge drinking is too often not recognized as a women’s health problem. The report found that nearly 14 million U.S. wom ...
Let’s Get Serious about Substance Abuse Treatment – Starting with Payment Reform
January 3, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
Rising U.S. Prescription Drug Abuse Prompts Shift in Drug Control Strategy
July 26, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A recent article in the New York Times looks at a shift in thinking to combat drug abuse from efforts to prevent drugs such as heroin and cocaine from entering the U.S. illegally, to combating the rising, more significant problem in the fifty states ...