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healthcare disparities

US Excess Deaths Continued to Rise Even After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Erin Johnston
Pulitzer Center

Student Receives 2025 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship

substance use.

Healio Primary Care

Study Suggests CBD-Dominant Cannabis May Not Impair Driving Performance

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor and chair of community health sciences

Tagged: alcohol/substance use, cannabis, marijuana, smoking, substance use

MedPage Today

Does Cannabidiol Impair Driving?

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor and chair of community health sciences

Tagged: cannabis, marijuana, smoking, substance use

New York Times

Pointers From Portugal on Addiction and the Drug War

in Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH In the Media

Opinion by Austin Frakt, research professor of health law, policy & management

Tagged: addiction, addiction treatment, drug use, drugs, substance use, substance use disorder

Forbes

Saying It Nicer: Why Language Matters for People With Addiction

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor and chair of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, alcohol, alcohol abuse, alcohol use, alcohol/substance use, communication, drug use, substance use, substance use disorder

Medical Xpress

Screening for Drug Use Can Be Reasonable, but Not Evidence-Based

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, chair and professor of community health sciences

Tagged: cannabis, drug use, drugs, marijuana, opioids, substance use, substance use disorder

News Medical

Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Drug Screening

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, chair and professor of community health sciences

Tagged: cannabis, drug use, drugs, marijuana, opioids, substance use, substance use disorder

Brinkwire

Brief Intervention Could Keep Lower-Risk Drug Use From Becoming Riskier.

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: alcohol/substance use, drug use, drugs, substance use, substance use disorder

Psychology Today

Treating Substance Use Disorders in the Era of COVID-19

in COVID-19, SPH In the Media

Quotes Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, substance use, substance use disorder

Health Affairs

Can Churches Bring Addiction Treatment to Rural Areas?

in Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH In the Media

Opinion co-authored by Austin Frakt, associate professor of health law, policy & management, and Alex Woodruff, research assistant of health law, policy & management

Tagged: access to care, alcohol/substance use, mental health, substance use, substance use disorder

New York Times

Damage from Oxycontin Continues to Be Revealed

in Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH In the Media

Opinion by Austin Frakt, associate professor of health law, policy & management

Tagged: overdose, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, substance use

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