Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity-Research and Public Policy Second Edition is a
collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages …

The current article summarizes the results of a comprehensive review of the international
research published between 1990 and 2010. The research was focused on the prevalence …

We examine how deaths and emergency department (ED) visits related to use of opioid
analgesics (opioids) and other drugs vary with macroeconomic conditions. As the county …

Does rising unemployment really increase domestic violence as many commentators
expect? The contribution of this article is to examine how changes in unemployment affect …

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted the lives of people worldwide since being
declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Social restrictions aimed at flattening the curve …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and
poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable …

Political pronouncements and policy statements include much conjecture concerning the
health and behavioral effects of economic decline. We both summarize empirical research …

Background The economic shock of 2008–2009 provided an opportunity to study the
robustness of observed statistical associations between unemployment and problematic …

Binge drinking has been shown to be associated with considerable social harm and disease
burden. This review aims to give an overview from a European perspective of the socio …

We provide the first analysis of the relationship between economic conditions and the use of
illicit drugs other than marijuana. Drawing on US data from 2002 to 2015, we find mixed …