The Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS)

STASH, Vol. 18(12) – Children’s hospitals: An underused resource to address substance use

This week, STASH reviews a study by Rose Hardy and colleagues that examined the extent to which children’s hospitals across the United States implement substance use prevention strategies within their communities and identified these specific strategies. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(11) – Anniversary reaction: Substance use and suicide in the wake of a parent’s death

This week, STASH reviews a study by Ayako Hiyoshi and colleagues that examined whether the risk of substance use disorder and suicide-related behavior among children increases around the date of their parent’s death and subsequent anniversaries. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(10) – How social support impacts the relationship between opioid misuse and suicide attempts among American Indian and Alaskan Native youth

This week, STASH reviews a study by Daniel Opoku Agyemang and colleagues that explored how receiving social support influences the relationship between opioid misuse and suicide attempts among American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(9) - The recovery process among migrant and ethnic minorities: An interconnected web of personal, social, and community level factors

This week, STASH reviews a study by Aline Pouille and colleagues that examined migrant and ethnic minority recovery capital at the personal, social, and community levels, along with barriers to recovery. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(8) – On the road again: Drive times to opioid treatment programs in urban and rural counties in the U.S.

This week, STASH reviews a study by Paul J. Joudrey and colleagues that investigated the average drive time to the nearest opioid treatment program in urban and rural counties in the 5 U.S. states with the highest county rates of opioid-related overdose mortality. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(7) - Using wastewater samples to estimate illicit drug use in Hanoi, Vietnam

This week, STASH reviews a study by Tran Thi Thanh Hue and colleagues that used wastewater-based epidemiology to estimate the consumption levels of illicit drugs in a Vietnamese city. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(6) - Why are dance festivals risky environments for drug use?

This week, STASH reviews a study by Joseph J. Palamar and İbrahim Sönmez that identified factors which influence drug use and related adverse outcomes at dance festivals. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(5) - To love or to judge: How family stigma can increase substance use in the LGBTQ+ community

This week, STASH reviews a study by Ashley Macbeth and colleagues that examined the relationship between parental religiosity, stigma, and LGBTQ+ substance use. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(4) - Health care providers report improved knowledge and comfortability working with people who inject drugs as a result of the Six Moments training

This week, STASH reviews a study by Leah Harvey and colleagues that identified health care providers' knowledge of and comfortability with harm reduction strategies aimed at reducing risk of infection among people who inject drugs. Read more →

STASH, Vol. 18(3) – Community perspectives on supervised consumption sites for people who use opioids

This week, STASH reviews a study by Jirka Taylor and colleagues that examined community attitudes about implementing supervised consumption sites for people who use opioids in four U.S. counties with high rates of opioid overdose deaths. Read more →