Check out this @CBSNews story about LA’s new Skid Row Care Campus—a bold step forward in compassionate, evidence-based care offering harm reduction, housing, and recovery support all in one place. IAS CAB member and the Medical Director of the LA County Dept. of Public Health.

Join us for our August 2025 IAS Distinguished Speaker Series event!. About Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu:.Albert Garcia-Romeu, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research examines the effects of

The IAS Training Consortium in deep planning mode coming up with new ideas for big things on the horizon for our IAS education programs! Stay tuned!

RT @ericRpedersen: Our new paper published in @PsychiatryResJ: Daily associations between posttraumatic stress disorder, cannabis use, and….

RT @JSADJournal: Perceived Relapse Risks Associated with Emotionally Impactful Events: Connection Counts More (just accepted in @JSADjourna….

IAS researchers and colleagues with @uscpphs and at @UMich and @unmc published a study in @AmerAcadPeds examining U.S. adolescent awareness and use of synthetic-nicotine vaping products. Nearly 1 in 5 teens were aware of these products, and 8.4% reported ever use—primarily

RT @uscpphs: ✨ Announcing the appointment of Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, as chair of @uscpphs. @RNBluthenthal has served as interim chair since….

#AddictionScienceSnippets of the week highlights “Daily associations between sleep quality, stress, and cannabis or alcohol use among veterans" by Jordan P. Davis, Shaddy K. Saba, Daniel Leightley, John Prindle, Ben Senator, Bistra Dilkina, Emily Dworkin, Esther Howe, Jonathan

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RT @ijdrugpolicy: “Heroin injection to fentanyl smoking: Examining temporal trends in substance type and route of administration among peop….

RT @RNBluthenthal: Interviewed with @SidewalkProject leader Soma Snakeoil by @kcrw on potential impact of reduced funding in Narcan. https….

#AddictionScienceSnippets of the week highlights “Nicotine Concentration of E-Cigarettes Used by Youths" by Richard A. Miech, Hongying D. Dai and #IASMembers Junhan Cho, Alyssa F. Harlow, Daw-Hee Han, Steve Sussman, and Adam M. Leventhal 🎉. Read the full article here (link also

Huge congrats to the first-ever grads of USC’s Master of Addiction Science program! You’re not just earning a degree—you’re building the foundation for something powerful and lasting by making history. A program supported by @USCMann School of Pharmacy, @uscsocialwork and

#AddictionScienceSnippets of the week highlights “Peer E-Cigarette and Cannabis Use and Adolescent Anxiety: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Study" by Shirin Emma Herzig, Carla Michelle Ramirez, Daniel Soto, Ryan Lee, and #IASMember Jennifer B Unger 🎉. Read the full article here

🎓 MAS Class of 2025: One Word to Describe the Journey.Our Master’s in Addiction Science graduates reflected on their journey—and we asked them to sum it up in just one word. Swipe through to see the words that capture resilience, growth, and transformation from this inspiring

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🚨 Nicotine pouches are flying under the radar. Here’s what you need to know. 🚨. Our Executive Director, Dr. Adam Leventhal ( @AdamMLeventhal ), breaks down the latest research on nicotine pouches and what it means for youth and public health in a live interview with Elex

✨ We’re so proud to celebrate Monica Tian, an outstanding student in our Addiction Science master’s program, who has been accepted into the Health Behavior PhD program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! @UNC . Let’s give a huge congratulations to Monica as she