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Rob Calder speaks to Professor Petra Meier about her research using computer modelling to estimate how the impact of alcohol pricing policies might differ according to gender. Meier PS, Holmes J, Brennan A, Angus C. Alcohol policy and gender: a modelling study estimating gender-specific effects of alcohol pricing policies. Addiction 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15464 Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Rob Calder speaks to Professor David Leon about his research into on-line search behaviour as minimum unit pricing of alcohol was introduced in Scotland, and what it told him about how people responded to minimum unit pricing policies. Leon DA, Yom-Tov E, Johnson AM, Petticrew M, Williamson E, Lampos V, Cox I. What on-line searches tell us about public interest and potential impact on behaviour in...

Suzi Gage talks to Professor Richard Miech about his paper exploring the impact of a change in the Monitoring the Future project data collection from pen and paper surveys to digital technology  Miech RA, Couper MP, Heeringa SG, Patrick ME. The impact of survey mode on US national estimates of adolescent drug prevalence: results from a randomized controlled study. Addiction https://doi.org/10...

Suzi Gage talks to Janna Cousijn about her paper on the long term consequences of cannabis use for the brain, written for the series Clinical issues: substance use disorders and the body Kroon E, Kuhns L, Hoch E, Cousijn J. Heavy cannabis use, dependence and the brain: a clinical perspective. Addiction 2020; 115: 559-572 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14776 You can access all arti...

John Marsden talks to Robert West about his time as Editor-in-Chief of Addiction Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzi Gage speaks to Dr. Tom Freeman, director of the Addiction and Mental Health Group at the University of Bath, about his research into how the THC and CBD content of cannabis products has changed over the years. You can read Tom's research here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.15253 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzi Gage talkes to Wayne Hall about his analysis of the film Reefer Madness for the Addiction Classics series. The Addiction Classics series gives authors an opportunity to reflect on what classic works (usually books or research papers but in this case a film) have contributed to the addiction field, and why we need to be aware of them. A Virtual Issue of all articles published so far in the ser...

Suzi talks to Dr Rob Calder about Addiction News and COVID-19 addiction news from across the globe. Addiction News is an area on the journal website where Rob has been compiling news articles and stories related to addiction. Rob is the Deputy Web Editor for the Society for the Study of Addiction, as well as the editor of Addiction News. We talk about the page itself, as well as news stories about...

Suzi Gage talks to Dr Olga Perski about evidence around the relationship between smoking and COVID-19, why there may have been some disagreement in the literature and the media as to the relationship, and her work conducting a living systematic review to explore this further. The living systematic review can be found here, for pre-publication peer review and comment: https://www.qeios.com/read/UJR...

Suzi Gage interviews Shalini Arunogiri about her research on GHB-related harms The research can be found here:  onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14848 Arunogiri, S., Moayeri, F., Crossin, R., Killian, J. J., Smith, K., Scott, D., and Lubman, D. I. ( 2020) Trends in gamma‐hydroxybutyrate‐related harms based on ambulance attendances from 2012...

Suzi Gage interviews Dr Claire Garnett about her research exploring changes in smoking and quitting behaviour in England The research article can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.14882 Garnett, C., Tombor, I., Beard, E., Jackson, S. E., West, R., and Brown, J. ( 2020) Changes in smoker characteristics in England between 200...

Suzi Gage interviews Adam Winstock about the Global Drug Survey Global Drug Survey's website is here: https://www.globaldrugsurvey.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzi Gage interviews Amy O'Donnell about her research on the impact of introducing and then withdrawing small financial incentives for alcohol screening and brief advice in primary care in England The research can be read here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.14778 O'Donnell, A., Angus, C., Hanratty, B., Hamilton, F. L., Petersen, I., and Kaner, E.&nbs...

Suzi Gage talks to Robert West about recent US reports of deaths linked to e-cigarette use. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzi Gage discusses addiction, music and psychotherapy with musician and psychotherapist Adam Ficek. Adam's Music and Mind website is here: https://www.musicandmind.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Editor-in-Chief Robert West and Regional Editor for the Americas Keith Humphreys discuss the journal's submission and review process Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzi Gage and Editor-in-Chief Robert West discuss "what is addiction"? How does it relate to individuals, to research and to the journal? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzi Gage interviews Andrew Jones about his review "Compliance with ecological momentary assessment protocols in substance users: a meta‐analysis" The research article can be read here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.14503 Jones, A., Remmerswaal, D., Verveer, I., Robinson, E., Franken, I. H. A., Wen, C. K. F., and Field, M. ( 2019)&nbsp...

Rob Calder interviews Katherine Keyes about her research: Assessing the impact of alcohol taxation on rates of violent victimization in a large urban area: an agent‐based modeling approach The research article can be read here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.14470 Keyes, K. M., Shev, A., Tracy, M., and Cerdá, M. ( 2019) Assessing the impact of alc...

Suzi Gage interviews Candice Graydon about her research on the role of losses disguised as wins in multi-line slots gambling, and why people might continue to gamble despite financial loss. The research article can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.14406 Graydon, C., Dixon, M. J., Stange, M., and Fugelsang, J. A. ( 2019) Gambling despi...

Suzi Gage interviews Michael Amlung about his research on the price elasticity of illegal vs legal cannabis The research article can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.14437 Amlung, M., Reed, D. D., Morris, V., Aston, E. R., Metrik, J., and MacKillop, J. ( 2019) Price elasticity of illegal versus legal cannabis: a behavioral e...

Suzi Gage interviews Craig Gunn about his paper "A systematic review of the next‐day effects of heavy alcohol consumption on cognitive performance", published in the December 2018 issue of Addiction The research article can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.14404 Gunn, C., Mackus, M., Griffin, C., Munafò, M. R., and Adams, S. ( 2018)&...

Suzi Gage interviews Jade Boyd about her article "Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites: a rapid ethnographic study during an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada" in the December 2018 issue of Addiction The article can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.14417 Boyd, J., Collins, A. B., Mayer, S., Maher, L., Kerr, T., and McNeil,...

Suzi Gage interviews Colin Angus about his research on alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related hospital admissions, published in the November 2018 issue of Addiction journal. This episode was first broadcast in 2018. The research article can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.14285 Maheswaran, R., Green, M. A., Strong, M., Brindley, P., Angus...

Suzi Gage talks to Addiction Editor-in-Chief Robert West about the journal's new reviewer guidelines. This podcast was recorded and first broadcast in October 2018 https://www.addictionjournal.org/guidance/reviewer-guidelines Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.