Events and announcements 

• Culturally grounded pathways to healing (Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation) - Jul. 23 from noon to 1:15 p.m. 

• Meth use in focus: leveraging quantitative data for effective prevention, part 1 (PTTC Network) - Jul. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to noon 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "Free mind" youth campaign webinar for partners (CDC) - Jul. 24 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

• Strategies to prevent substance use among youth in rural areas (PTTC Network) - Jul. 28 from 10 to 11 a.m. 

• Impact of alcohol home delivery policies on alcohol consumption trends and related consequences: Results from a national survey of U.S. adults and Google Trends (Prevention First) - Aug. 6 from 10 to 11 a.m.  

• The brain and the disease of addiction (PTTC Network) - Aug. 25 from 10 to 11 a.m. 

• Alcohol industry influence threatens public health (US Alcohol Policy Alliance) 

• Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management issues first business license, announces upcoming license application opportunities  (Office of Cannabis Management) 

New resources! 

• Electronic cigarette poisoning prevention resource guide (Children’s Safety Network) 

• Modernizing alcohol taxes (Alcohol Policy Resource Center) 

• Special events toolkit (Alcohol Policy Resource Center) - This toolkit outlines considerations to help event organizers plan safe, family-friendly events and avoid issues like overserved patrons and underage alcohol consumption 

• Identifying and interpreting alcohol, cannabis and opioid research (Prevention First) - A new online course designed to help those working in substance use prevention identify reputable, relevant research articles related to alcohol, cannabis, and opioids and apply a process to review, interpret, and correctly reference research to support prevention goals 

• Overdose measures matter (CDC Foundation) - New website that features key indicators for planning and evaluating programs, tips for using data effectively, and resources for communicating impact and securing funding 

Data and research 

• Sex-specific hypertension deaths from excessive alcohol use (Science Direct) 

• The language of alcohol: Similarities and differences in how drinkers and policymakers frame alcohol consumption (Drug and Alcohol Review) 

• Genetic, psychological, and environmental factors are uniquely associated with onset of alcohol use in the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study (Translational Psychiatry) 

• Adolescent cannabis vaping trends (2021-2023): Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, and synthetic cannabinoids (American Journal of Preventive Medicine) 

• Is delta-8-thc use associated with state-level cannabis policies? A content analysis from different jurisdictions in the United States (Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs) 

• The neural and psychophysiological effects of cannabidiol in youth with alcohol use disorder: A randomized controlled clinical trial (Neuropsychopharmacology) 

• E-cigarette and cannabis social media posts and adolescent substance use (JAMA Network Open) 

• Disparities in treatment and referral after an opioid overdose among emergency department patients (JAMA Network Open) 

• The Police Opioid Seizure Temporal Risk (POSTeR) Model of increased exposure to fatal overdose (Social Science Research Network) 

• Substance use right before or during work among the young US workers: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort (American Journal of Industrial Medicine)  (American Journal of Industrial Medicine) 

Alcohol 

• Excessive drinking linked to jump in high blood pressure deaths during COVID pandemic, CDC report says (CBS News) 

• Why America needs honest alcohol guidelines (Washington Times) 

• How drinking alcohol affects you in older age (New York Times) 

• Gen Z is drinking more alcohol (Newsweek) 

Cannabis 

• Minnesota agency warns of THC edibles 20 times more potent than advertised (KSTP) 

• Cannabis-infused drinks: A parent's guide to weed beverages, risks & safe conversations (Partnership to End Addiction) 

• Candy colors, THC inside: How cannabis edibles are tricking teen brains (Washington State University) 

• Marijuana’s links to heart attack and stroke are becoming clearer (New York Times) 

• St. Cloud cannabis dispensary opens to eager customers (MPR News) 

• How strong is your weed? Study shows labels often misrepresent potency (Medical Xpress) 

Opioids  

• New report: U.S. drug overdose deaths rise again after hopeful decline (NPR) 

• Prevention's neglected role in getting ahead of the opioid crisis (Governing) 

• Over 2,200 boxes of Narcan dispensed from Minneapolis vending machine in its first year (KSTP) 

• New data on Minnesota's drug overdose deaths (Northern News Now) 

Commercial tobacco and e-cigarettes 

• Minneapolis council considers setting $25 minimum price for e-cigarettes (Fox9 Minneapolis-St. Paul) 

• Urgent warning about 'hidden risk' of e-cigarettes and vapes (New York Post) 

• New report warns: Viral smoking imagery could undermine youth prevention gains (Truth Initiative) 

Psychedelic medicine 

• Psilocybin therapy shows similar benefits for patients with and without recent antidepressant use (PsyPost) 

• Compass pathways’ psilocybin clears first Phase 3 hurdle (Psychedelic Alpha) 

• Oregon psilocybin services tracker (Psychedelic Alpha) 

• New study reveals how MDMA rewires serotonin and oxytocin systems in the brain (MSN) 

• Lorde says MDMA therapy ‘changed the game’ on her stage fright (Billboard) 

• Colorado, Oregon are leading more than 20 other states in reform of psychedelic policy (Colorado Sun) 

• People are using AI chatbots to guide their psychedelic trips (WIRED) 

Other drugs 

• ‘Gas station heroin’ is technically illegal and widely available. Here are the facts (AP News) 

• New 'designer drugs' pose growing threat to road safety in the US (Medical Xpress)