Key Findings

This is a quick summary of the main discovery 
for each research paper we have published, organized issue by issue. Each key finding is below the article title, with a link to the abstract.

June 2026

A cross-sectional and prospective examination of alcohol use and misuse among adult twin and sibling pairs discordant for neighborhood socio-economic disadvantage
Neighbourhood disadvantage appears to be positively associated with the amount of alcohol consumed.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.70533
Evaluating the immediate impacts of the repeal of the Northern Territory minimum unit price on off-premises alcohol pricing: Findings from an observational study of online alcohol retailers
The minimum unit price repeal in Northern Territory, Australia in March 2025 resulted in an immediate increase in the availability of cheap alcohol products. 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.70466
The association between naloxone distribution, buprenorphine treatment and retention and incident high-risk opioid prescribing with opioid overdose death in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio, United States: An exploratory community-level cohort study of data from the HEALing Communities Study
Increases in buprenorphine treatment and retention appear to be associated with decreases in opioid overdose death rates.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.70478
Charting the decline of the fourth wave: US overdose deaths by race, ethnicity and substance involvement
All four previously defined waves of the US overdose crisis appear to be in decline, although racial disparities in death rates remain large.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.70472
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