Alcohol Research Group

Marijuana Hurts More Than Just the User But it poses less harm to others than alcohol

Findings from the first-ever study of marijuana’s secondhand harms show that fewer harms were attributed to someone else’s marijuana use than from secondhand drinking.
Alcohol Increases the Risk of Breast Cancer

Catch up with this critical study as it concludes data collection and moves forward with a campaign to inform young women about alcohol's link to breast cancer.
Privatization led to 17,498 more hospitalizations

New study finds a sharp increase in injury-related hospitalizations in WA state after liquor is privatized.
The Recovery Residence Landscape

We check in with the first national study of recovery residences & a new supplemental award to assess how homes are coping with COVID-19
Our Work in Recovery & Treatment

Our studies look at 12-step programs and their alternatives, assess sober living houses, test innovative interventions, identify gaps in service provision and ask people in recovery to redefine the term.
More Paths to Successful Sobriety

Alternative Mutual Help Groups are Viable Options to Traditional 12-step Groups such as AA

Study Looks at Cannabis' Harms to Others

But the first-ever study finds its harms were far fewer than from secondhand drinking.

When Liquor Sales Go Private

17,498 more hospitalizations after Initiative 1183 was passed in WA State.

Studies Assess COVID-19's Impact

NIAAA supplemental awards will look at how the pandemic impacts our lives.

Research in Progress: the NSTARR Project

First of its kind, this national study identifies the current research gaps in recovery housing.

Breast Cancer Study Wraps Up Data Collection

Priscilla Martinez talks about the study, what it’s like to do research during a pandemic,...

Treatment & Recovery Roundup

In this roundup, we identify the work that helps people on their road to recovery.