Since 1977, the National Alcohol Research Center has conducted critical research on how we drink and how alcohol consumption impacts our lives. It has also assessed policies to determine how best to curb the harms that drinking causes to the individual, their families and communities. The current Center's work has focused on disparities with the goal of reducing alcohol-related inequities between groups through the application of specific methods and sub-population analyses. Within the … [Read more...]
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Dried Blood Spot Sampling Finds Return Rates Differ by Race/Ethnicity and Education
New research is first to assess the use of dried blood spot collection in a large national study In the first study to assess the feasibility of obtaining a mail-in, dried blood spot (DBS) sample from large national surveys in the U.S., results showed return rates differed across racial/ethnic groups and educational attainment. Specifically, Blacks and Latinos, and people with a high school education or below were less likely to return a DBS sample than Whites and those with a college education … [Read more...]
US Drinking Norms Updated
As a practitioner, one way to assess your clients' drinking habits is to have them compare their current consumption level to how much the rest of the nation is drinking. ARG senior scientist, Thomas K. Greenfield and biostatistician Yu Ye took data from the 2015 National Alcohol Survey (NAS) consisting of individuals residing in 50 states and Washington DC, and looked at the number of drinks both women and men said they consumed per week on average in the previous 12 months. Ask your … [Read more...]
Researcher’s Work Helps Reduce Disparities
While ARG is known for its population-based analyses of how drinking and other drug use affects our health, it is also a place where scientists engage and foster partnerships with community-based organizations to support the people they serve. One such researcher is Scientist Camillia Lui. Since her career began, Lui has looked at health-related disparities among racial/ethnic groups and adolescents and young adults. For Lui, whether measuring drinking rates or investigating treatment … [Read more...]
New Grant Aims to Inform Young Women on Alcohol Use & Breast Cancer Risk
A new project, led by scientist Priscilla Martinez, and in collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco, aims to better inform young women about the link between drinking and risk of breast cancer. Through the development and distribution of an educational campaign, the project will promote a greater understanding among young women about their own drinking and how it impacts their health so they can make more informed choices. Alcohol use is the … [Read more...]
Training Program Alumni: Where Are They Now?
Since 1977, ARG's Training Program, in partnership the School of Public Health at the University of California Berkeley, has mentored and nurtured over 230 pre- and post-doctoral fellows. Many have gone on to serve the research community as faculty at universities, scientists at other institutions, while others have continued as scientists at ARG. To highlight the incredible contribution this NIAAA-funded program has provided to the field of alcohol- and other drug-related research, we … [Read more...]
Sharp Increase in U.S. Marijuana Use
A study from ARG scientists shows a sharp increase in marijuana use in the U.S. since 2005. Marijuana use among women has almost doubled, from 5.5% in 1984 to 10.6% in 2015. Men’s use declined from the 1980s to 2000 but has since increased to 14.7%, matching earlier rates. However, the research suggests that these increases in use were not specifically associated with medicinal or recreational marijuana legalization. “Results are consistent with previous studies that did not show … [Read more...]
Multilingual Alcohol Measures
Addressing Alcohol-related Disparities It is well documented that there is a bias in clinical and epidemiological studies, one that favors English over other languages, both in how it is communicated and used. It is a bias that also permeates the research process, from how studies are designed and who participates, through to what is published and disseminated. While scientists are aware of this language bias, there are few resources and mechanisms available to support a more equitable … [Read more...]
40-year-old Alcohol Survey’s New Series Includes Key Innovations
Since the mid-1960s, the National Alcohol Survey (NAS) has been collecting data on how Americans drink – who’s drinking, how much, how often, and where, as well as the problems that arise from our patterns of consumption. A lot has changed since the early surveys – we’ve been to the moon and back and can now reach the other side of the world with the click of a mouse – and with these changes, the NAS has grown, adapted, and become an even more essential tool in understanding alcohol’s effects on … [Read more...]
New study models how cities can estimate the true cost of alcohol
Alcohol problems cost Baltimore city more than $2 per drink A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Boston University estimates that health and safety problems attributable to alcohol use cost $582.3 million in Baltimore City in 2013 — the equivalent of approximately $2.04 per drink. The study included costs from lost productivity; health care costs for chronic diseases such as liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, hypertension and stroke, as well as … [Read more...]
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