Substance Use Prevention

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Apr 9, 2026

Poppers, Nitrous, and Beyond: Patterns of Inhalant Use Across Sexual Identity Groups in the U.S., 2021-2023

We analyzed nationally representative 2021-2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data, estimating prevalence of lifetime, past-year, and past-month inhalant use by sexual identity, sex, and age.
Research

Jan 22, 2026

Bridging Traditions and Prevention: Insights Into Implementing and Sustaining Substance Use Programs for Urban AI/AN Communities

This study explores implementation and sustainability using virtual interviews with AI/AN service providers and administrators following a randomized control trial of the virtual TACUNA program for AI/AN emerging adults living outside Tribal lands.
Project

Jan 15, 2026

Tackling Drug Use in Prisons

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and His Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service jointly commissioned RAND Europe to conduct a research study to examine and evaluate how drug testing regimens and incentivised substance free living wings are implemented in prisons in England and Wales.
Research

Dec 18, 2025

Minimal Progress Toward Sustainment: 10-Year Replication of Substance Use EBP Sustainment Trajectories and Associations with Implementation Characteristics

Our findings suggest that work over the past decade promoting sustainment of evidence-based practices for youth substance use may not have produced measurable impacts.
Expert Insights

Sep 18, 2025

Aligning Policy to Support the Use of Evidence-Based Practices Equitably and at Scale in Youth Substance Use Services: Proceedings from a Roundtable at the 2025 Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery

The use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) plays an important role in delivering high-quality substance use services that improve youth outcomes. During a 2025 roundtable, policy actors discussed how to implement EBPs through state service systems.
Research

Aug 27, 2025

Cannabis Policies, Cannabis, and Opioids in Suicide and Undetermined Intent Death

These findings do not support the idea that cannabis policy liberalization and/or cannabis use are likely to be useful strategies to reduce cannabis or opioid involvement in deaths of suicide and undetermined intent.
Podcast

May 30, 2025

Duration 29:20

Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl

What might it take to curb the supply of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in the United States? RAND's David Luckey says a "whole-of-nation" approach is needed.
Commentary

Mar 13, 2025

Reducing Deaths from Fentanyl and Other Illicit Opioids: Q&A with David Luckey

In 2022, a bipartisan commission on combating synthetic opioid trafficking released its final report, a point-by-point strategy to address the opioid crisis and reduce its death toll. RAND's David Luckey discusses the report and what still needs to be done to combat the crisis.
Research

Mar 5, 2025

How Does Removing Menthol Tobacco Product Displays at Point-of-Sale Affect Adolescents' Cigarette Smoking Intentions? The Mediating Effects of Social Norms

This study examines how removing menthol tobacco affects youth smoking intentions, focusing on social norms. Findings show injunctive norms mediate menthol ban effects, highlight a need for public health campaigns to address unintended consequences.
Research

May 6, 2024

Narrative Review: Revised Principles and Practice Recommendations for Adolescent Substance Use Treatment and Policy

In 2014, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse released "Principles of Substance Use Disorder Treatment," which Winters et al. (2018) specified for adolescents. This review further updates adolescent principles and practices with new research.
Expert Insights

Aug 29, 2023

Alternatives to Opioids: A Missing Piece of the Strategy

An effective approach to the opioid crisis requires primary prevention strategies to reduce unnecessary opioid initiation. Opioid settlement funds should be directed toward these strategies by leveraging nonpharmacological pain management.
Research

Aug 10, 2023

An Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of Banning the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products on Adolescents' and Young Adults' Future Nicotine Vaping Intentions

Experimentally removing flavored tobacco products from a model convenience store display did not change teens' intentions to vape flavored products but increased intentions to use tobacco-flavored vaping products among teens who had previously vaped.

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Poppers, Nitrous, and Beyond: Patterns of Inhalant Use Across Sexual Identity Groups in the U.S., 2021-2023

Bridging Traditions and Prevention: Insights Into Implementing and Sustaining Substance Use Programs for Urban AI/AN Communities

Tackling Drug Use in Prisons

Minimal Progress Toward Sustainment: 10-Year Replication of Substance Use EBP Sustainment Trajectories and Associations with Implementation Characteristics

Aligning Policy to Support the Use of Evidence-Based Practices Equitably and at Scale in Youth Substance Use Services: Proceedings from a Roundtable at the 2025 Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery

Cannabis Policies, Cannabis, and Opioids in Suicide and Undetermined Intent Death

Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl

Reducing Deaths from Fentanyl and Other Illicit Opioids: Q&A with David Luckey

How Does Removing Menthol Tobacco Product Displays at Point-of-Sale Affect Adolescents' Cigarette Smoking Intentions? The Mediating Effects of Social Norms

Narrative Review: Revised Principles and Practice Recommendations for Adolescent Substance Use Treatment and Policy

Alternatives to Opioids: A Missing Piece of the Strategy

An Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of Banning the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products on Adolescents' and Young Adults' Future Nicotine Vaping Intentions

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Related Topics

Reducing Deaths from Fentanyl and Other Illicit Opioids: Q&A with David Luckey

Strategies to Prevent Clinically Unnecessary Opioid Use

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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Poppers, Nitrous, and Beyond: Patterns of Inhalant Use Across Sexual Identity Groups in the U.S., 2021-2023

Bridging Traditions and Prevention: Insights Into Implementing and Sustaining Substance Use Programs for Urban AI/AN Communities

Tackling Drug Use in Prisons

Minimal Progress Toward Sustainment: 10-Year Replication of Substance Use EBP Sustainment Trajectories and Associations with Implementation Characteristics

Aligning Policy to Support the Use of Evidence-Based Practices Equitably and at Scale in Youth Substance Use Services: Proceedings from a Roundtable at the 2025 Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery

Cannabis Policies, Cannabis, and Opioids in Suicide and Undetermined Intent Death

Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl

Reducing Deaths from Fentanyl and Other Illicit Opioids: Q&A with David Luckey

How Does Removing Menthol Tobacco Product Displays at Point-of-Sale Affect Adolescents' Cigarette Smoking Intentions? The Mediating Effects of Social Norms

Narrative Review: Revised Principles and Practice Recommendations for Adolescent Substance Use Treatment and Policy

Alternatives to Opioids: A Missing Piece of the Strategy

An Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of Banning the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products on Adolescents' and Young Adults' Future Nicotine Vaping Intentions

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