Fentanyl, poly-substance use and the US opioid epidemic with Joseph Friedman
Ben Scher talks to Dr Joseph Friedman about his research on fentanyl overdoses. Joseph explains the four waves of opioid overdoses in the US and how opiate and opioid overdoses have changed.They discu...
13 Sep 202315min
Vaping and smoking cessation with Vassilis Sideropoulos
Rob Calder talks to Vassilis Sideropoulos about a recent paper on the role of vaping products in smoking cessation. The first author for this paper was Dr Catherine Kimber.Vassilis talks about the arr...
24 Aug 202324min
Overdose risk, opioid agonists and other medications with Eleni Domzaridou
Rob Calder talks to Dr Eleni Domzaridou about her recent article on the risk of overdose among people prescribe medication for opioid use at the same time as being prescribed other medication - such a...
17 Aug 202318min
Methamphetamine, psychosis and family history with Rebecca McKetin
In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Rebecca McKetin about her recent article looking the relationship between psychosis, psychotic symptoms and methamphetamine use. They discuss the implications and...
10 Aug 202318min
Hallucinogen use, young adults and monitoring the future with Katherine Keyes
In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Katherine Keyes about her study examining changes to hallucinogen use among young adults in the US. Katherine also talks about using the Monitoring The F...
3 Aug 202323min
Perspectives on gambling from 1561 with Louise Nadeau
In this episode Ben Scher talks to Professor Louise Nadeau about her recent article anaysing the content of a Latin-language treatise on gambling addiction written nearly 500 years ago. Ben and Louise...
28 Jul 202323min
Risk of bias in tobacco cessation trials with Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
In this episode, Chloe Burke talks to Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce about new guidance from the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (TAG) on assessing and minimising risk of bias in tobacco cessation trials. J...
20 Jul 202320min
Cannabis legalisation in Canada with Janni Leung
In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Janni Leung about her work on a systematic review of the evidence on cannabis arrests, cannabis products and prices since Canada legalised cannabis. Jann...
13 Jul 202325min
