Alcohol and the pleasure of intoxication with James Nicholls
In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr James Nicholls from the University of Stirling about an opinion paper he co-authored with Professor Geoffrey Hunt on whether pleasure should receive more...
24 Jan 202516min
Young people and disposable e-cigarettes with David Hammond
In this episode Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Professor David Hammond about vaping. They discuss policy differences between the Canada, the UK and the US as well as changes relating to disposable vapes a...
8 Aug 202422min
Opioids, cancer and mortality with Aleksi Hamina
In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Aleksi Hamina from the Norwegian centre for addiction research at the University of Oslo and the Niuvanniemi Hospital in Finland. They discuss a recent paper co-a...
18 Jul 202413min
Cannabis potency and psychotic experiences with Lindsey Hines
In this episode, Dr Rob Calder talks to Dr Lindsey Hines about her study using longitudinal data to examine links between cannabis use, cannabis potency and psychotic experiences. Dr Hines talks about...
6 Jun 202425min
Cannabis use in the US with Jonathan Caulkins
In this episode Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Professor Jonathan Caulkins about self-reported cannabis use in the US between 1979 and 2022 and how those trends compare with alcohol use over the same peri...
22 Mai 202422min
Integrated care vans with Kathleen Page
In this episode, Ben Scher talks to Dr Kathleen Page about her evaluation of an integrated care van that ran in Baltimore offering healthcare interventions and buprenorphine prescribing. Dr Page discu...
9 Mai 202426min
Smoking and abdominal obesity with Germán Carrasquilla
In this episode Rob Calder talks to Dr Germán Carrasquilla about his study assessing whether smoking cased increases in abdominal obesity or belly fat. They discuss the implications of this kind of fa...
2 Mai 202417min
