Special Populations

Caron Program Offers Support for Struggling College Students
Semester of Support provides mental health and addiction treatment services at a Florida facility while allowing students to continue taking remote classes from their home university or pursue vocational opportunities.
Wellspring Lutheran Services to Open Recovery High School in Michigan
Wellspring Academy, a free-standing charter school, will serve up to 120 high school students in southeast Michigan who have struggled with drug and alcohol use.
Study: Students with Disabilities More Likely to Have SUD
College students with physical and cognitive disabilities have high rates of illicit drug use and are more likely to have a substance use disorder, according to a recent study at Rutgers University.
Cigarette Use Linked with Substance Use Among Sexual, Gender Minority Populations
A link between cigarette smoking and frequent substance use in sexual and gender minority populations suggests a need for holistic treatment, according to researchers from the Rutgers School of Public Health.
Pregnant Women Shown to Face Additional Barriers to OUD Treatment in Study
A study using trained actors attempting to get addiction treatment in 10 states found that pregnant women were about 20% less likely to be accepted for treatment vs. women who are not pregnant, with the largest discrepancy involving buprenorphine prescribers.
Warriors Heart Launches Sanctioned 12-Step Meeting for Military, Vets, First Responders
Warriors Anonymous, a specialty meeting for active military, veterans, first responders and EMTs, has been created to strengthen peer network for “warriors” in recovery.
Report: Substance Use Prevention Efforts Need Greater Focus on LGBTQ Youths
The Trevor Project states that a higher prevalence of substance use in the LGBT youth and young-adult populations calls for a greater focus on this issue in prevention and research.
Alliance: Link Between Alcohol Marketing, Youth Drinking Demands Stronger Response
The U.S. Alcohol Policy Alliance says stronger regulation of alcohol advertising is among the actions needed as research documents a causal link between marketing and youth drinking.
Young-Adult Marijuana Users Exhibit More Risk-Taking in Study
An Oregon State University study suggests that frequent users of marijuana are highly driven by reward and less sensitive to losses.
For Methamphetamine, Other Drugs, Reliable Use Estimates Hard to Come By
RAND researchers have issued new estimates of illicit drug spending, at a time marked by a reduced number of reliable information sources.
E-Cigarette Maker's Hire of Researcher Stirs Opposition
Researchers and advocates are decrying Juul Labs' hiring of a researcher who has been outspoken in the past on the dangers of underage vaping.
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