Substance Use Disorder
From pre-pandemic to during the pandemic, heavy alcohol use among Americans rose nearly 20%. This increase in drinking was sustained through 2022. Excessive alcohol consumption has been linked to adverse health outcomes, such as increased risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, and mental… Read more
AuthorsColin Planalp, MPA, Senior Research Fellow at SHADACTyler Winkelman, MD, MSc Co-Director, Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab at Hennepin Healthcare Research InstituteFatal overdoses involving fentanyl grew nearly 300% among adolescentsFor roughly a quarter-century, U.S. drug… Read more
Image
Alcohol has long been one of the few legal mind-altering substances in the United States. While legal, messaging around its use – and misuse – has often been mixed. Moderate levels of drinking, such as a glass of wine or beer with dinner, were… Read more
SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp presented at the APHA Annual Meeting in October 2024. In this presentation, Mr. Planalp reviews trends and patterns in fatal drug overdoses since the COVID-19 pandemic, including the increase in fentanyl related overdose deaths, which significantly… Read more
Soaring rates of fatal fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine overdoses have worsened and spread to previously insulated groups, including teenagers and the elderlyIt has been more than a decade since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared a national opioid “epidemic,”… Read more
State Health Compare is a user-friendly data tool that allows users to obtain state-level estimates related to health, health care, insurance coverage, health equity, and more. This tool provides interactive maps, graphs, and downloadable data for over 40 measures ranging from telehealth visit data… Read more
This brief uses data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to understand issues related to public health implications of Minnesota cannabis use prior to its 2023 legalization. Along with providing key background information and context on cannabis policy in the United States… Read more
Even before legalization, cannabis use was rising in Minnesota Cannabis policy in the United States has evolved during the past decade. After voters in Colorado and Washington approved ballot measures to legalize cannabis in 2012, other states began to follow suit. In 2023,… Read more
Image
During 2020 and 2021, the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, data show that drug overdose deaths did not subside or plateau, but unfortunately surged alongside the rise of the coronavirus. Growing death rates were driven by a substantive… Read more
Image
On Thursday, September 21, SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp presented a data-focused look at the national opioid crisis during a University of Minnesota Opioid Advisory Task Force forum. Colin presented his recent findings about… Read more