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The Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS) is a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to addiction research, education, and training.
Our NIH-supported research programs seek to understand how the body and brain communicate to impact alcohol and other drug use behavior, how legalization of marijuana impacts simultaneous alcohol and marijuana, and how the effectiveness of current youth alcohol interventions can be compared more efficiently and precisely.
Our addiction education program offers weekly professional development seminars, specialty opioid intervention trainings for law enforcement and prevention interventions for medical professionals, and a 3-day summer program that immerses participants in the latest strategies and theories for treating addiction.
Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., which publishes the oldest substance-related journal in the United States (Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs), is housed at CAS.
Seventy-five years ago, a person who suffered from alcoholism and consulted a doctor would probably have been sent to Alcoholics Anonymous.
At the time, “there weren’t very many weapons in the medical arsenal to treat alcohol dependency,” says Robert Pandina, director of the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers.
It's no secret that drinking and driving can be a deadly mix. But the role of alcohol in U.S. traffic deaths may be substantially underreported on death certificates, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Between 1999 and 2009, more than 450,000 Americans were killed in a traffic crashes. But in cases where alcohol was involved, death certificates frequently failed to list alcohol as a cause of death.
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NJTV News covered our Advanced Law Enforcment Training. This 16-hour Train the Trainer certificate course was held on November 8th and 9th for addiction, legal, and police experts. Discussions included addiction programs currently available to assist law enforcement and how to determine which one will work best in their community and understanding stages of change and their relation to drug seeking behavior and intervention strategies. Participants also explored the link between stigma and recidivism.
Denise Hien, Ph.D., ABPP joined Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, as the new Director for the Center of Alcohol Studies, and Professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University, New Brunswick on October 2, 2017. Recognized as a leader in the field of post-traumatic stress and addictions, her body of work has contributed to the evidence base on effective interventions for individuals with PTSD and substance use disorders.
Adele Smithers, a central figure in the history of the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies and in the field of addiction, died last week from complications related to Parkinson's disease.
36th Annual SALIS Conference
April 29 – May 2, 2014
New Brunswick, NJ
SAMHSA is issuing two reports on the best approaches for optimizing outcomes for pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorders and their infants. Both reports are aimed at helping these women gain greater access to this effective treatment and other important services.
For more information, see:
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USSAMHSA/bulletins/15a80c4
Dr. Mun was featured on a virtual panel of nine subject experts debating the question of whether the drinking age ought to be lowered in the United States. Her comments can be found here: https://wallethub.com/blog/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered/23141/#eun...
Helene R. White, Distinguished Professor, was named as a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. The honorary title "Fellow" recognizes persons who have made a scholarly contribution to the intellectual life of the discipline, whether in the form of a singular, major piece of scholarship or cumulative scholarly contributions.
Training a new generation of addiction scientists at Rutgers
Denise Hien, Ph.D., ABPP joins the Center of Alcohol Studies
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