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View article: Improving Policy Evaluations Of The Opioid Crisis
Improving Policy Evaluations Of The Opioid Crisis Open
With fatal opioid overdoses rising steadily between 1999 and 2022, researchers have tried to identify effective policy approaches that can stem the tide and mitigate associated harms. However, policy evaluations intended to inform policy c…
View article: Understanding medical cannabis use internationally: Why definitions and context matter
Understanding medical cannabis use internationally: Why definitions and context matter Open
Aims To identify variation in identification of medical consumers using alternative self‐reported measures and assess whether differences in these rates exist across jurisdictions with different medical policy approaches using evidence fro…
View article: Using GPT‐4 for Title and Abstract Screening in a Literature Review of Public Policies: A Feasibility Study
Using GPT‐4 for Title and Abstract Screening in a Literature Review of Public Policies: A Feasibility Study Open
Introduction We describe the first known use of large language models (LLMs) to screen titles and abstracts in a review of public policy literature. Our objective was to assess the percentage of articles GPT‐4 recommended for exclusion tha…
View article: The association between state cannabis policies and cannabis use among adults and youth, United States, 2002–2019
The association between state cannabis policies and cannabis use among adults and youth, United States, 2002–2019 Open
Aims To measure the association between state cannabis policies and use among adults and youth in the United States from 2002 to 2019, given rapid policy liberalization and complex state cannabis policy environments. Design Repeated cross‐…
View article: Relationships Between Alcohol and Cannabis Policies in U.S. States, 1999–2019
Relationships Between Alcohol and Cannabis Policies in U.S. States, 1999–2019 Open
Although cannabis policies liberalized rapidly from 1999 to 2019, alcohol policies stayed relatively stable and did not differ by degree of cannabis policy liberalization. In general, there were weak associations between cannabis and alcoh…
View article: The Cannabis Policy Scale: A New Research and Surveillance Tool for U.S. States
The Cannabis Policy Scale: A New Research and Surveillance Tool for U.S. States Open
The Cannabis Policy Scale reflects trends toward liberalization of cannabis policy in many U.S. states. Even within crude policy phenotypes (e.g., medical cannabis programs), Cannabis Policy Scale scores varied considerably between states …
View article: Assessment of State and Federal Health Policies for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Assessment of State and Federal Health Policies for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond Open
With considerable policy changes potentially affecting access to treatment and treatment retention for patients with OUD during the pandemic, evaluations must account for the variation in state approaches in related policy areas because th…