Campus Resources

This systematic review of five randomized trials of brief interventions for cannabis use among postsecondary students found only modest short-term benefit and no positive longer-term effects.

This is the research arm of Maryland’s problem gambling center, studying gambling behaviors, population impacts, and evidence-based approaches to reducing gambling harms across the state.

This systematic review of nine studies assessed prevention programs for problem gambling among young adults, finding personalized normative feedback approaches generally effective but the evidence base limited in quality.

This study applied the theory of planned behavior to college students’ sports gambling, finding attitude the strongest predictor of intention and problem gambling severity moderating which determinants mattered most.

This commentary reviews campus tobacco control policies and cessation interventions for US college students, noting roughly two-thirds of campuses still lack tobacco-free policies and that few address alternative tobacco products.

This survey of college students found most e-cigarette users are interested in quitting and rely on unassisted methods, while social support and nicotine replacement were seen as effective but rarely used.

This study tracked how the COVID-19 pandemic changed college students’ e-cigarette use, finding 30.5% increased use, with dependence and anxiety associated with increases, while nearly half reported greater motivation to quit.

This updated systematic review of 32 studies found nine demonstrated efficacy for smoking cessation among US young adults, with text messaging, quit-and-win contests, and multiple behavior interventions showing promise.

This guidance document helps campus clinical professionals assess how substance use relates to young adult patients’ presenting problems and begin to address co-existing substance use.