Addiction Audio

How cognition and decision-making processes shape behaviour with Justin Mahlberg

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim speaks to Dr Justin Mahlberg, a Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia. The interview covers Justin’s rese...

Drug-related deaths in the LGBTQ+ community with Emmert Roberts

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Emmert Roberts, Senior Clinical Lecturer at the National Addiction Centre, King’s College London and ...

Defining medical cannabis with Myfanwy Graham

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Myfanwy Graham, a Postgraduate Scholar at Monash University funded by the Australian Government's Natio...

Health claims about US cannabis products with Tim Mackey and Doug Roehler

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Tim Mackey and Dr Doug Roehler. Tim is a professor in the Global Health Program at UC San Diego and the...

A smartphone app for reducing alcohol use with Joshua Garfield

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim speaks to Dr Joshua Garfield, a research fellow at Monash University and Turning Point, Australia. The interview cove...

What wastewater reveals about drug use in Hanoi, Vietnam with Phong Thai

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Phong Thai, an Associate Professor at Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, Australia....

MDMA, anxiety, and depression with Zachary Bryant

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Zachary Bryant, a PhD candidate at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, Unive...

Retention in buprenorphine treatment with Albert Burgess-Hull

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Albert Burgess-Hull, the Scientific Director of SUDx and Head Data Scientist at MATClinics, US. The int...

What works for treating cannabis use disorder with Monika Halicka

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Chloe Burke talks to Dr Monika Halicka, a Senior Research Associate at the Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK. The ...

Genetic influence in addiction with Wei Deng

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim speaks to Dr Wei Deng, an assistant professor from McMaster University and St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Canada....

Nonmedical and medical ketamine use with Owen Bowden-Jones and Arun Sahai

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth speaks to Professor Owen Bowden-Jones from Central North-West London NHS Foundation and Mr Arun Sahai from Guy’s ...

Correcting misperceptions about vaping with Katie East

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr Katie East, an Associate Professor in Public Health within the Department of Primary Care and Public Heal...

Caregiver alcohol use and child maltreatment with June Leung

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Zoe Swithenbank speaks to Dr June Leung, a senior researcher at the SHORE and Whariki Research Centre at Massey University in New ...

Access to recreational cannabis in Switzerland with Lavinia Baltes

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr Lavinia Baltes, Head of Research at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric Services Aar...

Questionable generalisability of the AUDIT-C with Danilo Romero

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr Danilo Romero, a licensed clinical psychologist at the Stockholm Centre for Dependency Disorders in Swede...

Personalised feedback interventions with Marilyn Piccirillo, Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, and Elizabeth Lehinger

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to: Dr Marilyn Piccirillo from the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Drs Katheri...

Hidden populations in household surveys on smoking prevalence with Emma Beard

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim speaks to Dr Emma Beard, a lecturer in statistics and quantitative methods at University College London. The intervie...

Publishing qualitative research in addiction with Jo Neale and Brian Kelly

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth speaks to Professor Joanne Neale from the Addictions Department at King’s College London and Professor Brian Kell...

Identifying alcohol use disorder with James MacKillop

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr James MacKillop, a clinical psychologist and professor at McMaster University in Canada, and director for...

Adolescent substance use in Africa with Sandra Jumbe and Chris Newby

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth speaks to Dr Sandra Jumbe from the School of Social and Health Sciences at Millenium University in Malawi and the W...

Nitazenes in wastewater with Richard Bade

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Richard Bade from Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Queensland...

Communicating public health research with Sarah Jackson, Martin Jarvis and Robert West

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to three generations of tobacco/nicotine researchers: Dr Sarah Jackson and Emeritus Professors Martin Jarvis ...

Psychedelics to manage opioid use with Noa Krawczyk

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Noa Krawczyk from the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine about her and ...

Alcohol and the pleasure of intoxication with James Nicholls

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr James Nicholls from the University of Stirling about an opinion paper he co-authored with Professor Geo...

Young people and disposable e-cigarettes with David Hammond

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Professor David Hammond about vaping. They discuss policy differences between the Canada, the UK and the US...

Opioids, cancer and mortality with Aleksi Hamina

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Aleksi Hamina from the Norwegian centre for addiction research at the University of Oslo and the Niuvanniemi Hos...

Cannabis potency and psychotic experiences with Lindsey Hines

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Rob Calder talks to Dr Lindsey Hines about her study using longitudinal data to examine links between cannabis use, cannabis poten...

Cannabis use in the US with Jonathan Caulkins

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Professor Jonathan Caulkins about self-reported cannabis use in the US between 1979 and 2022 and how those ...

Integrated care vans with Kathleen Page

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ben Scher talks to Dr Kathleen Page about her evaluation of an integrated care van that ran in Baltimore offering healthcare interven...

Smoking and abdominal obesity with Germán Carrasquilla

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Rob Calder talks to Dr Germán Carrasquilla about his study assessing whether smoking cased increases in abdominal obesity or belly fa...

Benzodiazepines and treatment with Adam Bakker, Michael Liebrenz and Alexander Smith

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Adam Bakker, Professor Michael Liebrenz and Dr Alexander Smith about their commentary in response to a previous ...

Contingency management with Gabriela Khazanov, James, McKay and Richard Rawson

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ben Scher talks to Dr Gabriela Khazanov, Professor James McKay and Professor Richard Rawson. They discuss what contingency management...

Xylazine, heroin and drug markets with Caroline Copeland

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Caroline Copeland about her work analysing drug death data to identify drug use trends, harms and to inform poli...

Synthetic opioid production in Europe with Paul Griffiths

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Paul Griffiths about synthetic drug production in Europe including the differences between lab-made substa...

Alcohol-free drinks in the US with Molly Bowdring

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr Merve Mollaahmetoglu talks to Dr Molly Bowdring about her recent article on the impact of alcohol-free drinks such as zero-percent ...

Gambling advertising with Philip Newall

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rob Calder talks to Dr Philip Newall about how the gambling industry frames the evidence on gambling advertising. Philip talks about ...

Addiction and definitions with Robert West

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Zoe Swithenbank talks to Professor Robert West about his work on ontologies within addictions. Robert begins by summarising the defini...

Nitrous oxide, addiction and substance use disorder with Sammie Back and Emese Kroon

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Sammie Back and Emese Kroon about nitrous oxide. The discussion happened on 8 November 2023, on the day tha...

Pregnancy and opioids with Jerry Cochran

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Professor Gerald (Jerry) Cochran about his article based on a randomized multisite pilot trial investigating the im...

Minimum unit pricing and road traffic accidents with Francesco Manca

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Rob Calder talks to Francesco Manca about his research on Scotland's Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) policy for alcohol, and specifically a...

Mental health and social care with Amy O'Donnell and Kat Jackson

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Zoe Swithenbank talks to Drs Amy O'Donnell and Kat Jackson about their recent study on how to improve care for people with coexisting...

Smoking cessation trials with Zoe Swithenbank

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rob Calder talks to Zoe Swithenbank about her recent article looking at how to improve research reports on smoking cessation trials. ...

Drug Consumption rooms with Laurence Lalanne

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Professor Laurence Lalanne about drug consumption rooms and the recent publication based on the COSINUS cohort stud...

Drug consumption rooms with Marie Jauffret-Roustide

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Marie Jauffret-Roustide about drug consumption rooms and the recent publication based on the COSINUS cohort stud...

Drones delivering Naloxone with Caroline Copeland, Patrick Courtney and Paul Royall

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rob Calder talks to Drs Caroline Copeland, Patrick Courtney and Paul Royall about their recent article assessing the time it would ta...

Canadian low-risk drinking guidelines

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr Merve Mollaametoglu talks to Dr Catherine Paradis director of health promotion and scientific alcohol lead at the Canadian Centre o...

Social media and alcohol with Brandon Cheng

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Elle Wadsworth talks here to Brandon Cheng about his research on social media posting and drinking behaviour. Brandon talks about the influence tha...

Cannabis, sport and anti-doping regulations with Tom Hudzik

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr Rob Calder talks to Dr Thomas Hudzik about his work with the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA). Tom talks about the three principles ...

Fentanyl, poly-substance use and the US opioid epidemic with Joseph Friedman

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Scher talks to Dr Joseph Friedman about his research on fentanyl overdoses. Joseph explains the four waves of opioid overdoses in the US and how o...

Vaping and smoking cessation with Vassilis Sideropoulos

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder talks to Vassilis Sideropoulos about a recent paper on the role of vaping products in smoking cessation. The first author for this paper wa...

Overdose risk, opioid agonists and other medications with Eleni Domzaridou

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder talks to Dr Eleni Domzaridou about her recent article on the risk of overdose among people prescribe medication for opioid use at the same ...

Methamphetamine, psychosis and family history with Rebecca McKetin

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Rebecca McKetin about her recent article looking the relationship between psychosis, psychotic symptoms and meth...

Hallucinogen use, young adults and monitoring the future with Katherine Keyes

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Katherine Keyes about her study examining changes to hallucinogen use among young adults in the US. Kat...

Perspectives on gambling from 1561 with Louise Nadeau

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Professor Louise Nadeau about her recent article anaysing the content of a Latin-language treatise on gambling addi...

Risk of bias in tobacco cessation trials with Jamie Hartmann-Boyce

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Chloe Burke talks to Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce about new guidance from the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (TAG) on assessing and mini...

Cannabis legalisation in Canada with Janni Leung

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Janni Leung about her work on a systematic review of the evidence on cannabis arrests, cannabis product...

Bacterial infections and social determinants of health with Thomas Brothers

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Thomas Brothers about his qualitative systematic review looking at infections from injecting drug use. Tommy and...

Cannabis and apps with Marleen Olthof and Matthijs Blankers

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rob Calder talks to Marleen Olthof and Dr Matthijs Blankers about their research into ICan - a digital health app designed to reduce ...

Long-acting buprenorphine with Jo Neale

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Joanne Neale talks to Addiction Audio about her latest research into how people feel during the first 72 hours of having long-acting bupreno...

Smoking and Ecological Momentary Assessment with Olga Perski

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Perski explains the evolution of Ecological Momentry Assessment (EMA) studies and how they have been used to collect granular data relating to ever...

The acute effects of cannabis with Will Lawn

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rob talks to Dr Will Lawn about his research into the acute effects of cannabis on young people and adults. Will talks about setting up a study lookin...

Heated tobacco products and nomenclature with Katie East

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Katherine East talks about her recent article on heated tobacco product use. When conducting this research, Katie talked to former...

The rise of disposable vaping products with Harry Tattan-Birch

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Harry Tattan-Birch talks about his recent article on the increased popularity of disposable vaping products. He discusses the differe...

Highly processed foods and addiction with Ashley Gearhardt

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Addiction Audio, Rob Talks to Dr Ashley Gearhardt from the University of Michigan about whether highly processed foods can be consi...

Substance use among refugees with Ebtesam Saleh

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Addiction Audio, Rob talks to Ebtesam Saleh a Doctoral student at the Charite university in Berlin. Ebtesam talks about her recent ...

Racial equity, research and the SRNT taskforce with Mignonne Guy and Megan Piper

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Addiction Audio, Drs Mignonne Guy and Megan Piper talk about their work on the racial equity taskforce for the Society for Research...

Ontologies and tobacco, nicotine and vaping products with Sharon Cox

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk to Dr Sharon Cox about developing an ontology around nicotine and tobacco products. Sharon also talks about the importance of ...

Opioid agonist treatment, drug related deaths and dynamic models with Matt Hickman

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Professor Matt Hickman talks about using population modelling to identify the population implications of Opioid Agonist Treatment (OA...

Cannabis use and bipolar disorder with Alexander Denissoff

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr Alexander Denissoff talks about his recent research into the potential associations between cannabis use and later life bipolar dis...

Gambling, risk-taking and alcohol with Tori Horn

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Tori Horn from the University of Memphis talks about her recent systematic review of risk-taking and gambling whilst drinking.Tori ta...

Brief interventions, emergency departments, and alcohol with Paolo Deluca

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Addiction Audio podcast, Dr Paolo Deluca talks about his recent research on using brief interventions in emergency departments....

Drug checking services with Nazlee Maghsoudi

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Addiction Audio, Nazlee Maghsoudi talks about her recent publication “Drug checking services for people who use drugs: a systemat...

Drinking patterns during lockdown with Iain Hardie

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Iain Hardie talks to Addiction Audio about his research into alcohol use changes during lockdown. His research is the first to report longitudinal ...

Pre-registration with John Marsden

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Addiction Audio, Professor John Marsden talks about the role of pre-registration in increasing research transparency. He addresses ...

ADHD and maternal substance use with Elis Haan

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Elis Haan talks to Dr Rob Calder about ADHD and maternal substance use. She discusses her recent paper which explored the impact of smoking, alcoho...

JITAIs and using smartphones to prevent lapse with Olga Perskie

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder talks to Dr Olga Perski about her recent research on just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) whereby smartphones are used to help prev...

Mental imagery and cocaine craving with John Marsden

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder talks to Professor John Marsden about cocaine cravings. Professor Marsden discusses the lack of pharmacological treatments for cocaine, and...

Drug treatment commissioning and market mechanisms with Alison Ritter

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Alison Ritter talks about her recent paper “Are market mechanisms associated with alcohol and other drug treatment outcomes” and about t...

The Paper Authoring Tool (PAT) with Robert West

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder talks to Professor Robert West about the Paper Authoring Tool (PAT). Professor West talks about how PAT can be used in the design and write...

Cannabis, opioids and the gateway hypothesis with Jack Wilson

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Wilson talks to Rob Calder about his recent systematic review and meta-analysis on whether cannabis use increases the likelihood of later life op...

Cannabis, schizophrenia and genetics with Emma Johnson

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Emma Johnson talks to Rob Calder about shared genetic liabilities for cannabis use disorder and schizophrenia and the role of tobacco smoking. Dr J...

Pay for Performance funding and emergency hospital admissions with Thomas Mason

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder talks to Dr Thomas Mason about his research on pay for performance models of addiction treatment and how they were associated with increase...

Vaping and smoking cessation with Máirtín McDermott and Leonie Brose

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder talks to Dr Máirtín McDermott and Dr Leonie Brose about their research into the effectiveness of e-cigarettes for quitting smoking.McDerm...

Alcohol attributable mortality in the Americas with Maristela Monteiro

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder talks to Dr Maristela Monteiro about deaths in the Americas between 2013 and 2015 that were 100% attributable to alcohol. Chrystoja B.R, Mo...

Social norms and smoking behaviour with Katie East

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder speaks to Dr Katie East about her research into social norms in relation to smoking behaviourEast K, McNeill A, Thrasher JF, Hitchman SC. S...

Heroin use and general population surveys with Jon Caulkins

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder speaks to Professor Jon Caulkins about his Addiction Opinion & Debate article discussing the difficulties of measuring heroin use with ...

Alcohol policy and gender with Petra Meier

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder speaks to Professor Petra Meier about her research using computer modelling to estimate how the impact of alcohol pricing policies might di...

Online search behaviour and minimum unit pricing

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Calder speaks to Professor David Leon about his research into on-line search behaviour as minimum unit pricing of alcohol was introduced in Scotla...

Data collection methods with Richard Miech

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage talks to Professor Richard Miech about his paper exploring the impact of a change in the Monitoring the Future project data collection from ...

Cannabis use and the brain with Janna Cousijn

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage talks to Janna Cousijn about her paper on the long term consequences of cannabis use for the brain, written for the series Clinical issues: ...

Professor Robert West

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John Marsden talks to Robert West about his time as Editor-in-Chief of Addiction Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Changes in cannabis with Tom Freeman

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage speaks to Dr. Tom Freeman, director of the Addiction and Mental Health Group at the University of Bath, about his research into how the THC ...

Reefer Madness with Wayne Hall

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage talkes to Wayne Hall about his analysis of the film Reefer Madness for the Addiction Classics series.The Addiction Classics series gives aut...

Addiction News with Rob Calder

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi talks to Dr Rob Calder about Addiction News and COVID-19 addiction news from across the globe. Addiction News is an area on the journal website w...

Smoking and COVID-19 with Olga Perski

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage talks to Dr Olga Perski about evidence around the relationship between smoking and COVID-19, why there may have been some disagreement in th...

GHB with Shalini Arunogiri

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage interviews Shalini Arunogiri about her research on GHB-related harmsThe research can be found here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111...

Characteristics of English smokers with Claire Garnett

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage interviews Dr Claire Garnett about her research exploring changes in smoking and quitting behaviour in EnglandThe research article can be fo...

Global Drug Survey with Adam Winstock

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage interviews Adam Winstock about the Global Drug SurveyGlobal Drug Survey's website is here: https://www.globaldrugsurvey.com/ Hosted on Acast...

Incentives for alcohol screening in primary care with Amy O'Donnell

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage interviews Amy O'Donnell about her research on the impact of introducing and then withdrawing small financial incentives for alcohol screeni...

Vaping and deaths in USA with Robert West

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Gage talks to Robert West about recent US reports of deaths linked to e-cigarette use. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...