Author Archives: Elizabeth Adams, Kelli Komro, and Erin Bonar

About Elizabeth Adams, Kelli Komro, and Erin Bonar

Dr. Erin Bonar is an Associate Professor and licensed clinical psychologist at the University of Michigan Addiction Center and Department of Psychiatry. She studies technology-driven interventions to help prevent and treat substance use disorders.

A Renewed Outlook on Substance Use Prevention

An Opportunity to Get Ahead of the Overdose Crisis For many Americans, drug use ‘prevention’ conjures memories of early public health campaigns using fearsome imagery and catchy slogans to deter substance use. Campaigns implored youth to “just say no” to drugs, and the public received stark warnings: “this is your brain on drugs.”