Unregulated and Unsafe: Expert Warns of Risks in Substance Use Reduction Apps

Unregulated and unsafe: Expert warns of risks in substance use reduction apps

In a commentary published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers at Rutgers Health, Harvard University and the University of Pittsburgh discuss the impact of unregulated mobile health and generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications that claim to assist in substance use reduction.

Unregulated and Unsafe: Expert Warns of Risks in Substance Use Reduction Apps

Jon-Patrick Allem, a member of the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, an associate professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health and senior author of a commentary published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, focuses on the need for greater oversight of new and untested technologies, such as mobile health and generative AI applications, and why public marketplaces need better rules to manage them.