Alison Knopf

Pew report underscores benefits of take‐home methadone

Last week a report by Pew Charitable Trusts, based on an interview with Yngvild Olsen, M.D., shows what has been known for years: that take‐home methadone hasn't increased diversion. Olsen, the former director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and...

Study: SBI for expansion for alcohol needed to reduce deaths

Using a simulation model, researchers have found that alcohol use screening and, particularly, brief intervention in primary care can decrease alcohol‐related premature death. The study is published in the current issue of JAMA Health Forum .