San Francisco Medical Society

Self-reported cannabis use following cash transfer: Estimating the short-term impacts of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

Aims Researchers have hypothesized that cash transfers affect substance use through two competing pathways: relieving financial strain which could reduce use, or expanding spendable income, which could increase use. We tested whether payments from the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD...

Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness

Importance: More than 70% of people experiencing homelessness report current smoking. Contingency management (CM) interventions that provide financial incentives for smoking cessation have shown short-term promise, but extended CM interventions have not been well studied in this...