Alison Knopf 
Methadone Patients’ Data Poised to Be Entered Into PDMPs
Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy ...
SAMHSA Rule-Change Strips SUD Patients’ Privacy, Invites Police Intrusion
The long-awaited final rule revising 42 CFR Part 2—the confidentiality regulation applying to substance ...
Why an OASAS License for a Low-Threshold Bupe Provider Is So Significant
REACH—a harm reduction-oriented health center in Ithaca, New York that prescribes buprenorphine, among many ...
NYC Begins Home Methadone Deliveries. Will It Have Lasting Impact on the Rules?
On April 29, New York City started delivering methadone to patients isolated at home ...
NYC Rolls Out Courier System to Deliver Methadone to Isolated Patients
For the 30,000 patients who take methadone every day for opioid use disorder in ...
SUD Patients’ Confidentiality a Quiet Victim of the CARES Act
It took COVID-19 to do what the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...
Estimated 15,000 NYC Methadone Patients to Be Isolated. How Will They Get Meds?
There are about 30,000 methadone patients in New York City, all taking methadone on ...
Second Woman Reports Sexual Assault by TSA in Orlando
A Transport Security Administration (TSA) officer sexually assaulted me during a “search” at Orlando ...
How the TSA Has Stonewalled My Follow-Up to Being Sexually Assaulted
Last fall, a Transportation Security Administration agent sexually assaulted me at Orlando International Airport. ...
The Formidable Challenge of Understanding Pain
Whether you consider opioids to be the gold standard for treating pain or a ...
