Alison Knopf 
How Did We Come to Abandon America’s Pain Patients?
Overdoses—not those involving prescription opioids, but of heroin and illicit fentanyl, often combined with ...
Denial of Methadone Devastates Incarcerated People: What Hope?
When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go ...
Why We Fail to Maximize the Benefits of Methadone and Buprenorphine
Medication for anything only works if the patient takes enough. This is emphatically true ...
Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome, Without the Hype
Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is nothing new, but nonetheless lacks a diagnosis code. This ...
Indivior Case: Don’t Throw Out the Buprenorphine With the Bathwater
In the lucrative but hit-and-miss opioid use disorder treatment field, buprenorphine is one medication ...
Why Are Methadone Patients Still Being Punished for Marijuana Use?
Marijuana, which is now legal for medical use in 33 states and counting, can ...
Dietary Supplement? Or Drug? The Kratom Regulation Debate
Is kratom a plant (Mitragyna speciosa)—originating in Southeast Asia and long used in traditional ...
The Tricky Connection Between MAT and Low Sex Drive
Imagine going through opioid use disorder treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, perhaps getting a job and family ...
Should I Drug Test My Kids? Why the Experts Say No
Does anyone still want to do drug tests on their children? Apparently so, because ...
Fifteen Examples of Discrimination Against People With Substance Use Disorders
In light of the imminent threats to the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients, ...
