July-August 2014
Interventions and Assessments
- Early Evidence Suggests Limited Effectiveness of Brief Intervention for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in the US Veterans Administration Health Care System
- Could Cannabis be a Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder?
- Acamprosate and Naltrexone: Similar Efficacy for Reducing Return to Drinking
- Telephone Booster Increases Efficacy of Brief Alcohol Intervention for Injured Patients
- Efficacy of a Single-Session Brief Intervention for Unhealthy Alcohol and Drug Use Among South African Young Adults
- Biomarkers Insensitive for Detecting Heavy Alcohol Use
- Blood Phosphatidylethanol Offers Limited Utility as an Alcohol Biomarker in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
- Even After Training, Many Primary Care Physicians are Reluctant to Prescribe Buprenorphine
Health Outcomes
- Is Marijuana Use Safe? NIDA’s Director Addresses Questions of Adverse Health Effects
- Low Amounts of Alcohol Consumption are Associated with a Reduced Risk of Stroke, While Heavy Drinking May Increase It
HIV and HCV
- Birth Cohort Screening Will Only Identify a Minority of Individuals with Hepatitis C in Correctional Settings
- Among People with Opioid Use Disorder, Buprenorphine and Methadone Treatment Lead to Decreases in Injection-Related HIV Risk