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A roadblock is gone and now what?
A US lawmaker has proposed a bill that would remove the special DEA waiver that doctors must apply for to prescribe buprenorphine (a medication that helps reduce the craving for opioids). The bill aims to educate health care practitioners about medications for opioid use disorder. It would provide responsibility to the Substance Abuse and Mental…
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People who are addicted to drugs do not often get life-saving drugs.
US lawmakers have proposed a bill to eliminate a DEA waiver that forces doctors to apply for a special waiver to prescribe opioids for people with opioid use disorder. The MAT Act would give the government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration responsibility to start a national campaign to educate health care practitioners about…