Obstacles and Advances to Accessing Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
There are a number of barriers — both legal and cultural — that prevent patients from accessing the treatment they need for opioid use disorder.
Opioids
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Read more: How Policy Surveillance Might Help to Counter the Opioid Epidemic How Policy Surveillance Might Help to Counter the Opioid Epidemic
The astonishing number of opioid overdoses in the is attributable in part to the lack of legislation to curb over-prescription.
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Read more: As Cities Decriminalize Psychedelics, Law Enforcement Should Step Back As Cities Decriminalize Psychedelics, Law Enforcement Should Step Back
Psychedelics may fill the growing need for innovative psychiatric drugs. Some cities, dissatisfied with the U.S. war on drugs, are decriminalizing them.
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Read more: Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy
Topics include challenges with false negative tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection and difficulties in implementing and enforcing state opioid prescribing laws.
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Read more: Highlights from FDA Meetings on 3 Opioid-Related New Drug Applications Highlights from FDA Meetings on 3 Opioid-Related New Drug Applications
In January 2020, two FDA committees met to consider approval of three opioid-related new drug applications.
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Read more: The Privatization of Opioid Litigation The Privatization of Opioid Litigation
By Daniel Aaron As the opioid litigation continues over the shadow of one of our nation’s most pressing public health crises, some criticism has been levied at private lawyers representing the cities, counties, states, and individuals harmed by the crisis. For example, see the following tweet: Let’s work out tax and healthcare financing policy county…
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Read more: Opioid Claims for Fetal Opioid Exposure Alarm Pregnancy Advocates Opioid Claims for Fetal Opioid Exposure Alarm Pregnancy Advocates
By Alexa Richardson Lawyers calling themselves the “Opioid Justice Team” are pushing forward in their mission to certify babies exposed to opioids in utero, as well as “all women in the United States capable of becoming pregnant,” as distinct classes in the multi-district opioid litigation now unfolding in federal court in Ohio. Last week, lawyers…
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Read more: Ohio’s Efforts to Centralize Control Over Opioid Claims Ohio’s Efforts to Centralize Control Over Opioid Claims
By Daniel Aaron On October 21, two Ohio counties are slated to present their opioid claims in a federal trial. However, last week, 13 states and the District of Columbia signed onto a brief requesting that the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals stay the upcoming trials. Their reasoning? States should control lawsuits for harms within…
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Read more: The Hidden Cost of Misinformation: Harms from Opioid Hysteria Extend Beyond Overdose Deaths The Hidden Cost of Misinformation: Harms from Opioid Hysteria Extend Beyond Overdose Deaths
There is already enough harm from this tragedy, neither the government or media should be adding to it.
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Read more: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Starts with How We Treat Pain Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Starts with How We Treat Pain
By Stephen Wood As a nurse practitioner in a busy suburban emergency department, pain is my job. Pain is one of the most common reasons people come to an emergency department (ED). It could be abdominal pain, chest pain, back pain or even emotional pain, including depression or suicidal ideations. Pain is a driver for…
