Prior Authorization Insurance Requirements: A Barrier to Accessing Lifesaving Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder?
Pharmaceutical policy must facilitate, not hinder, timely and adequate access to medication and supporting care.
Substance Abuse
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Read more: New Federal Employee Drug Screening Guidelines to Include Opioid Testing New Federal Employee Drug Screening Guidelines to Include Opioid Testing
By Jonathan K. Larsen, JD, MPP There is no denying that the United States is experiencing an opioid overdose epidemic. Drug overdose deaths generally in the United States have been associated, at least in part, with increasing mortality rates among white non-Hispanics, which is counter to trends in other wealthy nations. The Urban Institute’s Laudan…
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Read more: New Data on Drug Overdose Law New Data on Drug Overdose Law
By Scott Burris Working with Corey Davis of the Network for Public Health Law, PHLR has completed and posted updated longitudinal datasets of state laws authorizing naloxone distribution and creating “Good Samaritan” immunity for callers reporting a drug overdose to 911. Take a look at www.lawatlas.org. On the theory that an image beats a few…
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Read more: Drug Law Factoids for Your Consideration Drug Law Factoids for Your Consideration
By Scott Burris This is a succinct paragraph from the weekly newsletter of U. Maryland’s Center for Substance Abuse Research. Seems relevant both to the conference on law enforcement and public health I reported on earlier this week, and the election results on marijuana: There were an estimated 12,408,899 arrests in the United States in…