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Biden Administration Eases Restrictions on Prescribing Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Administration health officials emphasized that fostering medication-assisted treatment is especially important because opioid addictions and deaths have ratcheted up during the coronavirus pandemic.
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What Comes Next for the War on Drugs? The Beginning of the End
The MAT (Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment) Act [has] bipartisan support and could be passed during the lame duck session of Congress. Lawmakers should act on [it] without delay.
Opioid addiction is a disease. We cut red tape so doctors can finally treat it effectively.
Last month, President Joe Biden expanded access to treatment for opioid use disorder to millions of Americans when he signed the bipartisan omnibus government funding bill into law.
End Substance Use Disorder Statement on Congress’ New Substance Use Disorder Taskforce
Following the deadliest 12-month period on record for drug overdose deaths in which 86,000 lives were lost, lawmakers on Capitol Hill released plans to consider comprehensive behavioral health and substance use disorder legislation this year.
End Substance Use Disorder Congratulates Rep. Deb Haaland on Her Historic Confirmation
We need to eliminate stigma towards people with substance use disorder. We applaud President Biden for including leaders in recovery in his Cabinet and we congratulate Secretary Haaland on her confirmation.
End Substance Use Disorder Applauds Passage of the American Rescue Plan and Funding to Address Substance Use Disorder
This downpayment is one step to ending the overdose crisis and we look forward to working together in coming months to pass the policies proven to prevent and treat substance use disorder.
End Substance Use Disorder Endorses the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act
Today, bipartisan members of Congress re-introduced the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act – legislation that will help build universal access to lifesaving treatment for opioid use disorder.
End Substance Use Disorder Urges Congress to Remove Restrictions on Lifesaving Medications
End Substance Use Disorder joined leading national organizations representing public health, behavioral health, law enforcement, and substance use disorder providers and advocates to urge Congress to remove undue restrictions on prescribing lifesaving medications for opioid use disorder.
End Substance Use Disorder Calls on Biden Administration to Reinstate Lifesaving Reforms
Today, End Substance Use Disorder joined with leading organizations representing hundreds of thousands of physicians and patients to call on the Biden Administration to immediately reinstate this lifesaving reform.
End Substance Use Disorder Applauds Historic Opioid Use Disorder Reform
This reform represents a significant step forward in integrating substance use disorder care into the healthcare system where it belongs. It sends a clear message to people with substance use disorder: You deserve treatment, not stigma.
End Substance Use Disorder Calls on President-Elect Biden to Pass the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act
End Substance Use Disorder joined with leading organizations that represent law enforcement, behavioral health, public health, and substance use disorder treatment providers and advocates today in calling on President-elect Biden to pass the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act.