Alena Balasanova, MD

Opioids

Fighting stigma, building a career treating substance-use disorders

Learn how AMA member Alena Balasanova, MD, is helping to fill the gaps in addiction psychiatry and medication-assisted treatment in Nebraska.

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Opioids

Black patients less likely to get treatment for opioid-use disorder

Financial barriers widen racial inequities in access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorder, creating a large disparity in prescriptions.

Opioids

The opioid epidemic and emerging public health policy priorities

Adm. Brett P. Giroir, MD, of the Department of Health and Human Services, explores this national problem, along with potential solutions.

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Opioids

90% who need substance-use disorder treatment don’t get it

But we can change that by removing the barriers to evidence-based medical treatment for this chronic medical condition.

AMA in the News

AMA in the News: October 2019

Read media highlights mentioning the American Media Association for October 2019.

Press Releases

National opioid policy roadmap highlights state efforts on epidemic

Analysis identifies effective state policies used to combat the opioid epidemic.

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Opioids

Opioid epidemic: 6 key steps that states should take now

The AMA’s in-depth analysis informs a proven road map that states can follow to successfully fight the opioid epidemic and improve pain care.

AMA Statements

AMA applauds Surgeon General’s advisory on cannabis

AMA commends Surgeon General’s advisory on harmful health effects of cannabis use by pregnant women and youth, and commitment to furthering research on cannabis.

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