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Dec. 3, 2021: State Advocacy Update

AMA urges nation’s naloxone manufactures to make product OTC and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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Medical School Life Nov 24, 2021

Answer 4 key questions to jumpstart your health care advocacy

For medical students looking to make an impact for patients, these are the questions they must ask to make their grassroots campaigning a success.

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Nov. 19, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Updated model state legislation would expand access to harm reduction services and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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President Gerald E. Harmon, MD, address at the November 2021 Special Meeting of the HOD

In an address to the AMA House of Delegates at the November 2021 AMA Special Meeting, Dr. Harmon discusses why organized medicine matters.

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