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Advocacy Update Jul 30, 2021

July 30, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Educating prescribers and medical students about buprenorphine treatment for OUD and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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July 16, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Rhode Island is first state in nation to support pilot harm reduction center and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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July 2, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Colorado regulation will measure SUD network adequacy and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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Immediate Past President Susan R. Bailey, MD, address at the June 2021 Special Meeting

Susan Bailey, MD, addresses the House of Delegates at the June 2021 Special Meeting. Access the transcript of the speech or recording.

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