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Overdose EpidemicOct 15, 2021

5 evidence-based steps to end the overdose epidemic

Shame and stigma won’t save lives. Learn with the AMA about what effective policy looks like.

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AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force recommendations

Learn more about the AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force's recommendations to help physicians to take action on evidence-based interventions.

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New AMA Substance Use & Pain Care Task Force urges action to help patients

Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force recommendations aim to promote evidence-based policy to help end the drug-related overdose and death epidemic.

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Overdose EpidemicSep 29, 2021

Free course offers training in prescribing buprenorphine for OUD

Buprenorphine’s an effective tool to help end the drug-overdose epidemic. New online module trains physicians and medical students in how to use it.

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Overdose EpidemicSep 28, 2021

44% drop in opioid Rx since 2011, but overdoses spike. Here’s why.

Learn what’s really driving the worsening epidemic of drug-related overdoses and deaths, and how the AMA is working fervently to end it.

Overdose EpidemicSep 27, 2021

Bobby Mukkamala, MD, reviews the 2021 Overdose Epidemic Report

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Bobby Mukkamala, MD, on findings from the 2021 Overdose Epidemic Report.

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Drug Overdose Epidemic

Oct. 22, 2021: National Advocacy Update

5 evidence-based steps to end the overdose epidemic

AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force recommendations

New AMA Substance Use & Pain Care Task Force urges action to help patients

Free course offers training in prescribing buprenorphine for OUD

44% drop in opioid Rx since 2011, but overdoses spike. Here’s why.

Bobby Mukkamala, MD, reviews the 2021 Overdose Epidemic Report

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