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AMA Overdose Epidemic Report

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6 reasons to join the AMA

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AMA to push for better access to opioid-use disorder treatments

The AMA will advocate sustained funding for evidence-based care and support research to help bring more treatments into the primary care setting.

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AMA announces policies adopted on final day of Special Meeting

Policies adopted include improving access to substance use disorder treatment, protection for residents and fellows.

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Providing individualized pain care during COVID in West Virginia

Pain-management clinic works to reverse the overdose epidemic’s impact on the state by using whole-person approach to provide custom care.

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The pandemic’s not over, and the overdose epidemic is getting worse

COVID-19 is leaving a growing number of Americans isolated and desperate, exacerbating the opioid epidemic that killed nearly 72,000 in U.S. last year.

Behavioral Health
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Mira Irons, MD, takes a look at the surge in cases across the country and Europe

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing this week’s numbers and trends, including the recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the country and Europe.

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AMA Update
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Oct. 23, 2020: State Advocacy Update 

AMA supports Colorado physicians' efforts to increase access to comprehensive pain care and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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AMA statement on Justice Department settlement with Purdue Pharma

Any settlement should be used exclusively for data collection, research, education, overdose prevention, stigma elimination, and evidence-based treatment.

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Aug. 28, 2020: State Advocacy Update

Select 2020 research relating to the nation’s drug overdose epidemic in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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AMA in the News: August 2020

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for August 2020.

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