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3 MIN READ

Add flexibility on buprenorphine Rx for opioid-use disorder

Nation’s worsening opioid-overdose epidemic prompts AMA call to eliminate buprenorphine dose limits to provide adequate treatment. Learn more.

Overdose Epidemic
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Jan. 26, 2024: National Advocacy Update

Bipartisan Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act reintroduced in the House and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Why we must act quickly and decisively to end the overdose epidemic

The nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic demands immediate and collective action, with physicians taking the lead.

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Leadership Viewpoints
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4 MIN READ

The nation’s overdose epidemic is growing in complexity

Over 107,000 Americans died of a drug-related overdose last year, but payers have yet to step up to boost access to lifesaving treatment.

Overdose Epidemic
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Dec. 1, 2023: National Advocacy Update

 AMA Advocacy Insights webinar: Strategies to address the nation’s worsening overdose and death epidemic and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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AMA Advocacy in Action

Learn from Advocacy in Action about what’s at stake and what the AMA is doing to address the concerns most relevant to patients and physicians.

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Dec 12, 2023 ·
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AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series: Strategies to address the drug overdose and death epidemic

Learn about the nation’s drug overdose and death epidemic, and the efforts made by physicians to end the epidemic in this AMA Advocacy Insights webinar.

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Advocacy Insights Webinar Series
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Nov. 17, 2023: Advocacy Update spotlight on the 2023 AMA Interim Meeting

Highlights from the 2023 AMA Interim Meeting and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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Nov. 17, 2023: National Advocacy Update

2023 AMA Overdose Epidemic Report reveals that the epidemic is deadlier than ever and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update