Opioid Epidemic

AMA StatementsOct 21, 2020

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.

OpioidsOct 21, 2020

Physicians’ progress toward ending the nation’s drug overdose and death epidemic

Physicians’ progress toward ending the nation’s drug overdose and death epidemic.

AMA in the NewsAug 21, 2020

AMA in the News: August 2020

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

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Health EquityAug 13, 2020

How to tackle health inequities with science, data during pandemic

Longstanding inequities have been magnified during COVID-19. There are ways to set things right for path ahead.

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EthicsAug 11, 2020

The opioid epidemic: What is the physician’s responsibility?

With the growing opioid crisis, pain management and approaches to prescribing have taken on a new ethical component. Learn more from the AMA Journal of Ethics.

OpioidsAug 10, 2020

How patients’ trauma perpetuates the nation’s overdose epidemic

To end the drug overdose epidemic, experts say to take holistic view, focus on preventing overdoses in general and avoid fixating on a specific drug.

OpioidsAug 7, 2020

AMA COVID-19 daily video update: Health experts discuss the nation's drug overdose epidemic

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 the nation's drug overdose epidemic and COVID-19.

OpioidsJul 31, 2020

Nation’s drug overdose epidemic requires new policy focus

The nation’s overdose epidemic is being increasingly fueled by illicitly manufactured fentanyl, psychostimulants, heroin, cocaine and drug combinations.

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AMA COVID-19 daily video update: Ways to integrate behavioral health into your practice

What doctors can do now to be ready when COVID-19 vaccines arrive

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Why achieving health equity is so hard in the telehealth age

Pandemic brought challenges for IMGs, and AMA responded

Revising the history and physical for new era in medicine

Virtual residency interviews: Tips to help M4s manage new stressor

AMA COVID-19 daily video update: What to expect as programs move to virtual residency interviews

Ruling threatens essential physician attorney-client privilege

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November 2020 Special Meeting of the AMA HOD agenda

November 2020 Special Meeting of the HOD: Speakers' updates

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About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)

MSS November 2020 meeting elections

WPS November 2020 Meeting agenda & resources

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Oct. 19, 2020

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