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AMA statement on overdose deaths reaching over 100,000 in past year

The AMA again is asking state and federal policymakers to embrace steps that will save lives by ensuring evidence-based treatment and harm reduction to patients.

Press Releases
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AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series: Drug overdose epidemic

Watch the latest AMA Advocacy Insights webinar and download slides on the nation’s drug overdose epidemic—helping children and families, patients with pain.

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Advocacy Insights Webinar Series
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Access to treatment is key in addressing drug-overdose epidemic

Learn what’s driving inequities in the drug-overdose epidemic and why giving patients proven treatments is more effective than incarceration.

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AMA welcomes public health approach to overdose epidemic

The AMA urges all health insurers and state legislatures to take steps to make this strategy a reality.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of April 11, 2022

In the news: Uranium in U.S. waterways, spike in teen overdose deaths, COVID-19 public health emergency extended and more.

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April 1, 2022: Advocacy Update other news

Upcoming webinars on the overdose epidemic and out-of-network payment process and more in the latest Advocacy Update other news.

Advocacy Update
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of March 14, 2022

In the news: Overdose deaths surge to a record high, older adults need second Pfizer COVID-19 booster and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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March 18, 2022: State Advocacy Update

Maryland bill would direct opioid litigation settlement funds to public health and treatment and more in the State Advocacy Update.

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Removing naloxone’s Rx status is an essential step to save lives

As the drug-overdose epidemic worsens, there is no moral, medical or safety-related reason for keeping naloxone locked under prescription regulations.

Behavioral Health