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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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Dec. 15, 2023: State Advocacy Update

Massachusetts launches statewide effort to remove stigmatizing questions from credentialing processes and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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5 MIN READ

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
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 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: 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
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AMA House of Delegates adopts new policies at Interim Meeting

Physician and medical student leaders gathered this week to shape guiding policies on health care topics.

Press Releases
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New AMA report details grim realities of worsening overdose epidemic

Opioid prescribing by physicians decreased for the 13th consecutive year, but overdose deaths related to illicitly manufactured substances continue to increase.

Press Releases