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COVID-19 policy recommendations for OUD, pain, harm reduction

Download guidance and issue brief PDFs—the AMA provides policy recommendations to help guide policymakers to reduce the stress of patients with an opioid use disorder and pain during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA COVID-19 Guides
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5 principles to wisely spend opioid litigation settlement funds

State and local policymakers must avoid the wasteful mistakes of the 1990s’ Big Tobacco settlement. Learn more with the AMA.

Behavioral Health
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Feb. 5, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Expanding patients’ access to buprenorphine and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 5, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Texas FQHC develops integrative model to help patients with pain and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Howard Bauchner, MD, on variants & how to safely reopen schools

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 COVID-19 variants, how to safely reopen schools and ties between the virus and smoking.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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Jan. 29, 2021: State Advocacy Update

AMA joins Rhode Island physicians in support of overdose prevention and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
Alëna A. Balasanova, MD
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Q&A: Training the physicians who will fight resurgent opioid epidemic

Eradicating stigma is a major part of Dr. Alëna Balasanova’s work to better integrate substance-use treatment into medicine and medical training.

Behavioral Health
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Jan. 22, 2021: Judicial Advocacy Update

U.S. Supreme Court: State law can require PBMs to pay fair amount and more in the latest Judicial Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Jan. 15, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Now on demand: National roadmap on state-level efforts to end the nation's drug overdose epidemic in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update