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2. Markey, others want expanded methadone access: What the ... - AOL

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   Spectrum Health Systems announced in February that its mobile treatment service program is the first in the state to provide all three medications for opioid use disorder — methadone, suboxone ...

3. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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   Eleven state Medicaid programs put lifetime treatment limits on how long addicts can be prescribed Suboxone, ranging between one and three years. Multiple state Medicaid programs have placed limits on how much an addict can take per dose. Such restrictions are based on the mistaken premise that addiction can be cured in a set time frame.

4. State government response to the opioid epidemic in the ...

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   Opioid overdose mortality grew by over 90% in some parishes in Louisiana due to the coronavirus pandemic which has affected the capacity of many state residents to remain drug-free. State officials feared this would lead to still more overdose-related deaths and a long-term effect of more addiction-related disease, ushering in more homelessness ...

5. Harm reduction in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combines behavioral therapy and counseling with the use of medication. [20] MAT is used effectively in the treatment of opioid use disorders (OUD). [20] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone for use in MAT. [20]

6. California Society of Addiction Medicine - Wikipedia

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   The Medical Education and Research Foundation [6] for the treatment of alcoholism and other drug dependencies was established in 1981 as a sister organization to the California Society of Addiction Medicine. The Foundation's mission is to increase and improve the education of physicians about all aspects of addiction, including harmful drinking ...

7. California will supply first responders, universities with ...

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   California will provide first responders, universities and other qualifying organizations with a generic version of Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal drug, for free, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced ...