As Overdoses Surge, Biden Blocks Hasty Effort to Expand Addiction Treatment
As Overdoses Surge, Biden Blocks Hasty Effort to Expand Addiction Treatment Susan Stevens shows off a prescription for Suboxone at her home in Lewisville, North Carolina, on March 11, 2019. Eamon Queeney / For The Washington Post via Getty Images By On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden pledged to tackle the opioid crisis and remove federal restrictions on buprenorphine, a lifesaving treatment for opioid addiction. So far, the Biden administration has surprised doctors and addiction experts by moving in the opposite direction. The Biden administration recently blocked an effort to expa...
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