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Doctor speaks to crowd on pain care.
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Pain care and opioid-use disorder are focus of new efforts

While reversing the opioid epidemic remains a vital focus, AMA delegates seek strategies, education to help the millions who live with chronic pain.

Behavioral Health
Physicians standing in line to have their voices heard at meeting.
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Physicians recognize new psychoactive substances as health threat

Legal synthetic drugs such as Spice are quickly emerging and difficult to track. The AMA wants new strategies and education on these new drugs of abuse.

Behavioral Health
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AMA wants new approaches to combat synthetic and injectable drugs

The AMA today voted to support an to close a gap in the nation’s ability to identify, regulate, and mitigate the dangers posed by new psychoactive substances

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Physicians listen to speaker about opioids.
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Maryland physicians working to reduce opioid overdoses and deaths

The Maryland State Medical Society offers physicians free training in use of the state PDMP and to identify and help patients with opioid-use disorders.

Behavioral Health
Patient in discomfort with physician looking on.
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Training tomorrow’s physicians to help reverse the opioid epidemic

Jason Jerry, MD, uses medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid-use disorders and teaches residents how they can help reduce harm from the opioid epidemic.

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Patrice A. Harris, MD, chair of the AMA Opioid Task Force
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Critical treatment gap seen in effort to stem opioid epidemic

By many measures, physicians are confronting the national challenge. Barriers impede treatment access for patients with opioid-use disorders.

Behavioral Health
Paper bag filled with old prescription bottle and medication.
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3 steps for physicians to boost safe storage, disposal of opioids

More than 70% of people misusing opioids get them from family or friends. Following this advice can make diversion to nonmedical use much less likely.

Behavioral Health
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3 simple commitments can help solve medicine’s biggest challenges

Honesty, context and evidence are critical concepts that could help us reverse the opioid epidemic that takes the lives of one American every 15 minutes.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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American Medical Association welcomes HHS opioid strategy

The AMA looks forward to working with the Trump Administration as it implements a new strategy for combating the nation’s opioid epidemic

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