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Congress: Pass the MAT Act to save lives

from The Hill (opinion)

Congress: Pass the MAT Act to save lives The Hill (opinion) Dr. Roneet Lev writes, "I recently sent a letter to the physicians of Congress urging support of the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (MAT), which supports expansion and removing barriers for medications that treat opioid addiction. As a practicing emergency physician, I have intubated and placed more people on life support who had an opioid overdose than those who had COVID-19. Tragically, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased drug and alcohol use and exacerbated the crisis of addiction in our country. If there were a single public health policy that should be endorsed to save the lives of people who struggle with addiction, it would be this act." READ MORE

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