Developments In Opioid Policy

Last week, we looked at the high number of opioid-analgesic poisoning deaths in the U.S. (see Drug-Related Deaths – Prescription Meds Still Top The List) – and how addressing prescription drug addiction will be increasingly important to improving population health and reducing health care costs. The problem is obviously getting attention – over the past 12 months, we have covered a number of related developments:

March 2015: The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new initiatives to increase the use of naloxone to reverse opioid overdoses, increase the use of medication-assisted opioid dependence treatment, and increase . . .