U.S Health Officials Lift Some Barriers to Opioid Addiction Treatment
New guidelines from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) will make it easier for health providers to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). As the U.S. faces an increase in drug overdose-related deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, this change will help more patients gain access to necessary treatment, and expand the…