Archive for October 2018

Empowering Pharmacists in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse Act

Yesterday, President Trump signed into law the “Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, or, for short, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. Chapter 2 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act empowers pharmacists in the fight against opioid abuse and is appropriately titled as such:…

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SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of declaring a national opioid public health emergency, President Trump signed into law the “Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recover and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act,” also known as the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. The law is expected to reduce access to and the supply of…

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