AMA statement on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

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Statement attributable to:
Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA
President-elect, chair of the AMA Opioid Task Force
American Medical Association

“The American Medical Association [AMA] is pleased that more patients with an opioid use disorder are receiving treatment in physicians’ offices and other health care settings.  It also is encouraging that there was a statistically significant decline in the number of people who misused prescription opioids in 2017 and a dramatic decrease in the number of people who initiated heroin use.

 

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