USA. 2021 OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC REPORT: Physicians’ actions to help end the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic —and what still needs to be done.
USA. 2021 OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC REPORT: Physicians’ actions to help end the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic —and what still needs to be done.
The American Medical Association convened two task forces between 2014–2019 that have provided actionable and measurable recommendations and principles for physicians, state and federal policymakers, and other stakeholders to combat the nation’s drug overdose and death epidemic. In response, there has been measurable progress by physicians and others across multiple areas and policy changes led by medical society advocacy. Yet, the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic has changed and worsened. As a result, the AMA has united the two task forces to launch a new, collective effort to directly address this changing epidemic: AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force. (AMA – American Medical Association - END-OVERDOSE-EPIDEMIC.ORG, USA, 21.092021)
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