Study: Most people referred for opioid treatment by criminal justice system don’t receive optimal care. Gap in quality of care represents a missed opportunity for treatment during deepening crisis, Johns Hopkins researchers say

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https://hub.jhu.edu/2017/12/04/opioid-addiction-treatment-referrals-criminal-justice-system/ Barbara Benham  Published Dec 4 A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that fewer than 5 percent of people referred for opioid...

FDA Statement Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the approval of a new formulation of buprenorphine and FDA’s efforts to promote more widespread innovation and access to opioid addiction treatments

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https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm587315.htm?utm_campaign=11302017_Statement_Following%20bunep%20release&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD With the approval today of a monthly formulation of...