Buprenorphine Regulations and Better Treatment of Addiction

The video discusses the challenges in addressing the opioid crisis, focusing on the X waiver required for prescribing buprenorphine, a treatment for opioid-use disorder. The waiver, a result of the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000, requires extra training for healthcare providers, creating barriers to access. Recent regulatory changes aim to ease these restrictions, allowing more providers to prescribe buprenorphine without extensive training. However, full repeal of the waiver is still pending, with ongoing efforts to expand Medication-Assisted Therapy through legislative measures.

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