A Return to Normalcy

Many people looked for a return to normalcy when they pulled the Biden lever in 2020. Since then we changed the English language, encouraged young children to explore their pre-pubertal sexuality through gender-changing hormones or surgery, and committed ourselves to energy sources that, after 20 years of development, currently provide Read more…

Suboxone film

Obama and the TREAT Act

I just read an article in the Daily Beast that reads like a better version of something I would write about the value of medication-assisted treatment of opioid dependence.  I appreciate Christopher Moraff telling a story that has been untold far too long, and I hope the story raises questions Read more…

Addiction Recovery Act of 2015

With appreciation to the good folks at BDSI, makers of Bunavail: Here is the latest news concerning the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act of 2015 (aka Heroin Crisis Act) It has easily passed Committee and is headed to the Senate floor next week.  If approved, the bill is scheduled to go Read more…

The Cap

Each physician who prescribes buprenorphine for opioid dependence can treat only 30 patients at a time during the first year as a certified prescriber. After a year, physicians can apply to have the limit increased to 100 patients. I have been at the 100-patient limit for some time, in part Read more…