{"id":5498,"date":"2022-11-28T03:38:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T03:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enews.sotout.com\/top-government-researcher-nora-volkow-calls-for-easier-access-to-drug-that-treats-opioid-use-disorder-no-reason-why-not\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T03:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T03:38:03","slug":"top-government-researcher-nora-volkow-calls-for-easier-access-to-drug-that-treats-opioid-use-disorder-no-reason-why-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/top-government-researcher-nora-volkow-calls-for-easier-access-to-drug-that-treats-opioid-use-disorder-no-reason-why-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Top government researcher Nora Volkow calls for easier access to drug that treats opioid use disorder: “No reason why not”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The top addiction researcher in the U.S. government is calling for the broad deregulation of methadone \u2014 a medication that can reduce dependency on opioids \u2014 in a major departure from how it is currently made available.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), made the comments Wednesday during the annual STAT Summit, a two-day event that gathers experts in various health and medical fields. Volkow addressed the summit Wednesday afternoon about “facing the addiction epidemic” in the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n