December 10, 2020 | Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 2.0 to increase the funding authorization levels for the Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act (CARA) programs enacted in 2016 and put in place additional policy reforms to help combat the opioid epidemic

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Physicians met with key lawmakers last month to urge passage of a new mental health parity law and discuss amendments to rules governing addiction treatment records and more funding for gun safety research. Leaders from America’s Frontline Physicians: The Group of Six, of which APA is a member, flew into Washington, D.C., last month to

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In a recent study from The New England Journal of Medicine published on March 31, 2016, the efficacy of Naltrexone (Vivitrol) was tested on those with a history of opioid dependency. This randomized trial compared a 24 week course of extended – release Naltrexone with the usual treatment. The injectable form of Naltrexone (Vivitrol) is

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