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Ed Markey: That does not make sense, to be honest. And that is a remnant of a really stigmatizing approach to the treatment of…

On the recordMay 17, 2023
That does not make sense, to be honest. And that is a remnant of a really stigmatizing approach to the treatment of people with opioid use disorder.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the stigma surrounding methadone treatment for opioid use disorder.

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