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Lori Trahan: It should not be easier for us to prescribe pain medicine than it is for us to prescribe buprenorphine to treat someone…

On the recordApril 13, 2021
It should not be easier for us to prescribe pain medicine than it is for us to prescribe buprenorphine to treat someone with an opiate use disorder.
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Lori Trahan
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Trahan emphasizes the need for equal ease in prescribing pain medicine and addiction treatment.

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