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Alert: New Mexico Is a Step Closer to Legalizing the Supervised Use of Psilocybin

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We’ve previously highlighted psilocybin as an alternative treatment for various neuropsychiatric disorders, including anxiety, depression, and PTSD, along with legislative efforts at the state and federal levels to legalize...more

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MDMA DOA at FDA Advisory Committee

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Avid readers know we have speculated that the legalization of psychedelics as a prescription medicine was “closer than ever.” Unfortunately, for proponents of the legalization of psychedelics like MDMA, progress is rarely a...more

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Reassessing Oregon’s Drug Policy: A Shift Toward Recriminalization

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In the grand experiment of American democracy, it is often said that states serve as laboratories, testing policies that challenge the status quo without risking the stability of the whole. Oregon, known in recent years for...more

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Congress approves 650-page bill to attack opioid crisis, as doubts abound

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Congress has approved a major new push to deal with the opioid crisis that kills tens of thousands of Americans annually. Voters can expect President Trump to sign the big bill, passed easily and with rare bipartisan support...more

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Final Opioid Package: A Comparison of the House Package, Senate Package, and the Final Version

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On September 25, 2018, House and Senate negotiators agreed on a final legislative package to address the opioid crisis. Following this agreement, the House passed the opioid package on September 28, 2018. The Senate is...more

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In a Unanimous Vote, the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 Makes it Onto the Legislative Calendar

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As previously discussed in our post from September 2017, the push for a response to the opioid crisis is gaining momentum. Enter the “Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018.” On May 7, 2018, the Opioid Crisis Response Act of...more

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Addressing the Opioid Crisis

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Following the July 13 U.S. Senate's passage of Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), providers, families and communities should evaluate the act's impacts. The reform, S. 524, is viewed as a comprehensive approach...more

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Four Distinct Federal and State Policies Addressing Prescription Opioid Abuse

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The first quarter of 2016 has witnessed a great deal of attention in government to the problem of opioid-related overdose and death in the United States. In just the past few weeks, the Senate passed prescription drug...more

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MA Health Policy Updates – Moves to Strengthen HPC and Expand Telemedicine

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In a recent Alert, the Mintz Levin Health Law Practice and ML Strategies provided a comprehensive look at recent developments in Massachusetts health policy. In addition to a detailed report on recent Health Policy Commission...more

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Massachusetts Legislature Takes Action on Opioid Crisis

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Amid a recent surge in opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts, with over 1,200 accidental deadly overdoses last year, the Senate passed legislation on Thursday, October 1, that is designed to fight the epidemic on various...more

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