In the wake of today's passage by the U.S. Senate of the CARA legislation aimed at improving treatment of opioid addiction and preventing overdoses, a University of Michigan researcher who has studied opioids and overdoses is available to comment.
Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., has published multiple studies on opioid misuse and overdose, and led a successful randomized clinical trial of a brief emergency-room-based intervention.
She has assisted the CDC in preparing its opioid painkiller prescribing guidance.
More on her work and perspective on the issue: http://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/what-will-it-take-to-overcome-opioid-epidemic
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