Questioning Medicine

The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of Under the Act, physicians may apply for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid addiction or dependence outside of an opioid treatment program (OTP). The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 was authored by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), and Senator Carl Levin (D-MI). DATA 2000 waiver Why would biden reverse this—it was one of the things I think we all agree upon is a good thing!! I thought it must be the money – its always the money But I found a few reasons reasons why Confirmation bias--- Under the Act, physicians may apply for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid addiction or dependence outside of an opioid treatment program (OTP)Money== Biden received $6.3m from pharma, compared to $1.6m for Trump,Polack FP, Thomas SJ, Kitchin N, et al. Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2020;383:2603-15. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33301246 Randomized placebo-contro