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DEA proposal for mobile methadone finally released
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32650
Subject(s) - methadone , enforcement , business , opioid , brick and mortar , administration (probate law) , computer security , operations management , computer science , medicine , anesthesia , engineering , world wide web , law , political science , receptor , the internet
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a long‐awaited proposed rule that would allow opioid treatment programs (OTPs) — treatment programs that use methadone — to transport the medication to patients via “conveyances” (such as vans). This means that patients would no longer have to go to the brick‐and‐mortar OTP.