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Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Addressing the Need to Train Primary Care Providers to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
With overdoses at a record high, there’s an urgent need to expand the capacity for primary care providers to treat people with opioid use disorder. Programs in Alabama and North Carolina have developed effective models for training primary care providers to provide life-saving treatment for OUD. Read about it in an Issue Brief from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE).