UW News
Jessica Chen
May 27, 2022
Critical race theory at center of UW study of unequal access to treatment for opioid addiction
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Opioid use disorder is an addiction crisis in the United States that has become increasingly lethal during the COVID-19 pandemic. To preserve access to life-saving treatment during the pandemic, federal drug agencies loosened requirements on physicians for treating these patients, including moving patient evaluations away from in-person exams to telemedicine. This federal policy change focused…