Emergency Medicine’s Role in Prescription Opioid Abuse
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As a member of the board of the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, I get the opportunity to review legislation that is put forth at the state level that would affect care of patients in the ED. Our legislative consultant brings the bills, and our group decides what position to take on the proposed legislation. This season, I was taken aback by a single-line bill, introduced by a state representative, that read: “A physician practicing in an emergency room shall not be permitted to provide to a patient seeking emergency care more than 72 hours’ worth of a controlled substance as defined by this chapter.”
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