Organizations such as Sheppard Pratt Health System can now treat more than three times as many heroin addicts with the highly effective drug buprenorphine, thanks to a move by Congress to amend the Controlled SubstancesAct.
The changes, approved Dec. 8, raise from 30 to 100 the number of patients a clinic or hospital can treat with the drug.
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