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Biden administration moves to expand access to addiction treatment permanently

By Abigail Adcox
Published December 14, 2022 7:15pm ET
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Biden administration moves to expand access to addiction treatment permanently
FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2019, photo, Jon Combes holds his bottle of buprenorphine, a medicine that prevents withdrawal sickness in people trying to stop using opiates, as he prepares to take a dose in a clinic in Olympia, Wash. The U.S. Department of Justice made clear, Tuesday, April 2, 2022, that barring the use of medication treatment for opioid abuse is a violation of federal law. | (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

The Biden administration is moving to ease restrictions on take-home drugs to treat opioid addiction that were loosened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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