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Podcast: AMA Update
Episode: Why overdose deaths declined, barriers to SUD treatment and ending the overdose epidemic
Description: Bobby Mukkamala, MD, chair of the AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force, discusses the CDC’s provisional data that showed a decline in drug overdose deaths. Dr. Mukkamala breaks down the numbers and how physicians and the AMA can help to end the overdose epidemic. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.
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