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According to recent provisional CDC data, nearly 80,000 people died last year of an opioid overdose. Of those, more than 72,000 deaths were linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Doctors will be allowed to keep using telemedicine to prescribe certain drugs for anxiety, pain and opioid addiction, extending for six months pandemic-related flexibilities.