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Advocacy efforts to prevent overdoses
According to preliminary state data, overdose deaths in Michigan increased by 14 percent between 2019 and 2020. It is estimated that 2,684 overdose deaths occurred last year with over 300 deaths occurring in May 2020 alone. In response to the growing overdose epidemic, the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) continues to support policies and initiatives to prevent overdose deaths.
Over the past few years, the MSMS House of Delegates has adopted numerous resolutions to advance these efforts. Most recently the 2021 House of Delegates adopted Resolution 22-21,
Expanding Access to Medication for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. The resolution calls on MSMS to support the elimination of the requirement of a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine, supports the removal of barriers to the use of medications for opioid use disorder, and encourages all undergraduate medical institutions to incorporate education on prescribing medications to treat op
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June 3, 2021
Michigan Senators Curt VanderWall, Kevin Daley and Ruth Johnson have introduced a new package that would help Michiganders struggling to get into Secretary of State branches across Michigan.
The newly introduced three bill package would extend Michigan driver’s licenses and personal identification cards, as well as require Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to reopen branch offices for walk-in services.
One bill would extend the expiration of driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations until Sept. 30. Another would make the same extension to enhanced licenses and state ID’s. And the third bill, which is sponsored by Senator VanderWall, would extend expiration on State ID’s.
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