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The pendulum of opioid prescribing for pain has swung sharply in the last decade, as the epidemic of opioid overuse, addiction and overdose led policymakers and health care providers to ratchet back on the prescriptions patients receive.
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By law, only methadone clinics can dispense the drug to treat addiction. Critics say draconian methadone regulations erect barriers to one of the few effective treatments for opioid use disorder a life-or-death hurdle that may finally be overcome if Congress acts this year to expand access to the drug.