Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing Prescribing of Opioids and Buprenorphine [18 VAC 85 ‑ 21]
Action Initial regulations
Stage Emergency/NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 5/3/2017
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4/28/17  1:43 pm
Commenter: Mindy Thomas, Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic

Wow, just wow
 

I just want to start by saying I honestly can't believe that law makers would even consider (much less make a law) restricting ANY type of recovery option. We are facing such an epidemic with the opiate crisis, we should be lifting restrictions instead of applying more! I seriously hope the practitioners will keep track of the patients who drop out of treatment due to allergies, commit crimes to get money to stop withdrawal, or end up in prison (or worse dead). There blood will be on your hands! Hope you're okay with that when you shut your eyes every night. God forbid one of your loved ones ever face this situation! 

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