Opioids and Addiction: A Governors Roundtable on State Approaches to Treatment

Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 04/12/2018 This 56-minute panel discussion, featuring the unique perspectives of former governors and the 21st U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, examines the state government ' s role in current and future approaches to treatment for opioid addiction. These approaches may include educating the public about these alternatives, paying for them, regulating their performance and availability, training and certifying health professionals in their use, and developing guidelines for certification of treatments. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news