Proud to have worked with Granite Staters and advocates across the country to expand medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder. This will help countless people enter and remain in recovery - and save lives.

Addiction is a disease of the brain and must be treated like one.   Read my piece on President Biden’ historic step to mainstream substance use disorder care by removing the x-waiver in USA TODAY Opinion usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Thank you Rahul Gupta, Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., DEA HQ Administrator Milgram, Sen. Maggie Hassan, and Paul Tonko for celebrating the passage of the #MATAct and for encouraging all health care providers to prescribe this lifesaving treatment to patients with opioid use disorder!

Naloxone reverses overdoses and saves lives. It should be easily accessible in communities across the country. cnn.com/2023/01/13/hea…

"The waiver’s disappearance will mean less work for doctors and more medicine out the door. But the larger, more lasting impact, experts said...is that American health care is beginning to better fold addiction treatment into the medical mainstream.” denverpost.com/2023/01/28/opi…

"The simple truth is, if it is easier to get illicit drugs in America than it is to get treatment, we will not be able to bring this crisis to a close." - Kemp Chester, ONDCP at Energy and Commerce Committee Energy & Commerce Democrats hearing on addressing fentanyl crisis energycommerce.house.gov/events/lives-w…

Last week, we joined the White House to celebrate the passage of the #MATAct - one of the most significant overdose prevention bills in recent history. The MAT Act became law because tens of thousands of us demanded action over years to remove barriers to lifesaving treatment.

With a loved one dying every 5 minutes from an overdose, naloxone is critical to saving lives. apnews.com/article/naloxo…

Excited to have Marie Ramas join me as my guest for the #SOTU tonight. Thanks to advocates and medical providers like Dr. Ramas, we were able to pass into law the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act, helping increase access to lifesaving medication-assisted treatment.

No one should be incarcerated for having substance use disorder. But, jails and prisons save lives when they provide treatment. We applaud law enforcement for expanding access to care so justice-involved individuals can recover. politico.com/news/magazine/…

ICYMI: The Biden-Harris Administration is working to expand access to methadone, a critical treatment for opioid use disorder. npr.org/2022/12/17/114…

The #MATAct became law because clinicians, researchers, and others on the frontlines of the overdose crisis educated their lawmakers about the need to expand access to lifesaving treatment. Your voice matters.

ICYMI: President Biden lauded the passage of the bipartisan #MATAct during the State of the Union last week. The #MATAct removed federal rules that prevented health care providers from prescribing medication to prevent overdoses and support recovery. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

"Pregnant people with substance use disorders should be encouraged to get the care and support they need — and be able to access it — without fear of going to jail or losing their children." - Dr. Nora Volkow statnews.com/2023/02/08/add…

Thank you German Lopez and The New York Times for highlighting that there are effective treatments for substance use disorder. One of them - buprenorphine - can now be prescribed by nearly all health care providers thanks to the #MATAct that Congress passed. nytimes.com/2023/02/21/bri…

We applaud ONDCP for ensuring that treatment for substance use disorder is available in jails and prisons. apnews.com/article/health…

When lawmakers ignored the overdose crisis, we demanded more and passed the MAT Act. All thanks to leaders and advocates like you! Learn about how the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act will save lives. endsud.org/mat-act

It was an honor to collaborate with Barbara DiPietro and NatlHCHCouncil on this lifesaving legislation.

We can end the overdose crisis and support recovery from substance use disorder with common-sense policies. nytimes.com/2023/02/22/opi…

We can keep our youth and loved ones safe from fentanyl overdoses. Fentanyl test strips save lives and should be widely available. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…